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janaka	जनक a. (निका f.) [जन्-णिच् ण्वुल्] Generating, producing, causing; क्लेशजनक, दुःखजनक &c. -कः 1 A father, progenitor. -2 N. of a famous king of Videha or Mithilā, foster-father of Sītā. He was remarkable for his great knowledge, good works, and holiness. After the abandonment of Sītā by Rāma, he became an anchorite-indifferent to pleasure or pain-and spent his time in philosophical discussions. The sage याज्ञवल्क्य was his priest and adviser. -Comp. -आत्मजा, -तनया, -नन्दिनी, -सुता epithets of Sītā, daughter of king Janaka.

añjanakaḥ	अञ्जनकः A portion of the Vedas containing the word अञ्जन. -की N. of a medicinal plant.

khañjanakaḥ	खञ्जनकः A wag-tail; (also खञ्जनिका in this sense). खञ्जरीटः khañjarīṭḥ टकः ṭakḥ खञ्जलेखः khañjalēkhḥ खञ्जरीटः टकः खञ्जलेखः The wag-tail; Bv.2.78; Ms.5.14; Y.1.174; Amaru.99.

bhañjanakaḥ	भञ्जनकः A particular disease of the mouth which consists in the decay of the teeth attended with contortion of the lips.

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janaka	a. begetting; producing; m. father; N., esp. of a king of Videha (Mithilâ).

janakakāṇa	m. N. (one-eyed Ganaka); -kandra, m. N.; -tanayâ, f. Sîtâ; -tâ, f. paternity; -bhadra, m. N.; -râga, m. N.; -simha, m. N.; -sutâ, f. daughter of Ganaka, Sîtâ; -½âtmagâ, f. id.

añjanaka	n. collyrium.

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King of Videha, plays a considerable part in the śatapatha Brāhmana and the Brhadāranyaka Upanisad, as well as in the Jaiminīya Brāhmana and the Kausītaki Upanisad. He was a contemporary of Yājñavalkya Vāja-saneya, of śvetaketu Aruneya, and of other sages.6 He had become famous for his generosity and his interest in the dis¬cussion of the nature of Brahman, as ultimate basis of reality, in the life-time of Ajātaśatru of Kāśi. It is significant that he maintained a close intercourse with the Brahmins of the Kuru-Pañcālas, such as Yājñavalkya and śvetaketu; for this indicates that the home of the philosophy of the Upanisads was in the Kuru-Pañcāla country rather than in the east. There is a statement in the śatapatha Brāhmana that he became a Brahmin (brahma). This does not, however, signify a change of caste, but merely that in knowledge he became a Brahmin (see Ksatriya). Janaka is occasionally mentioned in later texts: in the Taittirīya Brāhmana he has already become quite mythical; in the śāñkhāyana śrauta Sūtra a sapta-rātra or seven nights’ rite is ascribed to him. It is natural to attempt to date Janaka by his being a con¬temporary of Ajātaśatru, and by identifying the latter with the Ajātasattu of the Pāli texts11: this would make the end of the sixth century B.C. the approximate date of Janaka. But it is very doubtful whether this identification can be supported: Ajātaśatru was king of Kāśi, whereas Ajātasattu was king of Magadha, and his only connexion with Kāśi was through his marriage with the daughter of Pasenadi of Kosala. More¬over, the acceptance of this chronology would be difficult to reconcile with the history of the development of thought; for it would make the rise of Buddhism contemporaneous with the Upanisads, whereas it is reasonably certain that the older Upanisads preceded Buddhism Nor do the Vedic texts know anything of Bimbisāra or Pasenadi, or any of the other princes famed in Buddhist records. The identification of Janaka of Videha and the father of Sītā is less open to objection, but it cannot be proved, and is somewhat doubtful. In the Sūtras Janaka appears as an ancient king who knew of a time when wifely honour was less respected than later.

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idānīm	evāhaṃ janaka # ApDh.2.6.13.6a.

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janaka	of King Janaka	SB 10.71.9

janaka-ādayaḥ	Janaka and other kings	BG 3.20

janaka-ādayaḥ	Janaka and other kings	BG 3.20

janaka-nandinī	is the daughter of King Janaka	CC Madhya 9.201

janaka-nandinī	is the daughter of King Janaka	CC Madhya 9.201

janakaḥ	Bahulāśva	SB 10.86.38

janakaḥ	born uncommonly, not by the usual process	SB 9.13.13

janakaḥ	Janaka Mahārāja	SB 6.3.20-21

janakaḥ	King Bahulāśva, a descendant of Janaka	SB 10.86.27-29

janakaḥ	the father	SB 8.8.25

phala-janakam	producing the results	CC Antya 3.60

manaḥ-rañjanakaiḥ	very pleasing to the mind	SB 4.16.15

phala-janakam	producing the results	CC Antya 3.60

manaḥ-rañjanakaiḥ	very pleasing to the mind	SB 4.16.15

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janaka	noun (masculine) (in music) a kind of measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a progenitor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) father (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a disciple of Bhagavat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a king of Videha or Mithilā (son of Mithi and father of Udāvasu) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of another king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of another king of Mithilā (son of Hrasvaroman and father of Sītā) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of several official men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the descendants of Janaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 2190/72933

janaka	adjective begetting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) causing (chiefly ifc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) generating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) generative (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) producing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 5495/72933

janakanandini	noun (feminine) Frequency rank 21316/72933

janakasutā	noun (feminine) Frequency rank 17920/72933

janakatanayā	noun (feminine) Sitā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 52649/72933

janakatva	noun (neuter) generation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) generativeness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 24009/72933

ajanaka	adjective Frequency rank 41871/72933

añjanaka	noun (neuter) Frequency rank 31486/72933

karālajanaka	noun (masculine) name of a prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 21027/72933

keśarañjanaka	noun (masculine) Frequency rank 50110/72933

gṛñjanaka	noun (masculine) a kind of onion or garlic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 21220/72933

tejanaka	noun (masculine) Saccharum Sara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 53784/72933

paṭṭarañjanaka	noun (neuter) Caesalpina Sappan (a plant used in dyeing) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 56985/72933

parimārjanaka	adjective cleaning Frequency rank 57369/72933

puṣpāñjanaka	noun (neuter) puṣpāñjana Frequency rank 37017/72933

prayojanaka	adjective Frequency rank 59329/72933

bhañjanaka	noun (masculine) [medic.] a kind of disease of the teeth Frequency rank 37750/72933

bhājanaka	noun (neuter) bhājana Frequency rank 60641/72933

muñjanaka	noun (masculine) Frequency rank 62328/72933

yājanaka	noun (masculine) Frequency rank 62986/72933

yojanaka	adjective Frequency rank 63126/72933

rañjanaka	adjective colouring Frequency rank 63304/72933

rañjanaka	noun (neuter) rañjana Frequency rank 29866/72933

rañjanaka	noun (masculine) a kind of mineral (kampilla) a kind of tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 25172/72933

śobhāñjanaka	noun (masculine) Moringa Pterygosperma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 18547/72933

śaubhāñjanaka	noun (neuter) śaubhāñjana Frequency rank 68082/72933

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bhaṅjanaka	cracks of tooth.
bhranjanaka	cracked or fissured tooth.

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janaka	vāṇijyam, vāṇijyā, vaṇikpatham, vaṇigbhāvaḥ, krayavikrayaḥ, satyānṛtam, nigamaḥ, paṇāyā, pāṇaḥ, mahājanakarma vastūnāṃ nirmāṇam tathā ca krayavikrayayoḥ kāryam। rāmasya kaṣṭaiḥ tasya vāṇijyam ahorātraṃ vardhatetarām।
janaka	pitarau, mātāpitarau, tātajanayitryau, janakajananyau yayoḥ sambandhena yayoḥ śarīrāt anya(sva)śarīrotpattiḥ। mātāpitarayoḥ sevā kartavyā।
janaka	lokopakāraḥ, janakalyāṇam, janasevā, lokahitam, lokasevā janānāṃ hitārthā kṛtā kriyā। lokopakāraṃ kṛtvā ahaṃ sukham anubhavāmi।
janaka	ramya, ramaṇīya, ānandamaya, sukhada, paritoṣajanaka, manorama, manohara, subhaga, nandaka, nandana, ānandana, ānandada, harṣaka, harṣakara, harṣaṇa, prītida, modaka, pramodin, ramaṇa, rāmaṇīyaka yaḥ ānandayati। mama yātrā ramyā āsīt।
janaka	prāṇāntaka, prāṇaghātaka, mārātmaka, vyāpādaka, ātyayika, prāṇāntika, jīvāntaka, prāṇahārin, prāṇāpahārin, mṛtyujanaka, nidhanakārin, viṣatulya, saviṣa, kālakalpa, prāṇanāśaka, marmāntika, prāṇahāraka yaḥ prāṇān harati antaṃ karoti vā। tena prāṇāntakaṃ viṣaṃ pītvā svajīvanasya antaṃ kṛtam।
janaka	vinodaka, hṛdayaṅgama, manorañjaka, cittavedhaka, manohara, hṛdayagrāhin, vinodada, anurāgajanaka, kautukavat yad vinodena paripūrṇam। tasya pārśve naikāḥ vinodakāḥ granthāḥ santi।
janaka	vismayakāraka, vismayajanaka, kutuhalajanaka, vilakṣaṇa, adbhuta yaḥ jijñāsāṃ utpādayati। adya ekā vismayakārikā ghaṭanā aghaṭata।
janaka	apūrva, alaukika, āścaryajanaka, abhūtapūrva yaḥ viśeṣalakṣaṇaiḥ yuktaḥ। matsyanārī iti ekaḥ apūrvaḥ jīvaḥ।
janaka	sāgaraḥ, samudraḥ, abdhiḥ, akūpāraḥ, pārāvāraḥ, saritpatiḥ, udanvān, udadhiḥ, sindhuḥ, sarasvān, sāgaraḥ, arṇavaḥ, ratnākaraḥ, jalanidhiḥ, yādaḥpatiḥ, apāmpatiḥ, mahākacchaḥ, nadīkāntaḥ, tarīyaḥ, dvīpavān, jalendraḥ, manthiraḥ, kṣauṇīprācīram, makarālayaḥ, saritāmpatiḥ, jaladhiḥ, nīranijhiḥ, ambudhiḥ, pāthondhiḥ, pādhodhiḥ, yādasāmpatiḥ, nadīnaḥ, indrajanakaḥ, timikoṣaḥ, vārāṃnidhiḥ, vārinidhiḥ, vārdhiḥ, vāridhiḥ, toyanidhiḥ, kīlāladhiḥ, dharaṇīpūraḥ, kṣīrābdhiḥ, dharaṇiplavaḥ, vāṅkaḥ, kacaṅgalaḥ, peruḥ, mitadruḥ, vāhinīpatiḥ, gaṅagādharaḥ, dāradaḥ, timiḥ, prāṇabhāsvān, urmimālī, mahāśayaḥ, ambhonidhiḥ, ambhodhiḥ, tariṣaḥ, kūlaṅkaṣaḥ, tāriṣaḥ, vārirāśiḥ, śailaśiviram, parākuvaḥ, tarantaḥ, mahīprācīram, sarinnāthaḥ, ambhorāśiḥ, dhunīnāthaḥ, nityaḥ, kandhiḥ, apānnāthaḥ bhūmeḥ paritaḥ lavaṇayuktā jalarāśiḥ। sāgare mauktikāni santi।
janaka	pitā, tātaḥ, janakaḥ, vaptā, janayitā, janmadaḥ, guru, janyaḥ, janitā, bījī, vapraḥ pāti rakṣati apatyam yaḥ। mama pitā adhyāpakaḥ asti। / janako janmadātā ca rakṣaṇācca pitā nṛṇām।
janaka	duḥkhada, duḥkhadāyin, duḥkhaprada, khedajanaka, kaṣṭadāyaka yaḥ duḥkhaṃ dadāti। pitroḥ sevā na kariṣyasi eṣā duḥkhadā vārtā।
janaka	janakaḥ saḥ vyaktiḥ yena kāpi nūtanā vicāradhārā pratipāditā athavā kasyāpi saṃsthādīnāṃ sthāpanā kṛtā। hippokreṭsa mahodayaḥ cikitsāśāstrasya janakaḥ asti।
janaka	asuvidhājanaka, asuvidhāpūrṇa yasmin asuvidhā asti। mama kṛte bālakānām adhyāpanaṃ asuvidhājanakam asti।
janaka	gājaram, gārjaraḥ, piṅgamūlaḥ, yavanaḥ, gṛñjanam, gṛñjanakam, supītam, nāraṅgam, śikhāmūlam, sthauṇeyam, sthauṇeyakam, sumūlakam ekaḥ kṣupaḥ yasya kandaḥ miṣṭaḥ asti। saḥ kṛṣīkṣetrāt gājarāṇi unmūlayati।
janaka	janakaḥ, mithileśaḥ mithilāyāḥ rājā tathā ca sītāyāḥ pitā। janakaḥ jñānī rājā āsīt।
janaka	vidyujjanitram, vidyujjanakam tat yantraṃ yad vidyut utpādayati। vidyuti gatyāṃ tena vidyujjanitraṃ cālitam।
janaka	asaṃtoṣakaḥ, atuṣṭijanakaḥ yaḥ nāsti santoṣajanakaḥ atha vā yasmāt ko api na tuṣyati; asantoṣakam kāryam vartate
janaka	santoṣaprada, santoṣajanaka, toṣaprada yaḥ santoṣaṃ janayati। bhavataḥ kāryaṃ santoṣapradam asti।
janaka	hāsyapūrṇa, hāsyaprada, hāsyajanaka yaḥ hāsyaṃ janayati। etad nāṭakaṃ hāsyapūrṇam asti।
janaka	rogakāraka, rogajanaka, rogakārin yaḥ rogān utpādayati। jalasthān rogakārakān kīṭān nāśayituṃ viṃśatiḥ nimeṣaṃ yāvat jalaṃ kvatheta।
janaka	tāta, janaka, pitā pitrarthe sambodhanam। vayam pituḥ tāta iti samāhvayāmaḥ।
janaka	janakaḥ janayati iti; śūnya iti kalpanāyāḥ janakaḥ pāṇinī
janaka	avamānajanaka yaḥ apamānena yuktaḥ। putrasya mukhāt apamānajanakān śabdān śrutvā saḥ niṣkāsitaḥ।
janaka	nirāśājanaka yaḥ nirāśāṃ janayati। mayā saha tasya vyavahāraḥ nirāśājanakaḥ āsīt।
janaka	janaka yaḥ utpādayati। vṛkṣapoṣaṇasthāne janakānāṃ bījānāṃ nāthanaṃ vardhate eva।
janaka	dīnatā, kāruṇyam, dayāyogyatā, karuṇāyogyatā, anukampyatā, dayājanakatvam, karuṇotpādakatvam karuṇārasaṃ janayituṃ yogyatvam। atiduḥsahā sudāmnaḥ dīnatā kṛṣṇasya kṛte।
janaka	janakalyāṇavibhāgaḥ janānāṃ hitārthe kāryaratā ekā saṃsthā। janakalyāṇavibhāgena kinnarāṇāṃ sthitiḥ api avadhyātavyā।
janaka	utsāhajanaka, utsāhavardhaka yad utsāham utpādayati। eteṣāṃ prayogāṇām utsāhajanakāḥ pariṇāmāḥ vayaṃ prāptavantaḥ।
janaka	janakacandraḥ puruṣanāmaviśeṣaḥ । janakacandraḥ iti nāmakānāṃ naikeṣāṃ puruṣāṇām ullekhaḥ koṣe asti
janaka	janakabhadraḥ ekaḥ puruṣaḥ । janakabhadrasya ullekhaḥ rājataraṅgiṇyām asti
janaka	janakasiṃhaḥ ekaḥ puruṣaḥ । janakasiṃhasya ullekhaḥ rājataraṅgiṇyām asti

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