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jānuजानुjā́nu 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.]
jānukāजानुकाjā́nukā f. (a woman) bringing forth, [MaitrS. i, 4, 8]; [ĀpŚr. i, 10, 11.]
jā́nukā See jātṛ.
jānukaजानुकn. (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]
jānuśirasजानुशिरस्jānu—śiras n. = -phalaka, [ĀśvŚr. i, 4, 8.]
jānudaghnaजानुदघ्नjānu—daghná mf(I)n. reaching up or down to the knees, [TS. v, 6, 8, 3]; [ŚBr. ix], [xii]; [TĀr. i, 25]; [BrahmaP.]
jānudaghneजानुदघ्नेjānu—daghné ind. as far up as the knee, [ĀpŚr. xv, 13, 3]
jānujaṅghaजानुजङ्घjānu—jaṅgha m. N. of a king, [MBh. i, 230]; [xiii, 7684.]
jānumātraजानुमात्रjānu—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.]
jānusaṃdhiजानुसंधिjānu—saṃdhi m. the knee-joint, [W.]
jānuphalakaजानुफलकjānu—phalaka n. the knee-pan, [W.]
jānucalanaजानुचलनjānu—calana n. balancing on the knees, [Pañcat. v, 9, 1/0]
jānumaṇḍalaजानुमण्डलjānu—maṇḍala n. id., [Buddh.]; [L.]
jānuprahṛtaजानुप्रहृतjānu—prahṛta g. akṣa-dyūtādi (not in [Gaṇar.])
jānudaghnāmbhasजानुदघ्नाम्भस्jā́°nu-daghnāmbhas mfn. having water up to one's knee, [Rājat. viii, 3186.]
jānunikuñcanaजानुनिकुञ्चनjānu—nikuñcana n. a partic. posture in Yoga, [L.]
jānupracalanaजानुप्रचलनjānu—pracalana n. v.l. for -cal°.
jānuprahṛtikaजानुप्रहृतिकjānu—prahṛ°tika mfn., [ib.]