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ājānadeva

(āj/āna--) m. a god by birth (as opposed to karma-deva- q.v)

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)

ājānaja

mfn. (["born in the world of the gods"commentator or commentary ]) id est deva- equals āj/ānadeva- below

jan

cl.1. ([

]) and cl.10. j/anati-, te- (subjunctive janat-

; nāt-

; A1. nata-

; imperfect tense /ajanat-

; parasmE-pada j/anat-), jan/ayati-, te- (in later language only P.

; subjunctive n/ayat-; imperfect tense /ajanayat-; Aorist /ajījanat-; parasmE-pada jan/ayat-; infinitive mood j/anayitavai-

) , twice cl.3. (subjunctive jaj/anat-

[

] ; confer, compare

; proper jajanti-

; Aorist A1. j/aniṣṭa-; A1. /ajani-

; perf. jaj/āna-; 3. plural jajñ/ur-

etc.; once jajan/ur-,

; parasmE-pada jñivas-; Vedic or Veda infinitive mood j/anitos-,

;[

];Ved. ind.p. nitv/ī-

) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause

etc. ; to produce (a song of praise, etc.)

; (cl.10. or Causal) to cause to be born

; to assign, procure

; cl.4. j/āyate- (Epic also ti-; imperfect tense /ajāyata-; pr. p. jayamāna-;fut. janiṣyate-;aor. /ajaniṣṭa-;1.[

] and 3. sg. /ajani-; 3. sg. j/ani-,

; j/āni-,

; perf. jajñ/e-,2. sg. jñiṣ/e-3. plural jñir/e-, parasmE-pada jñān/a-) and ([

]) cl.2. (?) A1. (2. sg. jañiṣ/e-,2. plural jiñre-, niṣvā-[

], nidhvam- confer, compare

; imperfect tense 3. p. ajñata-[ Aorist

]

) , twice cl.1 A1. (imperfect tense 3. plural ajanatā-

; parasmE-pada j/anamāna-,

) to be born or produced, come into existence

etc. ; to grow (as plants, teeth)

; to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double Nominal verb)

; to be born or destined for (accusative)

(varia lectio jayate-for jāy-) ; to be born again

; to become, be

etc. ; to be changed into (dative case)

; to take place, happen

; to be possible or applicable or suitable

; to generate, produce

: Passive voice janyate-, to be born or produced

: Desiderative jijaniṣati-,

: Intensive jañjanyate- and jājāy-,

(confer, compare

) ; ([ confer, compare Latin gigno,(g)nascor; Hibernian or Irish genim,"I beget, generate."])

jana

m. (gaRa vṛṣādi-) creature, living being, man, person, race (p/añca j/anās-,"the five races"equals p kṛṣṭ/ayas-

), people, subjects (the sg. used collectively exempli gratia, 'for example' d/aivya-or divy/ā j-,"divine race", the gods collectively

; mahat j-,many people

;often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' denoting one person or a number of persons collectively, exempli gratia, 'for example' preṣya--, bandhu--, sakhī--etc., qq. vv.;with names of peoples

; ayaṃ- janaḥ-,"this person, these persons", I, we

etc.; eṣa j-,id .

)

etc.

jāna