Category: environmentPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
जलम्
/jalam/Roman
English meaning: water
Sanskrit Definition
(संस्कृतम्)सर्वजीवनस्य आधारभूतः पारदर्शी द्रवः।
English Definition
The transparent liquid essential to all life; water.
Example
“जलं जीवनम् इति उक्तम्।”
In English: “It is said that water is life.”
Synonyms
- अपः
- वारि
Antonyms / Opposites
- अग्निः
Literary Heritage
“मन्दः कवियशः प्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम्। प्रांशुलभ्ये फले लोभादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः।।”
/Mandah kaviyashah prarthhi gamishyamyupahasytam. Pramshu-labhe phale lobhadud-bahur iva vamanah./
“Feeble-minded yet aspiring to a poet's fame, I go to be ridiculed — like a dwarf reaching for high fruit.”
“रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः साधुः सत्यपराक्रमः”
/Ramo vigrahavan dharmah sadhuh satya-parakramah/
“Rama is righteousness incarnate — virtuous and true in valour.”
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