Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
I. 1 P. (jabhati, jaṃbhati) To copulate; cf. yabh II. 1 A. (jabha- te, jaṃbhate) 1 To yawn, gape.
2 To snap at; seize with the mouth. Caus. (jaṃbhayati) To crush, destroy, dispel.
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Dictionary meanings for jabh from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
or jambh (cl.1. jabhate or jambh Dha1tup. x, 28; aor. Subj. jambhiṣat) to snap at (gen.) RV. x, 86, 4: Caus. jambh/ayati (p. yat) to crush, destroy RV.; AV.; VS. xvi, 5: Intens. jañjabhy/ate (and bhīti Pa1n2. 7-4, 86; p. bhy/amāna [ TS. ii, 5, 2, 4 Nya1yam.... mfn. swallowed (see hemanta-j). 1327,2 77183.1 mfn. snapping at, vii, I, 61, Sch. 050255 412,1 77184 m. snapper, a kind of animal destructive to grain AV. vi,...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
or jambh cl.1. jabhati or jambh A1. (Vop.) jabhate (aor. ajambhiṣṭa), v.l. for yabh (Dha1tup. xxiii, 11) to know carnally BhP. iii, 20, 26 (inf. jabhitum v.l. yabh). 050280 412,2 77248
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