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जुहू

जुहू

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Noun

जुहू • ‎(juhū́) f

  1. tongue (especially of Agni; 7 are named), flame
    • RV 1.58.4b
      वि वातजूतो अतसेषु तिष्ठते वर्था जुहूभिः सर्ण्या तुविष्वणिः |
      तर्षु यदग्ने वनिनो वर्षायसे कर्ष्णं त एम रुशदूर्मे अजर ||
      vi vātajūto ataseṣu tiṣṭhate vṛthā juhūbhiḥ sṛṇyā tuviṣvaṇiḥ |
      tṛṣu yadaghne vanino vṛṣāyase kṛṣṇaṃ ta ema ruśadūrme ajara ||
      Urged by the wind be spreads through dry wood as he lists, armed with his tongues for sickles, with a mighty roar.
      Black is thy path, Agni, changeless, with glittering waves! when like a bull thou rushest eager to the trees.
  2. personified as wife of Brahmā and goddess of speech (author of RV. X, 109)
  3. a curved wooden ladle (for pouring sacrificial butter into fire)
    • RV 10.21.3b
      तवे धर्माण आसते जुहूभिः सिञ्चतीरिव |
      कर्ष्णारूपाण्यर्जुना वि वो मदे विश्वा अधि शरियो धिषेविवक्षसे ||
      tve dharmāṇa āsate juhūbhiḥ siñcatīriva |
      kṛṣṇārūpāṇyarjunā vi vo made viśvā adhi śriyo dhiṣevivakṣase ||
      The holy statutes rest by thee, as ’twere with ladles that o’erflow.
      Black and white-gleaming colours,-at your glad carouse-all glories thou assurnest. Thou art waxing great.
  4. that part of the frame enshrining the universal spirit which faces the east

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of जुहू
Nom. sg. जुहूः ‎(juhūḥ)
Gen. sg. जुह्वाः ‎(juhvāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जुहूः ‎(juhūḥ) जुह्वौ ‎(juhvau) जुह्वः ‎(juhvaḥ)
Vocative जुहु ‎(juhu) जुह्वौ ‎(juhvau) जुह्वः ‎(juhvaḥ)
Accusative जुहूम् ‎(juhūm) जुह्वौ ‎(juhvau) जुहूः ‎(juhūḥ)
Instrumental जुह्वा ‎(juhvā) जुहूभ्याम् ‎(juhūbhyām) जुहूभिः ‎(juhūbhiḥ)
Dative जुह्वै ‎(juhvai) जुहूभ्याम् ‎(juhūbhyām) जुहूभ्यः ‎(juhūbhyaḥ)
Ablative जुह्वाः ‎(juhvāḥ) जुहूभ्याम् ‎(juhūbhyām) जुहूभ्यः ‎(juhūbhyaḥ)
Genitive जुह्वाः ‎(juhvāḥ) जुह्वोः ‎(juhvoḥ) जुहूनाम् ‎(juhūnām)
Locative जुह्वाम् ‎(juhvām) जुह्वोः ‎(juhvoḥ) जुहूषु ‎(juhūṣu)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0424

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