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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Ja**u(ka) [cp. j!nu & jannu] the knee D ii.160; J vi.332; SnA ii.230; DhA i.80 (˚ka); ii.57 (id.), 80; iv.204;<br />

VvA 206 (ja**u -- kappara).<br />

Jatu<br />

Jatu [Sk. jatu; cp. Lat. bitumen pitch; Ags. cwidu. resin, Ohg. quiti glue] lac. As medicine Vin i.201.<br />

˚ma&&haka a decking with lac. used by women to prevent conception Vin iv.261; consisting of either jatu,<br />

ka&&ha (wood), pi&&ha (flour), or mattik! (clay).<br />

Jattu<br />

Jattu (nt.) [Vedic jatru] the collar -- bone DhA ii.55 (gloss: a'sak(&a); D!vs iv.49.<br />

Jaddhu<br />

Jaddhu [for jaddhu', inf. to jak+ (P. jaggh), corresp. to Sk. jagdhi eating food; intens. of ghasati] only in<br />

composition as a˚ not eating, abstaining from food. ˚ka one who fasts M i.245; ˚m!ra death by starvation J<br />

vi.63 (=an!saka -- mara*a; Fsb. has note: read aju&&ha˚?); ˚m!rika A iv.287 (v. l. aje&&ha˚).<br />

Jana<br />

Jana [*gen/: see janati. Cp. Gr. gi/nos, go/nos; Lat. genus=Fr. gens, to which also similar in meaning] a<br />

creature, living being: (a) sg. an individual, a creature, person, man Sn 121, 676, 807, 1023 (sabba<br />

everybody). Usually collectively: people, they, one (=Fr. on), with pl. of verb Dh 249 (dadanti); often as<br />

mah!jana the people, the crowd S i.115; J i.167, 294; PvA 6; lokamah!jana=loka DhA iii.175; or as<br />

bahu(j)jana many people, the many A i.68; Dh 320; DhA iii.175. See also puthujjana. -- (b) pl. men,<br />

persons, people, beings: n!n!˚ various living beings Sn 1102 (expld at Nd2 248 as khattiy! br!hma*! vess!<br />

sudd! gaha&&h! pabbajit! dev! manuss!.) dve jan! J i.151; ii.105; tayo j. J i.63; iii.52; keci jan! some people<br />

PvA 20. See also Sn 243, 598, 1077, 1121. -- âdhipa a king of men J ii.369; -- inda=prec. J iii.280, 294; --<br />

esabha the leader of men, the best of all people Dh 255; -- k!ya a body or group of people J i.28; DhA i.33<br />

(dve j.: micch! & samm! -- di&&hik!); Dpvs i.40; -- pada country see sep.; -- majjhe (loc.) before (all) the<br />

people J i.294; Th 2, 394; -- v!da people's talk, gossip Sn 973.<br />

Janaka<br />

Janaka [to janati] 1. producing, production Vism 369; adj. ( -- ˚) producing: pas!da˚ Mhvs i.4 (=˚k!raka); a<br />

species of karma Vism 601; Cpd. 144 (A.i). -- 2. n. f. ˚ik! genetrix, mother J i.16; Dhs 1059#(where it<br />

represents another j!nik!, viz. deception, as shown by syn. m!y! & B.Sk. janik! Lal. V. 541; Kern, Toev. p.<br />

41).<br />

Janat!<br />

Janat! (f.) [from janati] a collection of people ("man- kind"), congregation, gathering; people, folk D i.151<br />

(=DA i.310, correct janan!), 206; Vin ii.128=M ii.93 (pacchim!); A i.61 (id.); iii.251 (id.); It 33; J iv.110;<br />

Pv iii.57 (= jan

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