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Etymology edit

Unknown; likely related to चष (caṣa) and झष (jhaṣa).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun edit

जष (jaṣa) stem?

  1. The name of some aquatic animal or fish in the Atharvaveda. The word also occurs in the Gopatha Brāhmaṇa.

References edit

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “jhaṣá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 608