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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.]
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.]
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.]
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.]
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.
janabhakṣaजनभक्षjana—bhakṣá mfn. devouring men [‘loving men or to be loved by men’, [Sāy.]] [RV. ii, 21, 3.]
janadhāyasजनधायस्jána—dhā°yas (ján°), See -dhā.
janaṃgamāजनंगमाjana—ṃ-gamā f. a Cāṇḍāla woman, [viii, 1957].
janaṃgamaजनंगमjana—ṃ-gama m. a Cāṇḍāla (cf. jalaṃ-g°), [Hcar. vi]; [Kād. vii, 168] (v.l. jaran-mātaṅga), [Rājat. vii, 965]
janaṃsahaजनंसहjana—ṃ-sahá mfn. subduing men (Indra), [RV. ii, 21, 3.]
janaṃtapaजनंतपjana—ṃ-tapa m. ‘N. of a man’, see jānaṃtapi.
janaśrutāजनश्रुताjana—śrutā f. N. of a woman, [AitBr. i, 25]; [Sāy.]
janaśrutaजनश्रुतjana—śruta m. ‘known among men’, N. of a man, [ChUp. iv, 1, 1], Sch.
jana—śruta cf. jānaśruti.
janaśrutiजनश्रुतिjana—śruti f. rumour, news, [Rājat. vii, 133.]
janagatyaजनगत्यjana—°gatya Nom. (fr. -gat) °tyati, [ib.]
janakārinजनकारिन्jana—kārin m. = -karī, [L.]
janakalpāजनकल्पाjana—kalpā f. pl. (scil. ṛcas) N. of [AV. xx, 128, 6]-[11]; [ib.]
janakalpaजनकल्पjana—kalpa mf(A)n. similar to mankind, [AitBr. vi, 32]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xii, 21, 1]
janakatvaजनकत्वjanaka—tva n. generativeness, [Sarvad. ii, 63]
generation, [i, 38]; [ii, 133].
janapadinजनपदिन्jana—°padin m. ‘country-ruler’, a king, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 100.]
janapriyaजनप्रियjana—priya m. ‘dear to men’, Śiva
coriander-seed, [L.]
Moringa pterygosperma, [L.]
janarājanजनराजन्jana—rā́jan m. id., [RV. i, 53, 9.]
janarlokaजनर्लोकjanar—loka m. = jana-l°.
janasthānaजनस्थानjana—sthāna n. ‘resort of men’, N. of part of the Daṇḍaka forest in Deccan, [MBh. iii], [ix], [xiii]; [R.]; [Ragh. xii f.]
janatrayaजनत्रयjana—traya n. three persons, [R. iii, 4, 46.]
janavādinजनवादिन्jana—°vādín m. a talker, newsmonger, [VS. xxx, 17.]
janayantaजनयन्तmfn. generating, producing, [Vop.]
janayitnuजनयित्नुm. a father, [L.]
janayitrīजनयित्रीf. a mother, [Rājat. iii, 108.]
janayiṣṇuजनयिष्णुm. a progenitor, [MBh. ix, 2222.]
janabālikāजनबालिकाjana—bālikā f. lightning, [Gal.]
janacakṣusजनचक्षुस्jana—cakṣus n. = jagac-, ‘eye of all creatures’, the sun, [Hariv. 8050.]
janacandraजनचन्द्रjana—candra m. ‘N. of a poet’, for jala-c°.
janakakāṇaजनककाणjanaka—kāṇa m. ‘the one-eyed Janaka’, N. of a man, [Rājat. viii, 881]
janakarājaजनकराजjanaka—rāja m. N. of a man [viii, 978] and [1002]; [Śrīkaṇṭh. xxv] (grammarian and Vaidika).
janakasutāजनकसुताjanaka—sutā f. = -tanayā.
janamāraṇaजनमारणjana—māraṇa n. killing of men.
janamarakaजनमरकjana—maraka m. ‘men-killer’, an epidemic, [VarBṛS.]
janamejayaजनमेजयjana—m-ejayá m. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 28]) ‘causing men to tremble’, N. of a celebrated king to whom Vaiśampāyana recited the [MBh.] (great-grandson to Arjuna, as being son and successor to Parikṣit who was the son of Arjuna's son Abhimanyu), [ŚBr. xi], [xiii]; [AitBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi]; [MBh.] &c.
N. of a son (of Kuru, [i, 3740] [Hariv. 1608]; of Pūru, [MBh. i, 3764]; [Hariv. 1655]; [BhP. ix]; of Puraṃ-jaya, [Hariv. 1671]; of Soma-datta, [VP. iv, 1, 19]; of Su-mati, [BhP. ix, 2, 36]; of Sṛñjaya [23, 2])
N. of a Nāga, [TāṇḍyaBr. xxv]; [MBh. ii, 362.]
janamohinīजनमोहिनीjana—mohinī f. ‘infatuating men’, N. of a Surāṅganā, [Siṃhās. Concl.]
janapālakaजनपालकjana—pālaka m. guardian of mankind, [Kalyāṇam. 30.]
janasaṃsadजनसंसद्jana—saṃsad f. an assembly of men, [MBh. iii, 2729] (pl.), [R.]
janayopanaजनयोपनjana—yópana mfn. perplexing or vexing men, [RV. x, 86, 22]; [AV. xii, 2, 15.]
janabāndhavaजनबान्धवjana—bāndhava m. friend of mankind, [Kalyāṇam. 38.]
janakāhvayaजनकाह्वयm. Mesua Roxburghii, [Gal.]
janakātmajāजनकात्मजाf. id.
janakabhadraजनकभद्रjanaka—bhadra m. N. of a man, [Rājat. viii, 2485.]
janakasiṃhaजनकसिंहjanaka—siṃha m. N. of a man, [Rājat. viii.]
jananāntaraजननान्तरn. (another i.e.) a former life, [Śak. v, 2.]
janapravādaजनप्रवादjana—pravāda m. ‘talk of men’, rumour, report, [MBh. ii, 2507] (pl.), [Rājat.]; [Hit.]
janarañjanīजनरञ्जनीjana—rañjanī f. N. of a prayer, [Pañcar. iii, 15, 32.]
janarañjanaजनरञ्जनjana—rañjana mfn. gratifying men, [Gīt. i, 19]
jana—rañjana n. gratification of people, [W.]
janasambādhaजनसम्बाधjana—sambādha m. a crowd of people, [MBh. i, 7125]; [Kām.]
jana—sambādha mfn. densely crowded with people, [W.]
janavallabhaजनवल्लभjana—vallabha m. ‘agreeable to men’, the plant Śveta-rohita, [L.]
janayitavyaजनयितव्यmfn. to be generated or produced, [Prab. i, 20/21]; [Sarvad. ii, 57]; [Sāṃkhyak.], Sch.
janakacandraजनकचन्द्रjanaka—candra m. N. of several men, [vii f.]
janakatanayāजनकतनयाjanaka—tanayā f. ‘Janaka's daughter’, Sītā, [Megh. 1.]
janapadādhipaजनपदाधिपjana—pa°dādhipa m. ‘country-ruler’, a king, [R. ii, 63, 48]
janapadāyutaजनपदायुतjana—pa°dāyuta mfn. crowded with people, [W.]
janasaṃkṣayaजनसंक्षयjana—saṃkṣaya m. destruction of men, [VarBṛS. vli, 30.]
janasammardaजनसम्मर्दjana—sammarda m. a throng of people, [Mṛcch.]
janadāhasthānaजनदाहस्थानjana—dāha-sthāna n. a place of cremation, [Daś. xii, 2.]
janakanandinīजनकनन्दिनीjanaka—nandinī f. = -tanayā.
janapadeśvaraजनपदेश्वरjana—pa°deśvara m. = °dādhipa, [W.]
janapriyaphalāजनप्रियफलाjana—priya—phalā f. the egg-plant, [Gal.]
janasthānaruhaजनस्थानरुहjana—sthāna—ruha mfn. growing in Jana-sthāna, [W.]