Janayitri, Janayitṛ, Janayitrī: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Janayitṛ can be transliterated into English as Janayitr or Janayitri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJanayitṛ (जनयितृ).—a. (-trī f.) Producing, begetting, creator. -m.
1) A father; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.9.
2) Brahmadeva; प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा (prajāvāṃstena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.61.1.
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Janayitrī (जनयित्री).—A mother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryJanayitrī (जनयित्री).—(Sanskrit Lex. and once cited from Rājat.; = janetrī, janetukā, qq.v., and Pali janettī; the regular Sanskrit is janitrī), generatrix, mother: mātṛbhūtāni kalyāṇami- trāṇi buddhakuleṣu janayitrī Gaṇḍavyūha 463.11 (prose), good friends are like mothers as causing birth in Buddha-families (°trī for °trīḥ = °trayaḥ, n. pl.? or n. sg., ad sensum, since each one causes…? followed by daṇḍa, which is followed by p-); janayitrībhūtaṃ sarvasattvānāṃ Gaṇḍavyūha 494.11 (prose); yena svamātā janayitrī (but most mss. janetrī; the mother that bore them)…añjaliṃ pragṛhya janayitrīm etad avocatām Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 458.7 (prose); also in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 462.2 (prose) svamātaraṃ janayitrīṃ, but several mss. janetrīṃ; etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJanayitṛ (जनयितृ).—mfn. (-tā-trī-tṛ) Generating, begetting, producing, who or what does so. m.
(-tā) A father, a progenitor. f. (-trī) A mother. E. jan in the causal form, to give birth, to engender, affix ṇic and tṛc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJanayitṛ (जनयितृ).—i. e. jan, [Causal.], + tṛ, I. m. 1. A progenitor, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 111, 11. 2. A father, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 142. Ii. f. trī, A mother, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 3, 108.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJanayitṛ (जनयितृ).—[masculine] progenitor, father; [feminine] trī mother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Janayitṛ (जनयितृ):—[from jananīya] m. ([Pāṇini 6-4, 53; Kāśikā-vṛtti]) one Who generates or begets or produces, progenitor, father, [Manu-smṛti ix; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) Janayitrī (जनयित्री):—[from janayitṛ > jananīya] f. a mother, [Rājataraṅgiṇī iii, 108.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJanayitṛ (जनयितृ):—(tā) 4. m. A father. f. (trī) A mother. a. Generating.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Janayitṛ (जनयितृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jaṇaiu, Jaṇaittu.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJanayitri (ಜನಯಿತ್ರಿ):—[noun] = ಜನನಿ [janani]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Avijanayitri, Prajanayitri, Tatajanayitri, Vijanayitri.
Full-text: Tatajanayitri, Janetuka, Janaiu, Prajanayitri, Janaittu, Janetri.
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