The Sanskrit terms Jātuṣa and Jāṭuṣa can be transliterated into English as Jatusa or Jatusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)

Jāṭuṣa (जाटुष) in Sanskrit means “made of gum, of glue”, as is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jātuṣa (जातुष).—a. (-ṣī f.) [जतुनो विकारः अण्-षुक् च (jatuno vikāraḥ aṇ-ṣuk ca) P.IV. 3.138.]

1) Made of, or covered with, lac; यदाश्रौषं जातु- षाद्वेश्मनस्तान् (yadāśrauṣaṃ jātu- ṣādveśmanastān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.1.153.

2) Sticky, adhesive.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jātuṣa (जातुष).—mfn.

(-ṣaḥ-ṣī-ṣaṃ) Made, &c. of lac, any artificial form or condition of it. E. jatu lac, aṇ affix, and muk augment. jatuno vikāraḥ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jātuṣa (जातुष).—i. e. jatus (= jatu) + a, adj., f. ṣī, Made of lac, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 120; painted with lac, Mahābhārata 1, 151.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jātuṣa (जातुष).—[feminine] ī made of or covered with lac.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jātuṣa (जातुष):—[from jātuki > jātuka] a mf(ī)n. ([Pāṇini 4-3, 138]) made of or covered with lac or gum (jatu), [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa iii, 8, 6; Mahābhārata] (with gṛha = jatu-g), [Pañcatantra i, 1, 94]

2) [v.s. ...] adhesive, [Suśruta i, 27, 5.]

3) b See tuka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jātuṣa (जातुष):—[(ṣaḥ-ṣī-ṣaṃ) a.] Made of lac.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jatusha in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Ajatusha.

Full-text: Shuk, Trapusa, Jatu.

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