ज्वाला jvālā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Flame, blaze.

Usual translation

  1. fire
  2. volcanic

Origin of the definition

S جوالا ज्वाला jvālā, s.f. = S جوال ज्वाल jvāl, s.m. Flame, blaze; light; fire; heat; passion: — jwālā-jihvā, s.m. 'Flame-tongued'; a name of Agni or fire: — jwālā-mukh, jwālā-mukhī, s.f. A volcano; any place where subterranean fire or inflammable gas breaks forth (such places being held sacred by the Hindūs as indicating the presence of a form of Durgā); a title of the goddess Devī (Durgā), and of her shrine in the district of Kāṅgrā, in the Panjāb.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

240 occurrences

In 145 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

104 occurrences

In 42 on 1112 murlis

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Mamma

7 occurrences

In 3 on 122 murlis

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Created
Thursday 6 May 2021
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