जठर

{ jaṭhara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

JAṬHARA I   A very erudite brahmin scholar in Vedic lore. Jaṭhara was a prominent figure at the serpent yajña held by Janamejaya. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 53, Verse 8] .
JAṬHARA II   A mountain within the ranges of Mahāmeru. On the eastern side of Mahāmeru there exist two mountains called Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa, 18,000 yojanas in extent and 2000 yojanas high. On the western side of Meru are the mountains called Pavamāna and Pāriyātra, on the southern side Kailāsa and Karavīra, and on the northern side Triśṛṅga and Makaragiri. [Devī Bhāgavata, 8th Skandha] .
JAṬHARA III   An urban region in ancient India.

हिन्दी (hindi) WordNet

   See : आमाशय

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   The stomach.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   The stomach.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

 ना.  उदर , कुक्ष , कूस , पिचंड ;
 ना.  तुंद , दोंद , ढेरपोट , ढेरी , पोट , लंबोदर .

मराठी (Marathi) WordNet

   See : पोट

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  न. पोट ; उदर . [ सं . ] जठराग्नि , जठरानल - पु . पोतांतील अग्नि , पचनशक्ति .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

जठर  mfn.  1. mf( आ)n. ( v.l. for बठ्° q.v.) hard, firm, [Śāntiś.] iv, 13 and, [Sāh.] ( v.l. जरट्क)
जरठ   for , old, [Bhartṛ. iii, 92]
बद्ध   = , [L.]
जवन   for , [R. ii, 98, 24]
अति   -, ‘very hard’ and ‘very old’ [Śiś. iv, 29]
जठर  m.  m. N. of a man, [Pravar. iv] ( [Mādh.])
   of a mountain, [BhP. v, 16, 28]
    pl. N. of a people (in the south-east of मध्य-देश, [VarBṛS. xiv, 8]), [MBh. vi, 350.]
जठर  m.  2. n. ([ m.]) the stomach, belly, abdomen, bowels, womb, interior of anything, cavity, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
   certain morbid affections of the bowels, [Car. vi, 1]; [Suśr. i, vi]
जठर   [ cf. γαστήρ; Goth. kilthei or qvithrs].
जठर    a (= 2. ज्°, [Sāy.]), [RV. i, 112, 17.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

जठर [jaṭhara] a.  a. [जायते जन्तुर्गर्भो वास्मिन् जन्-अर ठान्त देशः [Tv.] ]
   Hard, stiff, firm.
   Old.
   Bound, tied.
   रः, रम् The stomach, belly, abdomen; जठरं को न बिभर्ति केवलम् [Pt.1.22.]
   The womb.
   A hole, cavity.
   The interior af anything.
   The bosom.
   Morbid affection of the bowels. -Comp.
-अग्निः   the digestive fire of the stomach, the gastric fluid; पञ्चाग्नेस्तस्य चान्यौ द्वावधिकं ज्वलतः क्षुधा । जठराग्नी सभार्यस्य दरिद्रस्य प्रजाधनैः [Ks.73.58.]
-आमयः   dropsy.
-ज्वलनम्   'stomach heat', hunger; जठरज्वलन- ज्वलता ... करिणामरिणा [Bv.1.5.]
-ज्वाला, -व्यथा   belly-ache, colic.
-यन्त्रणा, -यातना   pain endured by the child in the womb.

Shabda-Sagara

जठर  mfn.  ( -रः-रा-रं)
   1. Hard, firm.
   2. Bound, tied.
  mn.  ( -रः-रं) The bel- ly.
    E. जम् to eat, अर् Unadi affix, and ठच् substituted for the radi- cal final.

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जम् अर् ठच्