Jahati: 3 definitions

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Jahati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

jahati : (hā + a; hā is duplicated and the first hā is changed to ja) leaves; abandons; gives up; forsakes. || jahāti = jahati.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Jahati, & jahāti (Vedic root . Cp. *ghē(i) & ghī to be devoid (of), Gr. xh_ros void of, xh_ra widow, xwρa open space (cp. Sk. vihāya=ākāsa), xwri/zw separate; Lat. her-es; Sk. jihīte to go forth=Ohg. gēn, gān, Ags. gan=go; also Sk. hāni want=Goth. gaidw, cp. Gr. xati/zw) to leave, abandon, lose; give up, renounce, forsake. Ster. explanation at Nd2 255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. to kāma, dosa & other evil qualities.—Pres. jahāti Sn. 1, 506 (dosaṃ), 589; Dh. 91; imper. jahassu Sn. 1121 (rūpaṃ); pot. jahe It. 34; Dh. 221; J. IV, 58, & jaheyya Sn. 362; It. 115; J. I, 153; IV, 58.—Fut. jahissāmi J. III, 279; IV, 420; V, 465; in verse: hassāmi J. IV, 420; V, 465.—Ger. hitvā (very frequent) Sn. 284, 328; Dh. 29, 88, etc.; hitvāna (Sn. 60), jahitvā & jahetvā (Sn. 500).—Inf. jahituṃ J. I, 138.—pp. jahita Sn. 231; Kh 9; Miln. 261.—Pass. hāyati S. II, 224; Sn. 817; Miln. 297, hāyate J. V, 488 & hīyati J. II, 65; Sn. 944 (hīyamāna), cp. hāyare J. II, 327; pp. hīna (q. v.).—Caus. hāpeti (q. v.). See also hāni, hāyin, jaha. (Page 280)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Jahāti (जहाति).—in caus. sense (§ 38.24), removes, abolishes: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 61.8 (verse) sugatāna ghoṣaḥ kāṅkṣāṃ ca śokaṃ ca jahāti prāṇinām. It seems hardly possible to understand it otherwise; so Tibetan bsal = remove, do away (an evil), cure (a disease).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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