jaghanaṃ

Dictionary meanings for jaghanaṃ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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jaghanaṃ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[vakraṃ haṃti han yaṅ ac pṛṣoº; Uṇ. 5. 32] 1 The hip and the loins, the buttocks; ghaṭaya jaghane kāṃcīmaṃca srajā kabarībharaṃ Gīt. 12.

2 The pudenda.

3 Rear-guard, the reserve of an army. Comp. ardhaḥ 1. the hinder part.

2. rear-guard. kūpakau (dual) the hollows of the loins of a hand- some woman. gauravaṃ weight of the hips; Ś. 3. 8. capalā 1. an un- chaste or libidinous woman; patyaurvi- deśayāte...

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