jātá mfn. (√ jan; ifc. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 171]) born, brought into existence by (loc.), engendered by (instr. or abl.), [RV.] &c.
grown, produced, arisen, caused, appeared, [ib.]
ifc. ([Pāṇ. ii, 2, 5], [Kāś.]; [36], Vārtt. 1; [vi, 2, 170]) See māsa-, saptāha-, &c.
appearing on or in [VarBṛS. lii, 5 ff.]
destined for (dat.), [RV. iv, 20, 6]; [ix, 94, 4]
turning to (dat.), [Sāh. iii, 58/59]
happened, become, present, apparent, manifest, [TS.]; [VS.] &c.
belonging to (gen.), [RV. i, 83, 5]; [viii, 62, 10]
ready at hand, [Pañcat. ii, 16]
possessed of (instr.), [MBh. iv, 379]
often ifc. instead of in comp. ([Pāṇ. ii, 2, 36] Vārtt. 1; [vi, 2, 170 f.]; g. āhitāgny-ādi) e.g. kiṇa-, danta-, &c., qq.vv.
jātá m. a son, [RV. ii, 25, 1]; [AV. xi, 9, 6]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [Pañcat.]
a living being (said of men, rarely of gods), [RV. iv, 2, 2]; [v, 15, 2]; [x, 12, 3]; [AV. xviii]; [VS. viii, 36]
N. of a son of Brahmā, [PadmaP. v]
jātá n. a living being, creature, [RV.]
birth, origin, [i, 156, 2] and [163, 1]; [iii, 31, 3]
race, kind, sort, class, species, [viii, 39, 6]; [AV.] &c.
a multitude or collection of things forming a class (chiefly ifc., e.g. karma-, ‘the whole aggregate of actions’, [Mn. vii, 61/62] sukha-, ‘anything or everything included under the name pleasure’, [Gīt. x, 3]), [Mn. ix]; [MBh.] &c.
individuality, specific condition (vyakta), [L.]
= -karman, [NārS.]
(impers. with double instr.) it turned out or happened that, [Rājat. v, 364]
[cf. -γετος; Germ. Kind; Lith. gentis.]