mfn. (√ 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.