jAnu n. [ jan-YuR ] The knee; jAnuByAmavaniM gatvA kneeling (or falling on one's knees) on the ground. Comp. — daGna a. reaching to, as high as, the knees, knee-deep. — PalakaM , — maMqalaM the knee-pan. — vijAnu n. a peculiar position in fighting (contracting and extending the knees). — saMDiH the knee-joint.