Pragatajanu, Pragatajānu, Pragata-janu: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPragatajānu (प्रगतजानु).—a. bandy-legged, bowlegged.
Pragatajānu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pragata and jānu (जानु). See also (synonyms): pragatajānuka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPragatajānu (प्रगतजानु).—mfn. (-nuḥ-nuḥ-nu) Bandy-legged, having the knees far apart. E. pragata separated, and jānu the knee.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPragatajānu (प्रगतजानु):—[=pra-gata-jānu] [from pra-gata > pra-gam] mfn. having the knees far apart, bandy-legged, bow-legged, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPragatajānu (प्रगतजानु):—[pragata-jānu] (nuḥ-nuḥ-nu) a. Bandy-legged.
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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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Partial matches: Janu, Pragata.
Starts with: Pragatajanuka.
Full-text: Pragatajanuka.
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