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jambha

jámbha m. a tooth, eye-tooth, tusk, (pl.) set of teeth, mouth, jaws, [RV.]; [VS. xi, 79] (du.), [xv, 15]; [AV. iii, 27, 1]-[6]


swallowing, [RV. i, 37, 5]


(°bhá) one who crushes or swallows (as a demon), [AV. ii, 4, 2]; [viii, 1, 16]; [Kauś.]


(g. śivādi) N. of several demons (conquered by Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, [MBh. iii], [v], [vii]; [Hariv.]; by Indra, [MBh.]), [MBh. i, 2105]; [iii, 16365]; [Hariv. 13227]; [BhP. viii, 10, 21]


a leader of the demons in the war against the gods under Indra, [MārkP. xviii, 16]


N. of a son (of Prahrāda, [Hariv. 12461]; of Hiraṇya-kaśipu, [12914])


of the father-in-law of Hiraṇya-kaśipu, [BhP. vi, 18, 11]


of Sunda's father, [R. i, 27, 7]


Indra's thunderbolt, [Gal.]


a charm (?), [MBh. v, 64, 20]


= °bhin, [L.]


a quiver, [L.]


a part, portion, [L.]


jámbha cf. ku-, tápur., tigmá-, tṛṣṭa-, vīlú-


su-jámbha and antar-jambhá [cf. γαμϕηλαί.]


See √ 1. jabh.