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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jabh (जभ्).—I. 1 P. (jabhati, janbhati) To copulate; cf. यभ् (yabh) -II. 1 Ā. (jabhate, jambhate)

1) To yawn, gape.

2) To snap at; seize with the mouth. -Caus. (jambhayati) To crush, destroy, dispel.

See also (synonyms): jaṃbh.

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

Jabh (जभ्).—r. 1st. cl. (jabhati-te) also (i) jabhi r. 1st cl. (jambhati) 1. To gape or yawn. 2. To copulate. r. 10th cl. (jambhayati-te) To destroy, to efface. bhvā-para-saka-seṭ . cu0 ubha0 saka0 idit .

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

Jabh (जभ्).—and jambh Jambh, i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To gape, to yawn. 2. To destroy, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 20, 26.

— [Causal.] and i. 10, jambhaya, [Parasmaipada.] To destroy; cf. yabh.

— Cf. [Anglo-Saxon.] geapan, to gape; and see gabhīra.

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

Jabh (जभ्).—jambh snap at (api), seize with the mouth. [Causative] jambhayati crush, destroy. [Intensive] janjabhyate open the jaws, snap at; [with] abhi the same.

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

1) Jabh (जभ्):—1. jabh or jambh ([class] 1. jabhate or jambh, [Dhātupāṭha x, 28]; [Aorist] [subjunctive] jambhiṣat)

—to snap at ([genitive case]), [Ṛg-veda x, 86, 4] :—[Causal] jambhayati (p. yat) to crush, destroy, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 5] :—[Intensive] jañjabhyate (and bhīti, [Pāṇini 7-4, 86]; p. bhyamāna [Taittirīya-saṃhitā ii, 5, 2, 4; Nyāyamālā-vistara; Jaimini [Scholiast or Commentator]], bhāna [Kauśika-sūtra 114], bhat [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra iv, 20, 1]) opening the jaws wide, snapping at (implying blame, [Pāṇini 3-1, 24]) cf. abhiand √jrimbh.

2) 2. jabh or jambh [class] 1. jabhati or jambh [Ātmanepada] ([Vopadeva]) jabhate ([Aorist] ajambhiṣṭa), [varia lectio] for √yabh ([Dhātupāṭha xxiii, 11]) to know carnally, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 20, 26] ([infinitive mood] jabhitum [varia lectio] yabh).

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

Jabh (जभ्):—jabhati, jambhati 1. a. To copulate. (-ṅa) jabhate, jambhate 1. d. To yawn. (ka, i) jambhayati 10. a. To destroy.

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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.

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Starts with: Jabhada, Jabharajamgi, Jabhya.

Ends with: Abhijabh.

Full-text (+19): Jambh, Jambhana, Jabdhar, Jambha, Yabh, Jambhan, Jabdha, Jambhati, Jabdhri, Jambhara, Jambhika, Jambhalika, Jambiraka, Jambhiranagara, Jambhi, Jambhanishumbhana, Jambharati, Jambira, Jambhya, Jambhabhedin.

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