Jalamanusa, Jaḷamāṇūsa, Jalamāṇūsa, Jalamanusha: 5 definitions
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Jalamanusa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Jaḷamāṇūsa can be transliterated into English as Jalamanusa or Jaliamanusa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
jaḷamāṇūsa (जळमाणूस).—m An individual of a fabulous race of men dwelling in water, a mer-man or -maid. Hence used of fishermen or watermen. 2 Applied to a dwarfish and meagre person.
jaḷamāṇūsa (जळमाणूस).—n A mer-man or–maid. A dwarfish and meagre person.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Jalamānuṣa (जलमानुष):—[=jala-mānuṣa] [from jala] m. = -pūruṣa, [Harṣacarita vii; Kathāsaritsāgara lxxi, 5f.]
2) [v.s. ...] (n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) = -nara, [Kādambarī iii, 1493; Bālarāmāyaṇa vii, 28/29]
Jalamānuṣa (जलमानुष):—m. Wasser-Mensch, Bez. eines best. im Wasser lebenden Ungeheuers [Kathāsaritsāgara 71, 5. 6.] — Vgl. jalapūruṣa .
Jalamānuṣa (जलमानुष):——
1) m. = jalapūruṣa [Harṣacarita 185,9.] —
2) (*n.). Fischotter [Hemacandra's Deśīnāmālā 1,123.] [Kād. (1872) 140,12.] [Bālarāmāyaṇa 186,14.]
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)
Partial matches (+0): Manusha, Jala.
Full-text (+0): Jalamanushi, Jalapurusha, Mayavatu, Mayabatu.
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