ज्वालामुखी jvālāmukhī

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

Volcano.
Volcanic.

Usual translation

  1. volcano
  2. fire

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.

ज्वालामुखी jvālāmukhī jva:la:mukhi: (nm) a volcano; (a) volcanic; —पर्वत volcanic mountain, a volcano.

मुख mukh (sanskrit)

The mouth, beak, snout, muzzle.
Face, countenance.
Front, fore-part.
Opening, aperture, entrance, exit.
Commencement.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

23 occurrences

In 12 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Sunday 9 January 2022
Updated
Sunday 21 April 2024