The corpus record — Sanskrit

jihvā

Zunge? des Agni = Flamme; neben j° ‘Opferlöffel

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Where it lives

Taittiriya Upanisad 2 · 3.77/10k
Prasna Upanisad 1 · 1.53/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. جِهثَ-

jihva- f. Zunge (RV +); RV juhü- f. Zunge (auch "Zunge? des Agni = Flamme; neben j° ‘Opferlöffel’ [s.d.!], wobei Wortspiele mit der Möglichkeit beider Bedeutungen vorkommen, etwa RV 1,58,4 bzw. 5,1,3; doch ist j° ‘Zunge’ im RV sicher [gegen R. Pischel, Ved$tud II 110ff.], vgl. 2,10,6; 6,66,10; 7,3,4; 10,115,2 und Renou, EVP 2 [1956] 105ff., ferner RV 1,12,6 juhv-äsya- 'mit Zunge und Mund versehen’ [C. H. Werba, Spr … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. jihva-, p. 646]

2. جِهثَ

jihva mfn. (said of Agni ), MaitrS. i, 3, 35 (for yahva of Padap. & RV. iii, 2, 9 )

3. jihvā

jihvā f. See hva.

In the wild

jihvā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,2.4
jihvayā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,2.4
jihvam Prasna Upanisad prup_1.16
jihvā Taittiriya Upanisad TaittU_1,4.1
jihvā Taittiriya Upanisad TaittU_1,5.1

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