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jiजिcl. 1. jáyati, °te (impf. ájayat; aor. ajaiṣīt, Ved. ájais, 1. pl. ájaiṣma, jéṣma, 2. sg. jes and Ā. jéṣi Subj. jéṣat, °ṣas, °ṣāma, [RV.]; aor. Ā. ajeṣṭa; fut. 1st. jétā, [RV.] &c.; fut. 2nd. jeṣyáti, [x, 34, 6] &c.; pf. jigā́ya [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57]], jigetha, jigyur; p. jigīvás [°givás, [TS. i, 7, 8, 4]; acc. pl. °gyúṣas] [RV.] &c.; Inf. jiṣé, [i, 111, 4] and [112, 12]; jétave, [TBr. ii]; Class. jetum: Pass. jīyate, ajīyata [[Ragh. xi, 65]], ajāyi, jāyiṣyate; for jī́yate and cl. 9. jinā́ti See √ jyā) to win or acquire (by conquest or in gambling), conquer (in battle), vanquish (in a game or lawsuit), defeat, excel, surpass, [RV.] &c. (with púnar, ‘to reconquer’, [TS. vi, 3, 1, 1]); to conquer (the passions), overcome or remove (any desire or difficulties or diseases), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to expel from (abl.), [ŚBr. iii, 6, 1, 17]; to win anything (acc.) from (acc.), vanquish anyone (acc.) in a game (acc.), [ŚBr. iii, 6, 1, 28]; [xiv, 6, 8, 1] and [12]; [MBh. iii]; [Daś.]; [Pāṇ. i, 4, 51]; [Siddh.]; to be victorious, gain the upper hand, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. iii]; [MuṇḍUp.]; [Mn. vii, 201]; [MBh.]; often pr. in the sense of an Impv. ‘long live!’ ‘glory to’, [Śak.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Laghuj.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.: Caus. jāpayati ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 48] and [vii, 3, 36]) to cause to win, [VS. ix, 11 f.]; (aor. 2. pl. ájījipata and ájījap°), [TS. i, 7, 8, 4] and [ŚBr. v, 1, 5, 11 f.]; [ĀśvŚr. ix, 9]; to conquer, [MBh. vii, 66, 6] (aor. ajījayat) : Pass. jāpyate, to be made to conquer, [W.] : Desid. jígīṣati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57]; p. °ṣat, °ṣamāṇa) to wish to win or obtain or conquer or excel, [AV. xi, 5, 18]; [TS. ii]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; (Ā.) to seek for prey, [RV. x, 4, 3] : Intens. jejīyate, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 57], [Kāś.]
mfn. conquering, [L.]
m. a Piśāca, [L.]
jimजिम्cl. 1. jemati, to eat, [Dhātup.]
jitजित्mfn. ifc. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 61]) winning, acquiring, cf. go- and svar-jit, svarga- &c.
conquering, cf. abhimāti-jít, śatru-, &c.
(in med.) removing, cf. kāsa- &c.
jitá, jíti See √ ji.
jiṣजिष्cl. 1. jeṣati, to sprinkle, [Dhātup.]
jinaजिनmfn. (√ ji) victorious, [L.]
m. ‘Victor’, a Buddha, [Buddh.]; [Kathās. lxxii, 99]
an Arhat (or chief saint of the Jainas; 24 Jinas are supposed to flourish in each of the 3 Avasarpiṇīs, being born in Āryāvarta), [Jain.]; [Pañcat. v, 1, 10/11 ff.]; [VarBṛS. lx]; [Sarvad.]
(hence) the number ‘24’, [Hcat. i, 3, 919]
metrically for jaina
Viṣṇu, [Śiś. xix, 112]
N. of [Hemac.] (?)
of a Bodhi-sattva
of a son of Yadu, [KūrmaP. i, 22, 12.]
mfn. (for jīna or jīrṇa) very old, [Uṇ. iii, 2/3.]
jinvजिन्व्cl. 1. P. jínvati (rarely Ā. [RV. iii, 2, 11] and [1. sg. °nvé] [iv, 21, 8]; Impv. °nvatāt, [AV. x, 6, 34]; p. °nvat; pf. 3. du. jijinváthur) to move one's self, be active or lively ([Naigh. ii, 14]), [RV.]; [AV.]; to urge on, cause to move quickly, impel, incite, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. viii]; to refresh, animate, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [AitBr. vii, 9]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. vii]; to promote, help, favour, [RV.]; [AV.]; to help any one (acc.) to anything (dat.), [RV.]; [KātyŚr. xvii]; to receive favourably (prayers or acts of devotion), [RV. i, 157.]; [vii f.]; [x] : Caus. (jinvayati) v.l. for √ juñc, q.v.; cf. ā-, pra-, and upa-pra-.
jiriजिरिcl. 5. P. °riṇoti ([Pāṇ. viii, 2, 78], [Kāś.]) to hurt, [Dhātup. xxvii, 31] (cf. ciri.)
jitaजितjitá mfn. won, acquired, conquered, subdued, [RV. viii, 76, 4]; [AV.] &c.
overcome or enslaved by (in comp., e.g. kāma-, ‘under the dominion of lust’), [Mn.] &c.
given up, discontinued, [Mn. iv, 181.]
jitiजितिjíti f. gaining, obtaining, victory, [RV. x, 53, 11]; [AV. x, 6, 16]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr. i, 24]; [KātyŚr. xix, 5, 4]; [Lāṭy. v, 4, 19]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KauṣUp.]
a-jitasya j° N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]
cf. puró-.
jiṣeजिषेjiṣé Ved. Inf. √ ji, q.v.
jighraजिघ्रmfn. (√ ghrā) smelling, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 137]
ifc. observing, conjecturing, [Sāh. iii, 66/67]
jiṅgīजिङ्गीf. id., [ib.]
Rubia Munjista, [v, 1, 189].
jigyuजिग्युjigyú mfn. victorious, [RV. i, 101, 6.]
jihluजिह्लुv.l. for °hnu.
jihmīजिह्मीind. in comp.
jihmaजिह्मjihmá mf(A)n. ([Nir. viii, 15]) oblique, transverse, athwart, [RV. i f.]; [TS. ii]; [ŚBr. v]
squinting (as the eye), [i, 5]; [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
with √ i [[ŚBr. iii], [v]; [AitBr. v, 9]], gam, nir-ṛch [[AV. xii, 4, 53]], 1. as [[ŚBr. xi]], to go irregularly, turn off from the right way, miss the aim (abl.)
crooked, tortuous, curved, [W.]
morally crooked, deceitful, false, dishonest, [Yājñ. ii, 165]; [MBh.] &c.
slow, lazy, [Naiṣ. ii, 102]
dim, dulled, [Kir.]
jihmá n. falsehood, dishonesty, [PraśnUp. i, 16]; [MBh.]; [BhP. i, 14, 4]; Tabernaemontana coronaria, [L.]
jihmá n. cf. ā, vi-.
jihnuजिह्नुm. pl. N. of a country, [iv, 2, 104], Vārtt. 28, [Pat.]
jihvāजिह्वाjihvā́ (ā́), f. (= juhū́) id., [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [MBh. iii, 16137]; [Hcat.])
the tongue or tongues of Agni i.e. various forms of flame (3 are named, [RV. iii, 20, 2]; generally 7 [VS. xvii, 79]; [MuṇḍUp. i, 2, 4] [kālī, karālī, mano-javā, su-lohitā, su-dhūmra-varṇā, sphuliṅginī, viśvarūpī] [Hemac.]; cf. saptá-jihva; also identified with the 7 winds pra-, ā-, ud-, saṃ-, vi-, pari-, and ni-vaha)
the tongue of a balance, [Hcat. i, 5, 163]
speech ([Naigh. i, 11]), [RV. iii, 57, 5]
the root of Tabernaemontana coronaria, [L.]
cf. dví-, mádhu-, su-
agni-jihvá &c.;
jihvā́ f. See °hvá.
jihvaजिह्वjihvá mfn. (said of Agni), [MaitrS. i, 3, 35] (for yahvá of [Padap.] & [RV. iii, 2, 9])
jihvá m. the tongue, [Hariv. 6325 f.]
[cf. Lat. lingua; Goth. tuggō.]
jijñuजिज्ञुmfn. = jñāsu, [R. i, 9, 23.]
jimbhaजिम्भfor jṛmbha (?), in comp.
jinvaजिन्वmfn. See dhiyaṃ-jinvá, viśva-.
jirviजिर्विjírvi See jívri.
jitmaजित्मm. id., [W.]
jityāजित्याf. ifc. ‘victory’, see āji-; vāja-jityā́
jityaजित्यmfn. conquerable, [W.]
m. = hali, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 117]
jítvan, °vara See √ ji.
jivriजिव्रिjívri mfn. ([Pāṇ. viii, 2, 78], Vārtt. 1; √ jṝ) old, worn out, decrepit, (du. °vrī), [RV. i]; [iv, 19, 2] and [36, 3]; [viii], [x]
([Nir. iii, 21]), [AV. viii, 1, 6] and (jírvi) [xiv, 1, 21]
jívri m. time, [Uṇ. v, 49/50] a bird, [ib.]
jiṣṇuजिष्णुjiṣṇú mfn. (√ ji, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 139]) victorious, triumphant, winning, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
(with acc.) vanquishing, conquering, excelling, [Bhartṛ. i, 5]; [Vop. v, 26]
(ifc.) winning, conquering, [MBh. vi], [xiii]
jiṣṇú m. the sun, [L.]
Viṣṇu, [L.]
Indra, [L.]
Arjuna (son of Pāṇḍu), [MBh.]; [BhP. i]
N. of a man, [Rājat. vi, 155]
of a son of Manu Bhautya, [Hariv. 495]
‘of Brahma-gupta's father’, see -ja
of a Vasu, [W.]
cf. parā-.
jigīṣāजिगीषाjigīṣā́ f. desire of obtaining, (°ṣā́, Ved. instr.), [RV. i, 171, 3] and [186, 4]; [MBh. iii, 13360]
desire of conquering or being victorious, military ambition [i], [v]; [Ragh. xv, 45]; [BhP. iii, 18]
= °ṣu-tā, [Kathās. xv, 7] and [xxi, 81] (ifc.), [Rājat.]
eminence, [W.]
profession or habit of life, [W.]
jigīṣā́ , °ṣú, jigyu See cols. 2, 3.
jigīṣuजिगीषुjigīṣú mfn. wishing to obtain or gain, seeking for, [RV. ii, 38, 6]; [MBh. i, 6845]; [BhP. iv, 8, 37]
striving to conquer or excel, ambitious, [R. i, 13, 21]; [BhP.] &c.
jigīṣú m. N. of a man, gargādi.
jihānaजिहानjíhāna mfn. pr. p. √ 2. hā, q.v.
jíhāna mfn. bounding forward (as a horse), [RV.]
flying (as an arrow), [Kir.]
jihāsāजिहासाf. (√ 3. hā Desid.) desire of abandoning or giving up, [BhP.]; [Sarvad. iii, 255.]
jihāsuजिहासुmfn. desirous of giving up, [BhP.]; [Rājat.]
jihītiजिहीतिm. pl. N. of a family, [Pravar. i, 1] (vv.ll. jah°, °hiti).
jihmamजिह्मम्(am), ind. with √ car, to miss one's aim, [MBh. v, 7361]
jijīṣuजिजीषुmfn. (irr.) id., [iii, 14905].
jikanaजिकनm. N. of a lawyer, [Prāyaśc.]; [Smṛtit. i], [iv.]
jimitaजिमितn. eating, [Jain.], Sch. (Prākṛt °miya).
jinanaजिननn. (√ ji cl. 9) conquering, [Pañcad. i, 38.]
jineśaजिनेशm. an Arhat (of the Jainas), [Kalyāṇam. 15]; [Pañcad. ii, 6.]
jiraṇaजिरणm. = jar°, cumin, [L.]
jitāriजितारिm. (= °ta-śatru) N. of a Buddha, [L.]
of a son of Avikṣit, [MBh. i, 3741]
of the father of the Arhat Śam-bhava, [L.]
jitumaजितुमm. (fr. δίδυμοι) the sign Gemini, [VarBṛ. i, 8]; [xxiv, 9]; [Laghuj. xiii, 1.]
jitvanजित्वन्jítvan mfn. victorious (cf. sa-jítvan), [Uṇ. iv, 113/114]
jítvan m. (g. karṇādi) N. of a man, [ŚBr. xiv, 6, 10, 5.]
jighāṃsāजिघांसाf. wish or intention to strike or slay or destroy, [Mn. xi, 207]; [MBh.] &c.
malice, revenge, [W.]
jighāṃsuजिघांसुmfn. = °sin (with acc.), [MBh. i], [iii]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Daś.]; [Kathās.]
desirous of destroying or ruining (ifc. or with acc.), [Lāṭy. i, 10, 3]; [Suśr. i, 19, 21]
revengeful, [W.]
m. an enemy, [W.]
jighatnuजिघत्नुjighatnú mfn. (√ han redupl.) endeavouring to hurt, [ii, 30, 9].
jighatsāजिघत्साf. (√ ghas Desid.) desire of eating or consuming, [Kathās. lxi]
cf. vi-jighatsá.
jighatsuजिघत्सुjighatsú mfn. hungry, [L.]
desirous of consuming, [cviii, 106]; [Bhaktām. 36]
jighatsú f. N. of an evil demon, [AV. ii, 14, 1]
(pl.), [viii, 2, 20.]
jighṛkṣāजिघृक्षाf. (√ grah, Desid.) wish or intention to take or seize, [MBh. vii, 794]; [Gṛhyās. ii, 27] (v.l.), [Ragh. ix, 46]; [BhP. x, 62, 34.]
jighṛkṣuजिघृक्षुmfn. (ifc. or with acc.) intending to take or seize, [MBh. iv], [viii]; [Hariv. 6463]; [Śak. i, 27/28] (v.l.), [BhP. x]
wishing to rob, [MBh. ii, 1952]
wishing to take up (water, jala.), [Pañcat. iii, 12, 0/1] wishing to gather, [MBh. i, 3373]
wishing to learn, 5240.
jiṅgiṇīजिङ्गिणीf. = °ginī, [Car. iii, 8, 3.]
jiṅginīजिङ्गिनीf. (= jhiṅg°) Odina Wodier, [Bhpr. v.]
jigartiजिगर्तिjígarti m. a swallower, [RV. v, 29, 4.]
jigatnuजिगत्नुjigatnú mfn. (√ gam redupl.) going quickly, fleet, [RV. vii], [ix f.]
jigatnú m. breath, [Uṇ. iii, 31/32]
jihīrṣāजिहीर्षाf. (√ hṛ Desid. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 102], [Kāś.]) ifc. desire of carrying, [BhP. i, 7, 25]
desire of seizing, [x, 90, 10] (°raṣā)
desire of robbing, [iv, 19, 23];
wish to remove, [iii, 1, 43]
desire to carry off or ravish, [Kām. iii, 22.]
jihīrṣuजिहीर्षुmfn. (with acc.) intending to bring, [R. ii, 63, 36]
wishing to carry off or rob or appropriate, [Suparṇ. xx, 2] (°riṣu), [MBh.]; [Hariv. 14248]; [Rājat. vi, 106]
desirous of removing, [v, 401].
jihmāyaजिह्मायNom. °yati, to turn off from the right way, [Nir. i, 11]; °yate, to be oblique, [Vait. x, 17] to be dull, hesitate (with inf.), [Hcat. i, 1, 1.]
jihmībhūजिह्मीभूjihmī—√ bhū to be obscured, [ix, 21].
jihmaśīजिह्मशीjihma—śī mfn. lying (athwart i.e.) on the ground, [RV. i, 113, 5.]
jihmagaजिह्मगjihma—ga mfn. = -gati, [i, 982]
moving slowly, [L.]
a snake, [ŚārṅgP. xxii, 9]
cf. a-.
jihmatāजिह्मताjihma—tā f. = -tva, [W.]
falsehood, dishonesty, [Hariv. 7335]; [R. ii, 43, 2.]
jihmitaजिह्मितmfn. made crooked, bent, curved, [Mṛcch. ix, 12]
dulled, obscured, [Kād. ii, 157] (v.l. °ma).
jihvāpaजिह्वापjihvā—pa m. ‘drinking with the tongue’, a dog, [L.]
a cat, [L.]
a tiger, [L.]
a panther or leopard, [L.]
a bear, [L.]
jihvakaजिह्वकmf(ikA)n. ifc. the tongue, [MBh. iii, 16137] (a-jihvaka, ‘tongueless’ f. N. of a Rākṣasī), [Hcat. i, 7, 279]
m. a kind of fever, [Śārṅg.] [Vaidyav.]
jihvalaजिह्वलmfn. voracious, [Śrāddhat.]
jihvikāजिह्विकाf. dimin. fr. °hvā́ See adho-, ali-, prati-; upa-jíhv°.
jijñāsāजिज्ञासाf. = °sana, [MBh. ii f.], [xiii]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Pāṇ. i, 3, 21], Vārtt. 3 &c. (kṛta-jijñāsa mfn. having put to the proof any one [gen.] [Kathās. cxiii, 78])
jijñāsuजिज्ञासुmfn. desirous of knowing, inquiring into, examining, testing, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] &c.
jillikaजिल्लिकm. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 367] (v.l. jhill°).
jinaśrīजिनश्रीjina—śrī m. N. of a king, [Kāraṇḍ.²]
jinajyāजिनज्याjina—jyā f. the extent of 24 degrees, [Gol.]
jinarṣiजिनर्षिjina—rṣi m. (ṛṣi) a Jain ascetic, [Sarvad. iii, 279.]
jitāśvaजिताश्वm. ‘one who can subdue horses’, N. of a prince, [VP. iv, 5, 12] (v.l.)
jitākṣaजिताक्षmfn. one who has subdued his senses, calm, [Cāṇ.]
jittamaजित्तमjit—tama mfn. ifc. See svarga- &c.
m. id., [W.]
jitvarīजित्वरीf. ‘Victrix’, the city of Benares, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 84]; [Pat.]
jitvaraजित्वरmf(I, Pāṇ. iii, 2, 163; cf. sa-ji/tvarI)n. ifc. overcoming, [Car. vi, 5, 95]
jiṣṇujaजिष्णुजjiṣṇu—ja m. ‘Jiṣṇu's son’, Brahma-gupta, [Gaṇit. iv, 3, 20.]
jighāṃsinजिघांसिन्mfn. ifc. intending to kill, [R. vi, 77.]
jigīṣitaजिगीषितmfn. wished to be obtained, [ŚāṅkhBr.]
jigīṣutāजिगीषुताjigīṣu—tā f. desire of excelling, ambition, [Kathās. xviii, 85.]
jigamiṣāजिगमिषाf. intention to go, [W.]
jigamiṣuजिगमिषुmfn. intending to go, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
jigariṣuजिगरिषुmfn. (√ 2. gṝ Desid.) desirous of swallowing, [W.]
jihānakaजिहानकm. the destruction of the world, [L.]
jihīraṣāजिहीरषा°riṣu. See °rṣ°.
jihīrṣyaजिहीर्ष्यfut. p.p. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 185], [Kāś.]
jihmāśinजिह्माशिन्m. N. of a man g. śubhrādi (°śina, [Kāś.])
jihmākṣaजिह्माक्षmfn. ‘crooked-eyed’, squinting, [Suśr. vi, 60, 7.]
jihmatvaजिह्मत्वjihma—tva n. crookedness, curvature, [W.]
jihvāgraजिह्वाग्रjihvā°gra (°vāg°) n. the tip of the tongue, [VPrāt.]; [Suśr.]; [Hit.]
jihvālihजिह्वालिह्jihvā—lih m. ‘licking with the tongue’, a dog, [L.]
jihvāvatजिह्वावत्jihvā́—vat (°hvā́), m. ‘having a (greedy) tongue’, N. of a man, [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 33.]
jijīviṣāजिजीविषाf. (√ jīv Desid.) desire to live, [MBh. viii, 1790.]
jijīviṣuजिजीविषुmfn. desirous of life, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
jijñāsyaजिज्ञास्यmfn. = °sitavya, [BhP. ii, 9]; [Sarvad.]
jinādhāraजिनाधारm. N. of a Bodhi-sattva, [Buddh.]; [L.]
jinadāsaजिनदासjina—dāsa m. N. of several men, [HPariś. i]-[iii]
of two Jain authors (1. author of a Cūrṇi on Āvaśyaka; 2. author of Dharma-pañcaviṃśatikā).
jinadevaजिनदेवjina—deva m. an Arhat (of the Jainas), [Pañcad. ii, 6]
N. of the author of Madana-parājaya.