jihvā | जिह्वा | jihvA

jihvā/ | जिह्वा/ | (ā/ | आ/ |), f. (= juhū/ | जुहू/ |) 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 | काली |, karālī | कराली |, mano-javā | मनो-जवा |, su-lohitā | सु-लोहिता |, su-ḍūmra-varṛā | सु-डूम्र-वरृआ |, sPuliṇginī | स्Pउलिण्गिनी |, viṣvarūpī | विष्वरूपी |] Hemac.; cf. sapta/-jihva | सप्त/-जिह्व |; also identified with the 7 winds pra- | प्र- |, ā- | आ- |, ud- | उद्- |, saṃ- | सं- |, vi- | वि- |, pari- | परि- |, and ni-vaha | नि-वह |)
the tongue of a balance, Hcat. i, 5, 163
speech (Naigh. i, 11), RV. iii, 57, 5
the root of Tabernaemontana coronaria, L.
cf. dvi/- | द्वि/- |, ma/ḍu- | म/डु- |, su- | सु- |
agni-jihva/ | अग्नि-जिह्व/ | &c.;
jihvā/ | जिह्वा/ | f. See ˚hva/ | ˚ह्व/ |.

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