jihvā जिह्वा jihvā́ (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. jihvāpa जिह्वाप jihvā—pa m. ‘drinking with the tongue’, a dog, [L.] a cat, [L.] a tiger, [L.] a panther or leopard, [L.] a bear, [L.] jihvāgra जिह्वाग्र jihvā°gra (°vāg°) n. the tip of the tongue, [VPrāt.]; [Suśr.]; [Hit.] jihvālih जिह्वालिह् jihvā—lih m. ‘licking with the tongue’, a dog, [L.] jihvāvat जिह्वावत् jihvā́—vat (°hvā́), m. ‘having a (greedy) tongue’, N. of a man, [ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 33.] jihvālatā जिह्वालता jihvā—latā f. a long tongue, [Hcar. v, 478]; [viii.] jihvāmūla जिह्वामूल jihvā—mūlá n. the root of the tongue, [AV. i, 34, 2]; [Prāt.] Śikṣā, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 62.] jihvāmala जिह्वामल jihvā—mala n. the fur of the tongue, [L.] jihvāmaya जिह्वामय jihvā°maya (vām°) m. a disease of the tongue, [ŚārṅgS. vii, 133.] jihvārada जिह्वारद jihvā—rada m. ‘having a tongue like beak’, a bird, [L.] jihvātala जिह्वातल jihvā—tala n. the surface of the tongue, [Suśr. ii, 16, 36.] jihvāśalya जिह्वाशल्य jihvā—śalya for °hma-ś°. jihvākātya जिह्वाकात्य jihvā—kātya m. ‘voracious Kātya’, N. of a man, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 73], Vārtt. 8. jihvālaulya जिह्वालौल्य jihvā—laulya n. greediness, [Pañcat. i., f.] jihvāpāvan जिह्वापावन् jihvā-pāvan m. ‘drinking with the tongue’, a dog, [L.] jihvāsvāda जिह्वास्वाद jihvā°svāda (ovās°) m. ‘tasting with the tongue’, licking, [L.] jihvāchedana जिह्वाछेदन jihvā—chedana n. cutting off of the tongue, [Āp. ii, 27, 14.] jihvāśodhana जिह्वाशोधन jihvā—śodhana n. ‘tongue-cleaning’, recitation of particular mystical syllables, [Tantr.] jihvāmūlīya जिह्वामूलीय jihvā—°mūlīya mfn. ([iv, 3, 62]) belonging to or uttered from the root of the tongue (viz. ṛ, ḷ, the guttural class of consonants, but esp. the Visarga before k and kh), [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 37] Vārtt. 1. jihvāstambha जिह्वास्तम्भ jihvā—stambha m. stiffness of the tongue, [ŚārṅgS. vii, 105.] jihvāprathana जिह्वाप्रथन jihvā—prathana n. expansion or too great flattening of the tongue (defect in pronunciation), [RPrāt. xiv, 7.], jihvānirlekhana जिह्वानिर्लेखन jihvā—nirlekhana a tongue-scraper, [Aṣṭāṅg. i, 2, 4.] jihvānirlekhanika जिह्वानिर्लेखनिक jihvā—nirlekhanika id., [Buddh.]; [L.]