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जह्नुतनया

   
Script: Devanagari

जह्नुतनया

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
जह्नु—तनया  f. f.id., [L.]

जह्नुतनया

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
जह्नुतनया  f.  (-या) The ganges.
   E. जह्नु and तनया the daughter: the river in its course disturbed the dovotions of the saint JANNHU, upon which he drank up its waters; having released them at the intercession of BHAGIRATHA, he is thus considered as the parent of the stream: see जाह्नवी; also जह्नुसुता, &c.

जह्नुतनया

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN | Sanskrit  Sanskrit |   | 

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