Janamaraka, Jana-maraka, Janamāraka: 8 definitions
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Janamaraka 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.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Janamaraka (जनमरक) refers to “nation-wide destruction”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The Ketus or comets whose tails are bent and which are of sharp rays and black are the sons of Yama ; they are 25 in number; they appear in the south; when they appear there will be deaths in the land [i.e., janamaraka-āvedin]. The Ketus or comets that appear like a mirror, are round in shape without tails but with rays and looking like oil or water are the sons of the Earth; they are 23 in number, and appear in the north-east; when they appear mankind will be afflicted with fear and hunger”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Janamaraka (जनमरक).—an epidemic disease.
Derivable forms: janamarakaḥ (जनमरकः).
Janamaraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jana and maraka (मरक).
Janamaraka (जनमरक).—[masculine] epidemic disease, pestilence.
Janamaraka (जनमरक):—[=jana-maraka] [from jana > jan] m. ‘men-killer’, an epidemic, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
Janamaraka (जनमरक):—(jana + ma) m. Epidemie [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 78, 24] [?= 93, 5.]
Janamaraka (जनमरक):—m. Epidemie , Pestilenz.
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
janamāraka (ဇနမာရက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[jana+māraka]
[ဇန+မာရက]
[Pali to Burmese]
janamāraka—
(Burmese text): (၁) အမိကို-သေစေတတ်-သတ်တတ်-သော၊ သူ၊ အဖြောင့်မသွား လမ်းမှားသော-ကိုယ်ဝန်-သားငယ်-သူငယ်။ (၂) သတ္တဝါကို-သေစေတ်-သတ်တတ်သော (ကိလေသာ)။ ဇနမာရကမဇ္ဈဂတာ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The person who is capable of killing the mother, the one who is a child that is lost down the wrong path. (2) Something that is capable of killing living beings (like a weapon). Observe the incidents occurring in the world.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Maraka, Jana.
Starts with: Janamarakamajjhagata.
Full-text: Janamarakamajjhagata, Avedi.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Epidemics (maraka) < [Chapter 6]