jigīṣā

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[apte] [ji-san bhāve a] 1 Desire of conquering, subduing or over- coming; yānaṃ sasmāra kauberaṃ vaivasvata ji- gīṣayā R. 15. 45. --2 Emulation, rivalry. --3 Eminence. --4 Exertion, profession, habit of life. --5 Emin- ence. --6 Military ardour, warlike spirit.

[mw] ṣ/u,jigyu, see cols. 2, 3. 051473 420,3 79261

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[ji-san bhāve a] 1 Desire of conquering, subduing or over- coming; yānaṃ sasmāra kauberaṃ vaivasvata ji- gīṣayā R. 15. 45. --2 Emulation, rivalry. --3 Eminence. --4 Exertion,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

18

Texts Appeared In

8

DCS: to be caused to fall | Monier-Williams: jigIzA/ , ˚zu/ , jigyu See cols. 2, 3.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 6 33.3%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 5 27.8%
3. Āryāsaptaśatī 2 11.1%
4. Ānandakanda 1 5.6%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 1 5.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: jigīṣayā

  prāhuḥ suvāgmino dhīrāḥ parasparajigīṣayā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: jigīṣayā

  svenānena śarīreṇa devalokajigīṣayā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: jigīṣayā

  rājabhāve niyukto 'haṃ śūnyadeśajigīṣayā