Dvijihva, Dvi-jihva: 11 definitions
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Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha ChikitsaDvijihvā (द्विजिह्वा, “double-tongued”) refers to one of the names of a snake, according to the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata, which gives a long list of serpents that were killed in the sarpasatra performed by king Janamejaya who wanted to avenge his father Parīkṣit’s death which was caused by the deadly Takṣaka.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDvijihva (द्विजिह्व).—a. double-tongued (fig. also).
2) insincere. (-hvaḥ) 1 a snake; परस्य मर्माविधमुज्झतां निजं द्विजिह्वतादोषमजिह्मगामिभिः (parasya marmāvidhamujjhatāṃ nijaṃ dvijihvatādoṣamajihmagāmibhiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.63; R.11.64;14.41; Bv.1.2.
2) an informer, a slanderer, tale-bearer.
3) an insincere person
4) a thief.
5) particular disease of the tongue.
Dvijihva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvi and jihva (जिह्व).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvijihva (द्विजिह्व).—(mfn.)
(-hvaḥ-hvā-hvaṃ) Double-tongued, (literally or figuratively.) m.
(-hvaḥ) 1. A snake. 2. An informer. 3. A rogue, a scoundrel, a bad man. 4. A thief. E. dvi two, jihvā the tongue. dve jihve yasya .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvijihva (द्विजिह्व).—I. adj. 1. having two tongues, Mahābhārata 1, 1543. 2. treacherous, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 74. Ii. m. a snake, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 42, 2 Gorr. Saptajº, i. e.
Dvijihva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvi and jihva (जिह्व).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvijihva (द्विजिह्व).—[adjective] two-tongued, double-tongued (lit. & [figuratively]); [masculine] a snake.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dvijihva (द्विजिह्व):—[=dvi-jihva] [from dvi] mfn. (dvi-) double-tongued ([literally] and [figuratively]), [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] etc. (-tā f. -tva, n., [Kāvya literature])
2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] disease of the tongue, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] a snake, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] informer, thief, scoundrel, villain, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a Rakṣas, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDvijihva (द्विजिह्व):—[dvi-jihva] (hvaḥ) 1. m. A snake; informer, rogue. a. Double-tongued.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Dvijihva (द्विजिह्व) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Dujīha, Dojīha.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDvijihva (ದ್ವಿಜಿಹ್ವ):—
1) [adjective] having two tongues (as snakes).
2) [adjective] making false promises or not acting as per one’s own words.
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Dvijihva (ದ್ವಿಜಿಹ್ವ):—
1) [noun] a snake that has split tongue.
2) [noun] a man who lies and whose actions are different from his words.
3) [noun] a slanderer.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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