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जाह्नव (jAhnava)

 
Capeller Eng
English
जाह्नव
m.
 patr. of
sev.
 man
f.
 ई of Gaṅgā.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जाह्नव
m.
 (fr. जह्नु) patr. of Viśvā-mitra,
TāṇḍyaBr.
 xxi, 12
of Su-ratha,
BhP.
 ix, 22, 9
N.
 of a Catur-aha,
Maś.
 vii, 7
Monier Williams 1872
English
जाह्नव जाह्नव, अस्, m. (fr. जह्नु), a patro-
nymic of Viśvā-mitra
also of Su-ratha
N. of a
Catur-aha ceremony
(ई), f. the daughter of Jahnu,
an epithet of the river Gaṅgā or Ganges.
—जाह्नवी-
फेन-लेखा, f. a streak of the foam of the Ganges.
Macdonell
English
जाह्नव jāhnava,
m.
 descendant of Jahnu, 🞄pat. of various men: ī,
f.
 the Ganges (daughter 🞄of Jahnu).
Benfey
English
जाह्नव जाह्नव, i. e. जह्नु + अ, pa-
tron. A descendant of Jahnu,
Bhāg. P. 9, 22, 9.
f.
 वी, A name of the Gaṅgā,
Kir. 5, 15.
Vedic Reference
English
Jāhnava, ‘descendant of Jahnu, ’ is the patronymic of Viśvā-
mitra in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.^1 This fact is of some
importance as disproving Aufrecht's theory^2 that the Jahnus
were the clan of Ajīgarta the father of Śunaḥśepa.
1) xxi. 12. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien,
1, 32
Hopkins, Transactions of the Con-
necticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 15,
54.
2) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, 424.
Capeller
German
जाह्नव
m.
 patron. Mannsname
ई Patron.
der Gaṅgā.
Stchoupak
French
जाह्नव-
m.
 patron. de Suratha
-ई-
f.
 fille de Jahnu, Gaṅgā.