jānu जानु jā́nu n. (rarely m., [MBh. iv, 1115]; [Rājat. iii, 345]) the knee, [RV. x, 15, 6]; [AV. ix f.]; [VS.] &c. (°nubhyām avaniṃ-√ gam ‘to fall to the ground on one's knees’, [MBh. xiii, 935]) (as a measure of length) = 32 Aṅgulas, [Śulbas.] , [cf. γόνυ; Lat. genu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie.] jānukā जानुका jā́nukā f. (a woman) bringing forth, [MaitrS. i, 4, 8]; [ĀpŚr. i, 10, 11.] jā́nukā See jātṛ. jānuka जानुक n. (g. yāvādi) the knee, [VarBṛS. lviii] (in comp.) mfn. ifc. (f(A). ), [Hcat. i, 7, 354] (cf. ūrdhva-, virala-) m. N. of a man, [Śak. vi, 1/2] jānuśiras जानुशिरस् jānu—śiras n. = -phalaka, [ĀśvŚr. i, 4, 8.] jānudaghna जानुदघ्न jānu—daghná mf(I)n. reaching up or down to the knees, [TS. v, 6, 8, 3]; [ŚBr. ix], [xii]; [TĀr. i, 25]; [BrahmaP.] jānudaghne जानुदघ्ने jānu—daghné ind. as far up as the knee, [ĀpŚr. xv, 13, 3] jānujaṅgha जानुजङ्घ jānu—jaṅgha m. N. of a king, [MBh. i, 230]; [xiii, 7684.] jānumātra जानुमात्र jānu—mātrá mfn. reaching up to the knee, [ĀśvGṛ. ii, 8]; [iv, 4] jānu—mātrá n. the height of the knee, [ŚBr. xii, 8, 3, 20.] jānusaṃdhi जानुसंधि jānu—saṃdhi m. the knee-joint, [W.] jānuphalaka जानुफलक jānu—phalaka n. the knee-pan, [W.] jānucalana जानुचलन jānu—calana n. balancing on the knees, [Pañcat. v, 9, 1/0] jānumaṇḍala जानुमण्डल jānu—maṇḍala n. id., [Buddh.]; [L.] jānuprahṛta जानुप्रहृत jānu—prahṛta g. akṣa-dyūtādi (not in [Gaṇar.]) jānudaghnāmbhas जानुदघ्नाम्भस् jā́°nu-daghnāmbhas mfn. having water up to one's knee, [Rājat. viii, 3186.] jānunikuñcana जानुनिकुञ्चन jānu—nikuñcana n. a partic. posture in Yoga, [L.] jānupracalana जानुप्रचलन jānu—pracalana n. v.l. for -cal°. jānuprahṛtika जानुप्रहृतिक jānu—prahṛ°tika mfn., [ib.]