Pratijangha, Pratijaṅghā, Prati-jangha: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratijaṅghā (प्रतिजङ्घा).—the forepart of the leg.

Pratijaṅghā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and jaṅghā (जङ्घा).

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

Pratijaṅghā (प्रतिजङ्घा).—f.

(-ṅghā) The forepart of the leg, the thigh. E. prati before, and jaṅghā the thigh.

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

Pratijaṅghā (प्रतिजङ्घा):—[=prati-jaṅghā] f. the shin-bone, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Pratijaṅghā (प्रतिजङ्घा):—[prati-jaṅghā] (ṅghā) 1. f. The fore-part of the thigh.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratijangha in German

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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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