Janetri, Janetrī: 1 definition
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Janetri 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryJanetrī (जनेत्री).—(= prec. and janayitrī, q.v.; Pali janettī), mother: janetrī-saṃpannāś ca bhavanti samyaksaṃbuddhā Mahāvastu i.142.7; jina-janetrī i.149.13 = 217.1 = ii.19.15 (verse); pūrva-janetrī, mother in a former birth, ii.205.3 (verse); jātiśatāni janetrī abhūṣi 205.9 (verse); purimabhavajanetriye bhavanighātī 206.15 (verse, so read with mss.); Gaṇḍavyūha 37.15; 355.5; 381.5 (Vairocanasya janetry evam…); Lalitavistara 82.22; 98.8 (atītānām…bodhisattvānām…) janetryaḥ; tasya mātā janetrī Gaṇḍavyūha 354.23, the mother that bore him (similarly s.v. janayitrī); etc. All these prose except as marked verse.
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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Full-text: Janayitri, Janetuka, Maya, Pariharati, Parihareti.
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