Janayati: 5 definitions

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Janayati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Janayati (जनयति).—f. Ved. Production, generation.

Derivable forms: janayatiḥ (जनयतिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Janayati (जनयति).—(like upajanayati, q.v.) is used in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] in the meaning conceive (lit. produce) a feeling or notion, in oneself; this seems to Senart, n. on Mahāvastu i.47.1, different enough from Sanskrit usage to record: Mahāvastu i.47.1 naiva tāva janayanti mānasaṃ agrapudgalagataṃ; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 12.6 (verse) harṣaṃ janitvā (metrical(ly) bad).

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Jānayati (जानयति).—(= janayati; § 38.15), produces: kāyabala-sthāmaṃ jānayitvā Mahāvastu ii.131.10 (prose), compare Lalitavistara 272.9 kāyabalasthāma saṃjanayya; jānayi sarvi vikurvitu teṣāṃ Bhadracarī 45, may I produce all the miracles of those (Buddhas); (sa…tathāgato) jānitaḥ Gaṇḍavyūha 381.17.

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

Janayati (जनयति):—[from jananīya] f. generation, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā i, 22.]

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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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