Urdhvajnu, Ūrdhvajñu, Urdhva-jnu: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŪrdhvajñu (ऊर्ध्वज्ञु).—a. [ūrdhvamuccaṃ jānu yasya]
1) raising the knees, sitting on the hams; क्षणमयमनुभूय स्वप्नमूर्ध्वज्ञुरेव (kṣaṇamayamanubhūya svapnamūrdhvajñureva) Śiśupālavadha 11.11.
2) long-shanked.
Ūrdhvajñu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and jñu (ज्ञु). See also (synonyms): ūrdhvajānu, ūrdhvajña.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŪrdhvajñu (ऊर्ध्वज्ञु).—[adjective] raising the knees.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ūrdhvajñu (ऊर्ध्वज्ञु):—[=ūrdhva-jñu] [from ūrdhva] (ūrdhva) mfn. ([Pāṇini 5-4, 130]), idem, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā; Aitareya-āraṇyaka etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] long-shanked, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŪrdhvajñu (ಊರ್ಧ್ವಜ್ಞು):—[noun] = ಊರ್ಧ್ವಜಾನು - [urdhvajanu -]1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Full-text: Urdhvajna, Anurdhvajnu, Jnu, Urdhvajanu.
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