Ja, Jā: 15 definitions
Introduction:
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarJa (ज).—The consonant ज् (j) with अ (a) added to it for facility of pronunciation; cf. T. Pr. I..21. See ज् (j).
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryja (ज).—&c. are pronounced as J, as in .
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ja (ज).—a S Born, produced, sprung from. Attached to Sanskrit words it forms endless valuable compounds: e. g. aṇḍaja, svēdaja, jarāyuja, udaraja, apathyaja, jalaja, pāpaja, tapaja, kaphaja, pittaja, vātaja, raktaja, tridōṣaja, kṣataja.
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ja (ज).—m or jacēṃ n A cant word for dinner. ja being the first letter of jēvaṇēṃ To dine or to eat a meal.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishja (ज).—The 8th consonant. a Born, pro- duced, sprung from. In comp.
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ja (ज).—or-
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJa (ज).—a. [ji-jan-ju-vā ḍa] (At the end of comp.)
1) Born from or in, produced or caused by, descended from, growing in, living or being at or in &c.; अत्रिनेत्रज, कुलज, जलज, क्षत्रियज, अण्डज, उद्भिज (atrinetraja, kulaja, jalaja, kṣatriyaja, aṇḍaja, udbhija) &c.
2) Prepared from, made of.
3) Belonging to, connected with, peculiar to.
4) Swift.
5) Victorious, conquering.
-jaḥ 1 A father.
2) Production, birth.
3) Poison.
4) An imp or goblin.
5) A conqueror.
6) Lustre.
7) Name of Viṣṇu.
8) Name of Śiva.
9) Enjoyment.
1) Speed, swiftness.
11) (In prosody) One of the eight syllabic feet (gaṇa); जो जारः जा योनिः (jo jāraḥ jā yoniḥ) and जं च जातं रजतमेव च (jaṃ ca jātaṃ rajatameva ca) | Enm. The Nm. of राघव (rāghava) says : जो जये विजये मेरौ शब्दे जेतरि मत्सरे (jo jaye vijaye merau śabde jetari matsare) | and जं कटी- भूषणे पत्न्यां तेजस्यम्बुनि जन्मनि (jaṃ kaṭī- bhūṣaṇe patnyāṃ tejasyambuni janmani) |
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Ja (ज).—wife; L. D. B.
Derivable forms: jam (जम्).
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Ja (ज).—1 P. (jamati) To eat.
Derivable forms: jam (जम्).
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Jā (जा).—
1) A mother.
2) A husband's brother's wife.
3) A race, tribe. राघव (rāghava)'s Nm. says 'जा स्त्रियां देववाहिन्यां योनिसागरवेलयोः (jā striyāṃ devavāhinyāṃ yonisāgaravelayoḥ)'.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJa (ज).—The third letter of the second class of consonants, corresponding to the letter J in jet.
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Ja (ज).—mfn. (jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) 1. Speedy, swift. 2. Eaten. 3. Victorious, triumphant, conquering or a conqueror. (jaḥ) 1. A name of Siva. 2. A name of Vishnu. 3. Birth, production. 4. A parent, a progenitor. 5. Poison. 6. Enjoyment. 7. Light, Iustre. 8. Speed. 9. An impa goblin. E. jan to bear or to born, ji to conquer, or other roots, and ḍa aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJa (ज).—[-ja] (vb. jan), latter part of comp. words, m., f. jā, and n. 1. Born, son, daughter, e. g. gūḍha- (vb. guh), Born secretly. m. A son of concealed birth, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 129. dhṛtarāṣṭra-jā, f. A daughter of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Mahābhārata 14, 2285. ātmaja, i. e. ātman-, A son, [Hitopadeśa] 41, 21. jaghanya-, adj. Youngest, Mahābhārata 1, 804. deha-, m. A son, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 20, 3. pūrva-, m. pl. Ancestors, [Daśakumāracarita] in
— Cf. also dharma-, I. adj. Begotten from a sense of duty, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 107. Ii. m. Son of Dharma, a name of Arjuna, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 3, 16.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJa (ज).—[adjective] born, produced, caused by, in, or from; made of, living at, belonging to, connected with (—°). [feminine] jā race; —° daughter.
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Jā (जा).—(—°) = ja; [masculine] [feminine] ([nominative] jās) offspring.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ja (ज):—1. ja the 3rd palatal letter (having the sound of j in jump).
2) 2. ja mf(ā)n. (√jan) ifc. born or descended from, produced or caused by, born or produced in or at or upon, growing in, living at, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) (after an [adverb] or adverbial word) born or produced (e.g. agra-, avara-; eka-,dvi-,ni-,pūrva-,prathama-,sahaand sākaṃ-ja), [Manu-smṛti x, 25]
4) prepared from, made of or with, [v, 25; Suśruta; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
5) ‘belonging to, connected with, peculiar to’ See anūpa, anna, śahra-, sārtha-.
6) m. a son of (in [compound]), [Manu-smṛti] etc.
7) a father, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) birth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) Jā (जा):—[from ja] a f. a race, tribe, [Atharva-veda v, 11, 10]
10) [v.s. ...] ifc. a daughter, [Mahābhārata etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] cf. jā.
12) Ja (ज):—3. ja mfn. speedy, swift, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) victorious, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) eaten, [Horace H. Wilson]
15) m. speed, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
16) enjoyment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
17) light, lustre, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
18) poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
19) a Piśāca, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
20) Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
21) Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
22) a husband’s brother’s wife, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
23) Jā (जा):—b mfn. ([Vedic or Veda] for 2. ja cf. [Pāṇini 3-2, 67]) ifc. ‘born, produced’ See agra-, adri-, apsu-jā etc.
24) mf. (ās) offspring [plural] descendants, [Ṛg-veda]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ja (ज):—The eight consonant, pronounced like j in James.
2) (jaḥ) 1. m. Shiva; Vishnu; birth; a parent; enjoyment; poison; light; speed; an imp, goblin. a. Speedy; eaten; conquering.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryJa (ज) [Also spelled j]:——the third letter of the second pentad (i.e. [cavarga]) of the Devnagri: alphabet; a suffix denoting the sense of born of (as [jalaja, aṃḍaja, vātaja], etc.).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Ja (ज) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Yat.
2) Jā (जा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jan.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJa (ಜ):—
1) [noun] (gen. pronounced with the vowel 'a') the twenty-second letter of Kannaḍa alphabet and the eighth consonant.
2) [noun] a symbol for the number eight.
3) [noun] (pros.) a syllabic feet consisting of one long syllable between two short ones; Amphibrachys.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconJa (ஜ) . The compound of ஜ் [j] and அ. [a.]
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Jā (ஜா) . The compound of ஜ் [j] and ஆ. [a.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Starts with (+8096): Ja jaw chhrub, Ja jeo, Ja tira phlang, Ja tu rung gu, Ja-chang, Ja-ja-ye-ye, Ja-kharia, Ja-mardoh, Ja-sa, Jaa, Jaabara, Jaabe, Jaabura, Jaada, Jaagsiektebossie, Jaaguda, Jaaji, Jaajihoo, Jaajihoovu, Jaajimallige.
Ends with (+5928): Aahaar-Puja, Abaja, Abbhakkhaijja, Abbhojja, Abda-puja, Abdamurtipuja, Abdhija, Abhagadhejja, Abhavasamudgataraja, Abhavasvabhavasamudgataraja, Abhayaraja, Abhejja, Abheshaja, Abhibhanja, Abhicaraja, Abhidhejja, Abhigajja, Abhigarja, Abhija, Abhijja.
Full-text (+2831): Agraja, Angaja, Arnavaja, Anuja, Andaja, Uparija, Ayonija, Sharadija, Parvataja, Ksharaja, Uttaraja, Grihaja, Ratrija, Varsheja, Gramaja, Divija, Meghaja, Aranyaja, Vasantaja, Kantakija.
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