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Jana III Jambala
I'M!* [*geni: see janati. Cp. Gr. yivoi;, yivof, Lat.
genus=Fr, gens, to which also similar in meaning] a
creature, Uving being : (a) sg. an individual, a creature,
person, man Sn 121, 676, 807, 1023 (sabba everybody).
Usually collectively: people, they, one (=Fr. on), with
pi. of verb Dh 249 (dadanti) ; often as mahajana the
people, the crowd S 1.115; J 1.167, 294; PvA ; lokamahajana
= Ioka DhA 111.175; or as bahu(j)jana many
people, the many A 1.68; Dh 320; DhA ni.17.5. See
also puthujjana. — (b) pi. men, persons, people, beings :
n^na° various living beings Sn 1102 (expl"* at Nd- 248
as khattiya brahmai;!^ vessa sudda gahaitha pabbajita
devi manussa.) dve jana J 1.151 ; 11.105 ; tayo j. J 1-63 ;
in. 52 ; keci jani some people PvA 20. See also
Sn 243. 598, 1077, 1 121.
-ftdhipa a king of men J 11.369 ; -inda = prec. J 111.280,
294 ; -esabha the leader of men, the bust of all people
Dh 255 ; -kaya a body or group of people ] 1.28 ; DhA
'•33 (dve j. .- miccha & samma-ditthika) ; Dpvs 1.40;
-pada country see sep. ; -majjhe (loc.) before (all) the
people J 1.294 ; Th 2, ; 394 -vada people's talk, gossip
Sn 973.
JuiAka [to janati] i. producing, production Vism 369;
adj. (-°) producing: pasada° Mhvs 1.4 ( = ''karaka); a
species of karma Vism 601 ; Cpd. 144 (A. i). — 2. n. f.
°ika genetrix, mother J 1.16; Dhs io59~:f(where it
represents another janika, viz. deception, as shown by
syn. maya & B.Sk. janika Lai. V. 541; Kern, Toev.
p. 41).
Janati (f.) [from janati] a collection of people (" mankind
"), congregation, gathering; people, folk D 1.151
( = DA 1.310, correct janana), 206; Vin 11.12S —
11.93 (pacchima) ; A
1.61 (td.) ; 111.251 (id.); It 33;
J IV. 110; Pv 111.5^ ( = janasamiiha upasakagana PvA
200).
Janati> [Sk. janati (trs.) A jayate (intrs.); *gene & *gne
to (be able to) produce ; Gr. yiyvoiaat (yewait) 71'wToi;
= jata= (g)natus ; Lat. gigno, natura, natio ; Goth.
ka6|>s & kun^s ; Cymr. geni, Ags. cennan, Ohg. kind,
etc.] only in Caus. janeti [Sk. janayati] often spelled
janeti (cp. jaleti : jaleti) & Pass, (intrs.) jayati to bring
forth, produce, cause, syn. safijaneti nibbatteti abhinibbatteti
Nd* s. v. (cp. karoti). ussahar) j. to put forth
exertion J 11. 407 (see chanda) ; (sag)vegan j. to stir up
emotion (aspiration) J in. 184; PvA 32; Mhvs 1.4;
dukkhat) j. to cause discomfort PvA 63. — Aor. janayi
Th 2, 162 (Maya j. Gotamar) : she bore). — Pp. janita
produced PvA i. — See also jantu jamma, jata, jati,
iiati. etc.
Janati* to make a sound J vi.64 (=:sanati saddai) karoti).
Janana (adj.) [to janati] producing, causing (-°) It 84
(anattha" dosa) ; J iv.141 ; Dpvs 1.2; DhsA 25S
Dhtp 428. — f. janani PvA i (sagvega" desana); =
mother (cp. janetti) J iv.175; PvA 79. Note, janana
DA 1.310 is misprint for janata.
Janapada [jana+ pada, the latter in function of collective
noun-abstract : see pada 3] inhabited country, the
country (opp. town or market-place), the continent
politically: a province, district, county D 1.136 (opp.
nigama); 11.349; A 1.160, 178; Sn 422, 683, 995, 1102;
] 1.258; 11.3 (opp. nagara), 139, 300; PvA 20, 32, 111
(province). See also gama. The 16 provinces of
Buddhist India are comprised in the solasa mahS-jana-
pad& (Miln 350) enum'' at A 1.2 13 = iv. 252 sq. = Nd*
247 (on Sn 1102.) as follows : Auga, Magadha {+ KJIinga,
Nd*] Kasi, Kosala. Vajji, Malla, Cetl (Cetiya A iv.),
Var)sa (Vanga A 1.). Kurfi, Paiicaia, Majja ("Maccha A),
Surasena, As3aka,Avanti,Yona(Gandhara A), Kamboja.
Cp. Rhys Davids. B. India p. 23.
-katha talk or gossip about the province D 1.71^
•kalyai^ a country -beauty, i. e. the most beautiful girl
I ppr.
I
in the province D 1.193 (see kalyana) ; -carika tramping
the country PvA 14; -tthavariya stableness, security,
of the realm, in "patta, one who has attained a secure
state of his realm, of a Cakkavattin D 1.88; 11.16; Sn
p. 106; -padesa a rural district A iv.366; v. 101.
Janavati (?) A iv.172.
Janitta (nt.) [jan-f- tra, cp. Gr. ytvmipa] birthplace J 11.80.
Janetti (f) [f. to janitr=7«>'f7-i«f=genitor, cp. genetrix.
The Sk. form is janitri. On e : i cp. petti° : pitri°]
mother D II. 7 sq. ; M in. 248 ; A iv.276 ; J 1.48 ; n.381 ;
IV.48.
Jantaghara [ace. to Abhp. 214 = aggisala, a room in which
a fire is kept (viz. for the purpose of a steam bath, i. e.
a hot room, cp. in meaning Mhg. kemenate = Lat. caminata,
Gcr. stube=E. stove; Low Ger. pesel (room) =
Lat. pensile (bath) etc.) Etym. uncertain. Buhler
KZ 25, p. 32 5 = yantra-grha (oil-mill?); E. Hardy
(D. Lit. 9tg. 1902, p. 339) = jentaka (hot dry bath), cp.
Vin. Texts 1.157; 111103. In all probability it is a
distorted form (by dissimilation or analogy), perhaps
of *jhant-agara, to jha to burn = Sk. ksa, jhanti heat or
heating ( = Sk. ksati)-(-agara, which latter received the
aspiration of the first part ( = aghara), both being reduced
in length of vowels =jant-aghara]— 1. a (hot)
room for bathing purposes, a sitzbath Vin 1.47, 139;
II. 119, 220 sq., 280; 111.55; M 111.126; J 11.25, 144;
Vism 18 ; Dpvs viii.45. — 2. living room J 1.449.
Janti at DA 1.296 in jantiya (for D 1.135 janiya) = hani,
abandonment, giving up, payment, fine [prob. = jahanti,
to jahati]. But see jani.
Jantn^ [Vedic jantu, see janati] a creature, living being,
sq., 808.
man, person S 1.48; A iv,227 ; Sn 586, 773
1103; Nd* 249 ( = satta, nara, puggala) ; Dh 105, 176,
341. 395; J 1-202: n.415; v.495 ; Pv
nikaya, people, a crowd PvA 134).
Jantu* a grass Vin 1.196.
ii.9*» (=satta-
Jannu [cp. jannu(ka) & janu] the knee DhA 1.394. -°ka
D Ii.i7«;(in marks of a Mahapurisa, v. 1. jjn) ; J iv.165 ;
DhA 1.48.
Japa (& jappa vv. 11.) [fr. japati] i. muttering, mumbling,
recitation A 111.56= J 111.205 (H- manta) ;
Sn 328 (jappa)
( = niratthaka-katha SnA 334). — 2. studying J in. 114
( = ajjhena).
Jap(p)aka (adj.) whispering, see kaijija."
Japati (& jappati Dhtp 189, aJso japp i9o = vacane;
sound-root jap) to mumble, whisper, utter, recite
] IV. 204 ; Pv II. 6' ( = vippalapati PvA 94); PvA 97;
jappai) S 1.166 (pala,pai)) ; J iv.75. See jaj a,
japana ; also pari".
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