Juhu, Juhū: 11 definitions
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Juhu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Juhu (जुहु).—A King of the family of Yayāti. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 9).
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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Juhū (जुहू) refers to a sruc (a spoon), according to the Āpastamba-yajña-paribhāṣā-sūtras.—“If the juhū has been elsewhere employed, let it be done with a ladle (sruva). The offering is made in the Āhavanīya fire”. Commentary: The juhū is a sruc, a spoon, the sruva, a ladle.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Juhū (जुहू) or Juhūpatra refers to a type of Patra (plant-leaf), which represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.— The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa or patra). [...] In many trees, shrubs and creepers, the leaves are shaped like a juhūpatra—a kind of ladle used to offer butter oil to the sacred fire as in ancient Vedic rites. Here the petiole remains attached to the base of the lamina—Prāntagranthika
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Juhū (जुहू).—f. [hu kvip ni° dvitvaṃ dīrghaśca Tv.]
1) A crescent-shaped wooden ladle used for pouring the sacrificial ghee into the fire.
2) A tongue, especially of Agni i. e. a flame.
Derivable forms: juhūḥ (जुहूः).
Juhū (जुहू).—f.
(-hūḥ) A wooden vessel, of the shape of a semicircle or crescent. used to pour sacrificial butter in to the fire. E. hu to sacrifice, Unadi affix kvip, the root reiterated, and the final made long also remaining short juhu. f.
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Juhū (जुहू).—[feminine] tongue, [especially] tongue of Agni, flame; a wooden ladle used for pouring butter into the fire.
1) Juhū (जुहू):—f. (= jihvā, √huc) a tongue ([especially] of Agni; 7 are named, [Ṛg-veda i, 58, 7]), flame, [Ṛg-veda]
2) personified as wife of Brahmā and goddess of speech (author of [Ṛg-veda x, 109]), [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]
3) ([from] √hu, [Pāṇini 3-2, 178], [vArttika] 3, [Uṇādi-sūtra] etc.) a curved wooden ladle (for pouring sacrificial butter into fire), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.
4) that part of the frame enshrining the universal spirit which faces the east, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad iii, 15, 2.]
Juhū (जुहू):—(hūḥ) 3. f. A sacrificial wooden vessel of a crescent shape.
Juhu (जुहु):—Nebenform von 2. juhū [COLEBR.] u. [Loiseleur Deslongchamps] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 24.]
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Juhū (जुहू):—f. —
1) Zunge. Insbes. von der Zunge oder den Zungen Agni's. Flamme. Personificirt als Gattin Brahman's. —
2) der Gewöhnliche Butterlöffel , mit dem die Butter in’s Feuer geschüttet wird. Nom.abstr. juhūtva n. [Maitrāyaṇi 3,1,1.] —
3) Bez. der nach Osten gerichteten Seite des Gehäuses der Weltseele.
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
Juhu (ಜುಹು):—[noun] a crescent-shaped wooden ladle used for pouring the sacrificial ghee into the fire.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): The, The, Juhu, Te.
Starts with (+2): Ju hu jin lang, Ju hua, Ju hua cha, Ju hua jiu, Ju hua wei zhi, Ju hua yu jian, Ju huai, Ju huang, Ju huang se, Ju hui, Ju hui yi chu, Ju huo, Juhumagriya, Juhundara, Juhupatra, Juhurana, Juhushu, Juhutva, Juhuvana, Juhuvant.
Full-text (+12): Juhvasya, Juhuvat, Juhumagriya, Jauhava, Brahmajaya, Juhutva, Sruva, Ghritaci, Juhvat, Juhuvant, Abhipramur, Juhvana, Juhupatra, Juhoticodana, Juhotyadi, Yatkama, Juhotiyajatikriya, Juhushu, Sthirajihva, Juhati.
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Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Verse 3.15.2 < [Section 3.15]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Ritual drink in the Iranian and Indian traditions (by Nawaz R. Guard)
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Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
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Mimamsa interpretation of Vedic Injunctions (Vidhi) (by Shreebas Debnath)
Chapter 4.2 - Six Proofs of Viniyogavidhi
Chapter 4.3 - The comparative Strength of Six Proofs of Viniyogavidhi