जुहू

{ juhūḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

जुहू  f.  f. (= जिह्वा॑, √ हुच्) a tongue ( esp. of अग्नि; 7 are named, [RV. i, 58, 7]), flame, [RV.]
   personified as wife of ब्रह्मा and goddess of speech (author of [RV. x, 109]), [RAnukr.]
हु   ( fr. √ , [Pāṇ. 3-2, 178], Vārtt. 3, [Uṇ.] &c.) a curved wooden ladle (for pouring sacrificial butter into fire), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
   that part of the frame enshrining the universal spirit which faces the east, [ChUp. iii, 15, 2.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

जुहूः [juhūḥ]  f. f. [हु क्विप् नि˚ द्वित्वं दीर्घश्च [Tv.] ]
   A crescent-shaped wooden ladle used for pouring the sacrificial ghee into the fire.
   A tongue, especially of Agni i. e. a flame. -Comp.
-आस्यः   fire; हव्यवाड् जुह्वास्यः [Rv.1.12.6.]

Shabda-Sagara

जुहू  f.  ( -हूः) A wooden vessel, of the shape of a semicircle or crescent. used to pour sacrificial butter in to the fire.
    E. हु to sacrifice, Unadi affix क्विप्, the root reiterated, and the final made long also remain- ing short जुहु.

ROOTS:

हु क्विप् जुहु

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