जङ्घा

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰángʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰángʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬀‎ (zaṇga), Middle Persian [script needed] (zang).

The Sanskrit root is जंह् (jaṃh).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́ŋ.ɡʱɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐŋ.ɡʱɑː/

जङ्घा • (jáṅghā) f[2]

1. (anatomy) ankle; shank
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.15:

     चरित्रं हि वेरिवाच्छेदि पर्णमाजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् ।
     सद्यो जङ्घामायसीं विश्पलायै धने हिते सर्तवे प्रत्यधत्तम् ॥

     caritraṃ hi verivācchedi parṇamājā khelasya paritakmyāyām .
     sadyo jaṅghāmāyasīṃ viśpalāyai dhane hite sartave pratyadhattam .

     When in the time of night, in Khela's battle, a leg was severed like a wild bird's pinion,
     Straight ye gave Vispala a leg of iron that she might move what time the conflict opened.