Janapadakalyani, Janapadakalyāṇī: 3 definitions
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Janapadakalyani 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 Dictionaryjanapadakalyāṇī : (f.) the most beautiful girl in a country.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryJanapadakalyāṇī refers to: a country-beauty, i.e. the most beautiful girl in the province D. I, 193 (see kalyāṇa);
Note: janapadakalyāṇī is a Pali compound consisting of the words janapada and kalyāṇī.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryJanapadakalyāṇī (जनपदकल्याणी).—(= Pali id.; Mironov and [Boehtlingk] 7.342 with var. °ṇam, disproved by Tibetan and Pali), beauty (beautiful) woman) of the country: Mahāvyutpatti 7630 = Tibetan yul gyi bzaṅ mo (fem. suffix mo!); °ṇyā striyā sārdhaṃ paricaret Śikṣāsamuccaya 252.3; °ṇīṃ Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.136.4 (= Divyāvadāna 444.10, text °ṇāṃ).
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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Partial matches: Janapada, Kalyani.
Starts with: Janapadakalyani Nanda, Janapadakalyani Sutta.
Full-text: Janapadakalyani Sutta, Kalyani Sutta, Janapadakalyani Nanda, Rupananda, Telapatta Jataka, Nanda, Janapada Sutta, Kappata, Vijaya Sutta.
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