Janaranjana, Janarañjana, Jana-ranjana, Janaramjana: 5 definitions

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Janaranjana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Janaranjana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

janarañjana (जनरंजन).—n (S) Gratifying the people; courting popular favor.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

janarañjana (जनरंजन).—n Gratifying the people; court- ing popular favour.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Janaranjana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Janarañjana (जनरञ्जन).—gratifying the people, courting popular favour.

Derivable forms: janarañjanam (जनरञ्जनम्).

Janarañjana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jana and rañjana (रञ्जन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Janarañjana (जनरञ्जन):—[=jana-rañjana] [from jana > jan] mfn. gratifying men, [Gīta-govinda i, 19]

2) [v.s. ...] n. gratification of people, [Horace H. Wilson]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Janaranjana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Janaraṃjana (ಜನರಂಜನ):—[noun] = ಜನರಂಜನೆ [janaramjane].

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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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