Janitra: 6 definitions

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Janitra 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

Janitra (जनित्र).—Ved.

1) A birth-place, home.

2) Origin, source.

Derivable forms: janitram (जनित्रम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Janitra (जनित्र).—i. e. janitṛ + a, n. Birth-place, Mahābhārata 5, 2580.

— Cf.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Janitra (जनित्र).—[neuter] birthplace, home, origin; [plural] parents, relatives.

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

1) Janitra (जनित्र):—[from jananīya] n. a birthplace, place of origin, home, origin, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii; Mahābhārata v, 2580; Harivaṃśa 14730]

2) [v.s. ...] [plural] parents, relatives, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa ii, 6] sg. generative or procreative matter, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xix, 84; xxi, 55]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Lāṭyāyana]

4) [v.s. ...] ([dual number] with vasiṣṭhasya) another Sāman (consisting of the janitrādya and trottara), ix, 12, 8

5) [v.s. ...] sg. with uttara = trottara, [vii, 2, 1.]

6) [v.s. ...] with parama, [according to] to some, ‘origin on high’, [Atharva-veda i, 25, i].

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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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