n. [jan-ñuṇ] The knee; jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā kneeling (or fall- ing on one's knees) on the ground. Comp. daghna a. reaching to, as high as, the knees, knee-deep. phalakaṃ, maṃḍalaṃ the knee-pan. vijānu n. a peculiar position in figh ting (con- tracting and extending the knees). saṃdhiḥ the knee-joint.

n. (rarely m. MBh. iv, 1115 Ra1jat. iii, 345) the knee RV. x, 15, 6; AV. ixf.; VS. &c (nubhyām avaniṃ-gam to fall to the ground on one's knees MBh., xiii, 935) 418,3 78830 n. (as a measure of length) = 32 An3gulas aNgula s S3ulbas. 418,3 78831 n. ([ cf. γόνυ Lat. genu; Goth. kniu; Germ. khnie. ]) 051220 418,3 78832 n. balancing on the knees Pan5cat. v, 9, 1/0 051221 418,3 78833