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janजन्cl. 1. [[RV.]; [AV.]] and cl. 10. jánati, °te (Subj. janat, [RV.]; °nāt, [AV. vi, 81, 3]; Ā. °nata, [RV. x, 123, 7]; impf. ájanat, [RV.]; p. jánat), janáyati, °te (in later language only P. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 86]; Subj. °náyat; impf. ájanayat; aor. ájījanat; p. janáyat; inf. jánayitavai, [ŚBr. xiv]), twice cl. 3. (Subj. jajánat, [MaitrS. i, 3, 20] and [9, 1] [[Kāṭh. ix, 8]]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192] and [vii, 4, 78], [Kāś.]; pr. jajanti, [Dhātup. xxv, 24]; aor. Ā. jániṣṭa; Ā. ájani, [RV. ii, 34, 2]; perf. jajā́na; 3. pl. jajñúr, [RV.] &c.; once jajanúr, [viii, 97, 10]; p. °jñivas; Ved. inf. jánitos, [iv, 6, 7]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr. iii]; [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 6]]; Ved. ind.p. °nitvī́, [RV. x, 65, 7]) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to produce (a song of praise, &c.), [RV.]; (cl. 10. or Caus.) to cause to be born, [AV. vii, 19, 1]; [xiii, 1, 19]; [VarBṛ. xiv, 1]; [xix]; to assign, procure, [RV.]; [VS. xix, 94]; cl. 4. jā́yate (ep. also °ti; impf. ájāyata; pr.p. jayamāna; fut. janiṣyate; aor. ájaniṣṭa; 1. [[RV. viii, 6, 10]] and 3. sg. ájani; 3. sg. jáni, [i, 141, 1]; jā́ni, [7, 36]; perf. jajñé, 2. sg. °jñiṣé, 3. pl. °jñiré, p. °jñāná) and [[RV.]] cl. 2. (?) Ā. (2. sg. janiṣé, 2. pl. °nidhve, Impv. °niṣvā [[vi, 15, 18]], °nidhvam, cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 78]; impf. 3. p. ajñata [aor., [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80]], [AitBr.]), twice cl. 1. Ā. (impf. 3. pl. ajanatā, [RV. iv, 5, 5]; p. jánamāna, [viii, 99, 3]) to be born or produced, come into existence, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to grow (as plants, teeth), [AV. iv f.]; [AitBr. vii, 15]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn. ix, 38]; [VarBṛS.]; to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double nom.), [MBh. i, 11, 14]; [Pañcat. iv, 1, 5]; to be born or destined for (acc.), [RV. iv, 5, 5]; [MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 10] (v.l. jayate for jāy°); to be born again, [Mn. iv], [ix], [xi f.]; [MBh. i], [iii], [xiii]; [Hit. Introd. 14]; to become, be, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to be changed into (dat.), [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 13], [Kāś.]; to take place, happen, [Vet. i, 11]; [iv, 25]; to be possible or applicable or suitable, [Suśr.]; to generate, produce, [R. iii, 20, 17]; [Caraṇ.] : Pass. janyate, to be born or produced, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43] : Desid. jijaniṣati, [42], [Kāś.] : Intens. jañjanyate and jājāy°, [43] (cf. [Vop. xx, 17]);
, [cf. γίγνομαι; Lat. gigno, (g)nascor; Hib. genim, ‘I beget, generate’.]
janāजनाjánā (ā), f. ‘birth’, a-jana, ‘the unborn’, Nārāyaṇa, [BhP. x, 3, 1.]
janīजनीjánī f., see °ni
a daughter-in-law (cf. jāmí), [L.]
janauजनौSee °nāv.
janūजनूjanū́ f. ([L.]) See °nús.
janaजनjána mf(I)n. ‘generating’, see puraṃ-
jána m. (g. vṛṣādi) creature, living being, man, person, race (páñca jánās, ‘the five races’ = p° kṛṣṭáyas, [RV. iii], [viii ff.]; [MBh. iii, 14160]), people, subjects (the sg. used collectively, e.g. daívya or divyā́ j°, ‘divine race’, the gods collectively, [RV.]; mahat j°, many people, [R. vi, 101, 2]; often ifc. denoting one person or a number of persons collectively, e.g. preṣya-, bandhu-, sakhī- &c., qq.vv. ; with names of peoples, [VarBṛS. iv, 22] and [v, 74]; ayaṃ janaḥ, ‘this person, these persons’, I, we, [MBh. viii, 709]; [Hariv. 7110]; [R. ii, 41, 2]; [Śak.] &c.; eṣa j°, id., [Kāvyād. ii, 75]), [RV.] &c.
the person nearest to the speaker (also with ayam or asau, ‘this my lover’, [Kāvyād. ii, 271]; [Ratnāv. i, 24/25]), [Nal. x, 10]; [Śak.]; [Mālav.]
a common person, one of the people, [Kir. ii, 42] and [47]
the world beyond the Mahar-loka, [BhP. iii, 11, 29]; [SkandaP.]
janá (°ná), m. (g. aśvādi) N. of a man (with the patr. Śārkarākṣya), [ŚBr. x]; [ChUp.]
janiजनिjáni, °nī, f. a woman, wife (gen. °nyur, [RV. x, 10, 3]), [RV.] (pl. also fig. ‘the fingers’), [VS.]
birth, production, [Sarvad.]; [KapS. i, 97], Sch.
a kind of fragrant plant, [L.]
a mother, [L.]
birth, i.e. life, [AgP. xxxviii, 1]
birthplace, [Hariv. 11979]
the root jan, [Bādar. iii, 1, 24], Sch.
cf. gnā́.
janoजनोin comp. for °nas.
januजनुf. = °nū́, [L.]
the soul, [Gal.]
cf. sa-.
janāvजनाव्nom. aus m. protecting men, [Vop. xxvi, 77.]
janarजनर्in comp. for °nas.
janasजनस्jánas n. race, class of beings (Lat. genus), [RV. ii, 2, 4] = jana-loka, [Vedāntas.]; [BhP. iii, 13, 25] and [43.]
janatजनत्jánat mfn. pr. p. √ jan, q.v.
jánat ind. an exclamation used in ceremonies (like om, &c.), [Kauś.]
janmaजन्मin comp. for °nman
n. birth, [L.], Sch.
jánma ind., through the whole life, [HPariś. iv, 7]
°nman, &c. See √ jan.
jantuजन्तुjantú m. a child, offspring, [RV.]; [Kathās. iic, 58]
a creature, living being, man, person (the sg. also used collectively, e.g. sarva j°, ‘everybody’, [Śak. v, 5/6]; ayaṃ jantuḥ, ‘the man’, [KaṭhUp. ii, 20]; [ŚvetUp. iii, 20]; [Mn. xii, 99]), [RV.]; [Mn.] &c.
a kinsman, servant, [RV. i, 81, 9] and [94, 5]; [x, 140, 4]
any animal of the lowest organisation, worms, insects, [Mn. vi, 68 f.]; [MBh. xiv, 1136]; [Suśr.]
(n.), [HYog. iii, 53] and [Subh.]
a tree, [Gal.]
N. of a son of Somaka, [MBh. iii, 10473 ff.]; [Hariv. 1793]; [BhP. ix, 22, 1]; [Kathās. xiii, 58 ff.]
cf. kṣiti-, kṣudra-, jala-.
janusजनुस्janús m. n. (nom. [fr. °nū́] °nū́s, [RV. vii, 58, 2]; [ŚBr. iii, 9, 3, 2]; acc. °núṣam, [RV. i, 139, 9]; [141, 4]; [ii, 42, 1]) birth, production, descent, [RV.]; [AV. vii, 115, 3]
‘nativity’, see °nuḥ-paddhati
birthplace, [ŚBr. iii, 9, 3, 2]
a creature, being, [RV.]; [AV.]
creation, [RV. vii, 86, 1]
genus, class, kind, [RV. ii, 42, 1] ([Nir. ix, 4])
janyāजन्याjányā f. (g. utkarādi) a bridesmaid, [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 82]; [Ragh. vi, 30]
the female friend of a mother, [L.]
a newly-married wife, [Campak. 163 f.] and [211]
pleasure, [L.]
affection, [W.]
janyaजन्यmfn. (√ jan, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 68]; [iii, 1, 97]; [Pat.]) born, produced, [Bhāṣāp. 44]; [BrahmaP.]
ifc. born or arising or produced from, occasioned by, [Śiś.]; [Bhāṣāp.]; [Tarkas.] &c. (-tā f. abstr. [Vedāntas.]; -tva n. id., [KapS.], Sch.)
m. a father, [L.]
n. the body, [BhP. i, 9, 31]
a portent occurring at birth, [L.]
jánya mfn. (fr. jána) belonging to a race or family or to the same country, national, [RV. ii, 37, 6] and [39, 1]; [x, 91, 2]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xv, 13, 3]
belonging or relating to the people, [RV. iv, 55, 5]; [ix, 49, 2]; [TBr. i]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [ṢaḍvBr.]
jánya m. the friend or companion of a bridegroom, [RV. iv, 38, 6]; [AV. xi, 8, 1 f.]; [Gobh. ii, 1, 13]; [MBh. i], [iii]; [Kathās.]
a son-in-law, [Gal.]
a common man, [TS. vi, 1, 6, 6]; [TBr. i, 7, 8, 7]
N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1170]
v.l. for jānya, q.v.
jánya m. n. rumour, report, [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 97]
jánya n. people, community, nation, [RV. ii]; [x, 42, 6]; [AV. xiii, 4, 43] (oxyt.)
pl. inimical races or men, [AitBr. viii, 26]
fighting, war, [Gaut.]; [MBh. v, 3195]; [Ragh. iv, 77]; [Daś.]
a market, [L.]
°nyīya, °nyu. See above.
janyuजन्युm. birth (?), [Hariv. 7092] (v.l.)
a creature, [Uṇ.]
fire, [L.]
Brahmā, [L.]
v.l. for jahnu, q.v.
janīnaजनीनmfn. kind to people, [Inscr.]
janīyaजनीयNom. (p. °yát) = °niya, [RV. iv, 17, 16]; [vii, 96, 4] (cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 35]; [Siddh.]), [AV. vi, 82, 3.]
mfn. See °nyīya.
janaughaजनौघm. a multitude of people, crowd, [R. i, 77, 8]; [ii, 80, 4.]
janadhāजनधाjána—dhā (ján°), mfn. (√ dhā) nourishing creatures, [TBr. i, 1, 1, 1 f.] (-dhāya, [TāṇḍyaBr. i, 4]; -dhāyas, [MaitrS. i, 3, 12] and [27]).
janakaजनकmfn. ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 35], [Kāś.]) generative, generating, begetting, producing, causing (chiefly ifc.), [MBh. iv, 1456]; [VarBṛS.]; [Bhāṣāp.]; [Bhpr.]
m. a progenitor, father, [Hariv. 982]; [R. vi, 3, 45]; [Pañcat.] &c.
(in music) a kind of measure
(oxyt.) N. of a king of Videha or Mithilā (son of Mithi and father of Udāvasu, [R.]), [ŚBr. xi], [xiv]; [MBh. iii], [xii], [xiv]; [Hariv. 9253]
of another king of Mithilā (son of Hrasva-roman and father of Sītā), [R.]
of another king, [Rājat. i, 98]
of a disciple of Bhagavat, [BhP. vi, 3, 20]
of several official men, [Rājat. vii f.]
pl. the descendants of Janaka, [MBh. iii, 10637]; [R. i]; [Uttarar. i, 16]; [iv, 9]; [vi, 42]; [MārkP.]
jananīजननीjánanī f. a mother, [ŚāṅkhŚr. xv]; [Mn. ix, 192]; [Yājñ.]; [Nal.] &c.
a queen-mother, [W.]
a bat, [L.]
= jana-karī, [L.]
Jasminum auriculatum, [L.]
Rubia Munjista, [L.]
the plant janī, [L.]
the plant kaṭukā, [L.]
compassion, [L.]
jananaजननjánana mf(I)n. ifc. generating, begetting, producing, causing, [Mn. ix, 81]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
jánana m. a progenitor, creator, [RV. ii, 40, 1]
jánana n. birth, coming into existence, [TāṇḍyaBr. xxi, 9]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.
‘birth’ i.e. life (pūrvaj° = °nāntara), [Kum. i, 54]
production, causation, [R.] : [Kum. i, 43]; [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Sarvad.]
race, lineage, [L.]
jánana cf. indra-, medhā-.
jananiजननिmetrically for °nī, a mother, [VarBṛS. vi, 10]
f. birth, [W.]
the plant janī, [L.]
janatāजनताjaná—tā (°ná-), f. ([Pāṇ. iv, 2, 43]) a number of men, assemblage of people, community, subjects, mankind, [AV. v, 18, 12]; [TS. ii]; [TBr. i f.]; [AitBr.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Śiś.] &c.
generation, [W.]
janeśaजनेशm. = °nendra, [Hariv. 8403]; [Hcar. v, 405.]
janidhāजनिधाjani—dhā́ ? [RV. x, 29, 5.]
janidāजनिदाjani—dā́ mfn. giving a wife, [iv, 17, 16].
janikāजनिकाf. (as in Pāli) a mother, [Divyāv. xviii, 137]
a daughter-in-law, [W.]
f. a mother, [Divyāv.]
janikaजनिकmfn. generating, producing, [W.]
janitaजनितmfn. born, [Hariv. 9238]
engendered, begotten, [W.]
produced, occasioned, [MBh. iv, 1236]; [Pañcat.]; [Megh.] &c.
occurring, [W.]
janitṛजनितृjanitṛ́ janitṛ́ or (along with jajā́na 4 times) ján°itṛ, m. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 53]) a progenitor, father, γενετήρ, (Lat.) genitor, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ChUp.]; [ŚvetUp.]; [Pañcat.]
janiyaजनियNom. (3. pl. °yánti) to wish for a wife, [AV. iv, 2, 72.]
janmanजन्मन्jánman n. birth, production (kṛta-janman mfn. ‘planted’, [Kum. v, 60]), origin (ifc. ‘born from’ e.g. śūdra. q.v.), [RV. iii, 26, 7]; [vii, 33, 10]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
existence, life, [Mn.]; [Bhag. iv, 5]; [Yogas. ii, 12] (dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaj°, ‘present and future life’), &c. (°ma acc. ind. through the whole life, [HPariś. iv, 7])
nativity, [VarBṛS. i, 10]
re-birth, [Sarvad. xi]
birthplace, home, [RV. ii, 9, 3]; [viii, 69, 3]; [x, 5, 7]; [AV.]; [VS.]
a progenitor, father, [Śak. vii, 18]
natal star, [VarBṛS. iv, 28]
(in astrol.) N. of the 1st lunar mansion, [civ]
a creature, being, [RV.]; [TBr. ii]; [AitBr. iv, 10]
people, [RV. ii, 26, 3]; [iii, 15, 2]
the people of a household, kind, race, [RV.] (ubháyaj° sg., du. and pl., ‘both races’ i.e. gods and men or [[x, 37, 11]] men and animals)
nature, quality, [i, 70, 2]
custom, manner (pratnéna jánmanā, according to ancient custom), [i, 87, 5]; [ix, 3, 9]; [SV.] (v.l. manm°, [RV.]), [Hariv. 15718] (dūta-janmanā, ‘like a messenger’)
water, [Naigh. i, 12.]
janminजन्मिन्m. a creature, man, [Pañcat. i, 1, 93]; [ii, 3, 19.]
jantvaजन्त्वjántva mfn. (= jánit°) = °tavyà, [RV. viii, 89, 6.]
januṣāजनुषाjanúṣā (úṣā), instr. ind. by birth, from birth, by nature, originally, essentially, necessarily, [RV.]; [AV. ix, 4, 24]; [TS. ii]
cf. aṅga-.
janāntaजनान्तm. a number of men, [Sāh. vi, 139]
a region (deśa), [Suśr. i, 46, 2, 38]
‘man-destroyer’, Yama, [BhP. vi, 8, 16.]
janāṣahजनाषह्janā-ṣáh nom. -ṣāṭ = °naṃ-sahá, [RV. i, 54, 11.]
janabhṛtजनभृत्jana—bhṛ́t mfn. supporting men, [VS. x, 4.]
janaśrīजनश्रीjana—śrī́ mfn. coming to men (Pūṣan), [RV. vi, 55, 6] ([Nir. vi, 4]).
jana—śrī f. beautiful women (coll.), [Bcar. iv, 102]
janagatजनगत्jana—gat mfn., [Pāṇ. i, 4, 2], Vārtt. 14, [Pat.]
janarājजनराज्jana—rā́j m. = -nātha, [VS. v, 24.] =
janasthaजनस्थjana—stha mfn. abiding among men, [BhP. vii, 15, 56]
See also s.v. janas.
jana-stha (fr. °naḥ-) mfn. abiding in the Janas (or Jana-loka), [VP. i, 3, 24.]
janatrāजनत्राjana—trā for jala-, [W.]
janavatजनवत्jana—vat mfn. ‘crowded with people’
janavidजनविद्jana—vid mfn. possessing men (Agni), [Kauś. 78.]
janeṣṭāजनेष्टाf. turmeric, [L.]
the Jatukā plant (Oldenlandia), [L.]
the medicinal plant vṛddhi, [L.]
the flower of Jasminum grandiflorum, [L.]
janeṣṭaजनेष्टm. ‘man-desired’, a kind of jasmine, [L.]
janimanजनिमन्jániman n. generation, birth, origin, [RV. ii, 35, 6]; [iii, 1, 4]
[iv]; [x, 142, 2]
offspring, [v, 3, 3]; [ix, 68, 5]; [x, 63, 1]
a creature, being, [RV.]; [AV. v, 11, 5]
genus, kind, race, [RV.]; [AV. i, 8, 4]; [ii, 31, 5]
[vi];
[cf. Hib. geineamhuin, ‘birth, conception’.]
janimatजनिमत्jani—mat mfn. having a wife or wives (Soma), [ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 9, 9]
having an origin, produced, [Bādar. iii f.], Sch.
creature, man, [Mcar. vii, 32.]
janitrīजनित्रीján°itrī f. a mother, γενέτειρα, genitrix, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS. iv]; [Gobh.]; [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]
janitraजनित्रjanítra n. a birthplace, place of origin, home, origin, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TBr. ii]; [MBh. v, 2580]; [Hariv. 14730]
pl. parents, relatives, [AitBr. ii, 6] sg. generative or procreative matter, [VS. xix, 84]; [xxi, 55]
N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]
(du. with vasiṣṭhasya) another Sāman (consisting of the janitrādya and °trottara), [ix, 12, 8]
sg. with uttara = °trottara, [vii, 2, 1.]
with paramá, accord. to some, ‘origin on high’, [AV. i, 25, i].
janitvāजनित्वाjánitvā (ā), f. mother, [ib.]
janitvaजनित्वjani—tvá n. the state of a wife, [RV. x, 18, 8.]
jánitva mfn. = °tavyà, [RV. i, 66, 8] and [89, 10]; [iv, 18, 4]; [x, 45, 10]; [AV. ii, 28, 3]
jánitva m. father, [Uṇ., Sch.]
jánitva m. du. parents, [ib.]
janivatजनिवत्jáni—vat (ján°), mfn. having a wife, [RV.]
janividजनिविद्jani-vid m. knowing or winning women, [ĀpGṛ.]
janiṣṭhaजनिष्ठjániṣṭha mfn. (superl. of janitṛ́) most generative, [RV. v, 77, 4.]
janiṣyaजनिष्यmfn. = °nitavyà, [MBh. xii]; [R. iii], [vii.]
janmabhaजन्मभjanma—bha n. the asterism under which any one is born, [VarYogay. ix, 10].
janmadaजन्मदjanma—da mfn. ifc. = -kara, [Laghuj. iii, 10]
a progenitor, father, [Śak. vii, 18] (v.l.)
janmakaजन्मक= °man, only in comp.
janmapaजन्मपjanma—pa m. the regent of a planet under which any one is born, [VarBṛ. xv, 3.]
janmeśaजन्मेशm. = °ma-pa, [VarBṛ. xv, 3]; [VarYogay. iv, 12.]
jantukāजन्तुकाf. = °ntu-rasa, [L.]
= jatu-kṛt, [L.]
jantukaजन्तुकm. N. of a man pl. his descendants g. upakādi (jat° and jant°, [Gaṇar. 28] and [30], jaturaka, [30])
jantulāजन्तुलाf. Saccharum spontaneum, [L.]
janyīyaजन्यीयmfn. fr. °nyā, g. utkarādi.
janyatāजन्यताjanya—tā f., abstr. [Vedāntas.]
janādhipaजनाधिपm. = °nanātha, [MBh.]; [R.] (ifc. f(A). ).
janāśanaजनाशनm. ‘man-eater’, a wolf, [L.]
janācāraजनाचारm. popular usage, [W.]
janālayaजनालयm. an inhabitant of the Jana-loka, [BhP. iii, 11, 31.]
janāravaजनारवm. = °na-r°, [Kathās. lxxv, 152.]
janātigaजनातिगmfn. superhuman, superior, [Kir. iii, 2.]
janāyanaजनायनjanā́yana mfn. leading to men (a path), [AV. xii, 1, 47.]
janadhāyaजनधायjána—dhāya (ján°), See -dhā.
janadevaजनदेवjana—deva m. ‘man-god’, a king, [MBh. xii, 7883]; [BhP. viii, 19, 2]
janadvatजनद्वत्jánad-vat mfn. containing a form of √ jan, [MaitrS. i, 8, 9.]
janakāyaजनकायjana—kāya m. a crowd of people, [Jātakam.]
janakīyaजनकीयmfn. fr. jána, g., gahādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 60]; [Kār.]
janakarīजनकरीjana—karī f. (= jananī) red lac, [L.]
janakatāजनकताjanaka—tā f. = -tva, [Sāh. i, 2/3, 8]
paternity, [Kathās. xvii, 57.]
janalokaजनलोकjana—loka m. ‘world of men’, the 5th Loka or next above Mahar-loka (residence of the sons of Brahmā and other godly men), [ĀruṇUp.]; [NṛsUp. i, 5, 6]; [BhP.]; [MārkP.]; [SkandaP.]
cf. janas.
janamānaजनमानjánamāna mfn. pr. p. √ jan, q.v.
jánamāna m. N. of a man g. gargādi ([Kāś.]; v.l. for jaramāṇa).
janamārīजनमारीjana—mārī f. id., 98.
janamāraजनमारjana—māra m. id., [AV.Pariś. lxxii, 84]
jananāthaजननाथjána—nātha m. ‘man-lord’, a king, [Kir. ii, 13.]
jananīyaजननीयjananī-ya Nom. °yati, to consider as one's mother, [HYog. iii, 9.]
mfn. to be produced, [W.]
janapānaजनपानjana—pā́na mfn. being a beverage for men, [RV. ix, 110, 5.]
janapadaजनपदjana—padá m. sg. or pl. a community, nation, people (as opposed to the sovereign), [TBr. ii]; [AitBr. viii, 14]; [ŚBr. xiii f.] &c.
sg. an empire, inhabited country, [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [R. iii, 61, 27])
mankind, [W.]
janapatiजनपतिjana—pati m. = -nātha, [Daś. i, 151.]
janaravaजनरवjana—rava m. = -pravāda.
janavādaजनवादjana—vāda m. (g. kathādi) = -pravāda, [Mn. ii, 179]; [MBh. ii], [xii], [xiv]; [VarBṛS.]
janavatiजनवतिjana—va°ti (ti), loc. ind. on a spot filled with people, [Car. i, 8, 1, 63.]
janayatiजनयतिjánayati f. generation, [VS. i, 22.]
janayitṛजनयितृm. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 53], [Kāś.]) one who generates or begets or produces, progenitor, father, [Mn. ix]; [MBh.] &c.