जम्बु

{ jambu }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : जामुन, जामुन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

जम्बु  f.  f( उ or ऊ). the rose apple tree ( Eugenia Jambolana or another species), [Kauś. 8]; [MBh.] &c.
नाग-दमनी   the shrub , [L.]

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नाग दमनी

जम्बु  n.  n. the rose apple fruit, [Pāṇ. 4-3, 165]
जम्बु  mf.  mf. (?; g. वरणा-दि) = -द्वीप, [BhP. v, 1, 32]
N. of a fabulous river (flowing from the mountain मेरु; formed by the juice of the fruits of the immense जम्बु tree on that mountain cf. [MBh. vi, 277 f.]), [BhP. v, 20, 2]
आढक    cf.-, काक-, गो-रक्ष-, महा-.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

जम्बु [jambu] म्बू [mbū]   म्बू f.
The rose apple tree and its fruit; द्राक्षेक्षुरम्भाजम्बूभिः [Bhāg.8.2.13.] -Comp.
-खण्डः, -द्वीपः, -पर्वतः  N. N. of one of the seven continents surrounding the mountain Meru.
-नदी   one of the seven heavenly rivers.
-प्रस्थः  N. N. of a village; तोरणं दक्षिणार्धेन जम्बूप्रस्थं समागमत् [Rām.2.71.11.]
-मालिन्  N. N. of a Rākśasa killed by हनुमत्.
जम्बु [jambu] म्बू [mbū] कः [kḥ]   (म्बू) कः (-की f.)
A jackal.
A low man.
The rose apple tree.
An epithet of Varuṇa.

Shabda-Sagara

जम्बु  mn.  ( -म्बुः-म्बु)
1. Jambu Dwipa, said to be so named from the Jambu tree abounding in it, and implying, according to the Puranas the central division of the world, or the known world: according to the Bauddhas, it is confined to India.
2. A fabulous river, said to flow from the mountain Meru.
 f.  ( -म्बुः) A fruit tree the rose apple, (Eugenia janbolana;) also applied to every species of Eugenia.
 fn.  ( -म्बुः-म्बु) The fruit.
E. जम् to eat, वुक् augment, and कु or कू Unadi affix; hence it is also written जम्बू.

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जम् वुक् कु कू जम्बू

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : भारतवर्षम्