jiṣṇu

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[apte] a. [ji-gtsnu] 1 Victorious, triumphant; R. 4. 85; 10. 18. --2 Winning, gaining. --3 (At the end of comp.) Canquering, excelling; alinījiṣṇuḥ kacānāṃ cayaḥ Bh. 1. 5; Śi. 13. 21. --ṣṇuḥ 1 The sun. --2 N. of Indra. --3 N. of Viṣṇu. --4 N. of Arjuna.

[mw] mfn. (ji Pa1n2. 3-2, 139) victorious, triumphant, winning RV.; AV.; VS. &c 421,3 79417 mfn. (with acc.) vanquishing, conquering, excelling Bhartr2. i, 5; Vop. v, 26 421,3 79418 mfn. (ifc.) winning, conquering MBh. vi, xiii 421,3 79419 m. the sun L. 421,3 79420

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a. [ji-gtsnu] 1 Victorious, triumphant; R. 4. 85; 10. 18. --2 Winning, gaining. --3 (At the end of comp.) Canquering, excelling; alinījiṣṇuḥ kacānāṃ cayaḥ Bh. 1. 5; Śi. 13. 21....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

122

Texts Appeared In

22

DCS: name of a Kiṃnarī | Monier-Williams: cf. parA- .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 68 55.7%
2. Kirātārjunīya 14 11.5%
3. Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 5 4.1%
4. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) 4 3.3%
5. Kauśikasūtra 4 3.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mahābhārata surface: jiṣṇuṃ

  nivārya bhīmo jiṣṇuṃ tu tad rakṣo ghoradarśanam

• Mahābhārata surface: jiṣṇuś

  hastī śveta ivājñātaḥ kathaṃ jiṣṇuś cariṣyati

• Mahābhārata surface: jiṣṇor

  tasya jiṣṇor bṛsīṃ dṛṣṭvā śūnyām upaniveśane