Janakaraja, Janakarāja: 6 definitions
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Janakaraja 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Janakarāja (जनकराज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a grammarian, contemporary of Maṅkha. Śrīkaṇṭhacarita 25, 93.
Janakarāja (जनकराज):—[=janaka-rāja] [from janaka > jan] m. Name of a man[, viii, 978 and 1002; Śrīkaṇṭha-carita xxv] (grammarian and Vaidika).
[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.
Pali-English dictionary
janakarāja (ဇနကရာဇ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[janaka+rāja]
[ဇနက+ရာဇ]
[Pali to Burmese]
janakarāja—
(Burmese text): ဇနကမင်း၊ မိထိလာပြည်ရှင် ဘုရားလောင်းဇနကမင်း။
(Auto-Translation): King Zanak, the deity of the Mithila kingdom, King Zanak.
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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