The Sanskrit term Jatugṛha can be transliterated into English as Jatugrha or Jatugriha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Jatugṛha (जतुगृह).—The house of lac arranged by Duryodhana to burn down the Pāṇḍavas.^*

• * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 13. 70.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jatugṛha (जतुगृह).—a house made of lac (such as was built by Duryodhana in order to burn up the Pāṇḍavas).

Derivable forms: jatugṛham (जतुगृहम्).

Jatugṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jatu and gṛha (गृह).

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

Jatugṛha (जतुगृह).—n. a house painted and filled with lac and other combustible substances, Mahābhārata 1, 313.

Jatugṛha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jatu and gṛha (गृह).

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

Jatugṛha (जतुगृह).—[neuter] the lac-house (in the Mahabharata).

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

1) Jatugṛha (जतुगृह):—[=jatu-gṛha] [from jatu] n. a house plastered with lac and other combustible substances (such a house was built for the reception of the Pāṇḍava princes in Vāraṇāvata by Purocana, at the instigation of Duryodhana, the object being to burn them alive when they were asleep after a festival ; warned by Vidura, they discovered the dangerous character of their abode, and dug an underground passage; next having invited an outcaste woman with her five sons, they first stupefied them with wine, and then having burnt Purocana in his own house, set fire to the house of lac, and, leaving the charred bodies of the woman and her sons inside, escaped by the underground passage), [Mahābhārata i, 313; 2250 and 5864]

2) [v.s. ...] ([v, 1987], -geha)

3) [v.s. ...] (hence) a place of torture, [Divyāvadāna xxvii] (jantu-g)

[Sanskrit to German]

Jatugriha 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)

Partial matches: Griha, Jatu.

Starts with: Jatugriham, Jatugrihaparva, Jatugrihaparvan.

Full-text: Jatuveshman, Jatugrihaparvan, Lakshabhavana, Jatugriham, Lakshagriha, Jatumaya, Jatusha, Laksha.

Relevant text

Search found 3 books and stories containing Jatugriha, Jatu-gṛha, Jatu-grha, Jatu-griha, Jatugṛha, Jatugrha; (plurals include: Jatugrihas, gṛhas, grhas, grihas, Jatugṛhas, Jatugrhas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Jatugriha Parva < [Book 1 - Adi Parva]

show preview

Mahabharata (English Summary) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Jatugriha Parva < [Book 1 - Adi Parva]

show preview

The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)

Chapter 7 - On shewing the departed ones < [Book 2]

show preview