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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryJantāka (जन्ताक).—(?) (m. or nt.) is read once or twice in Avadāna-śataka (i.286.9, 10, see Speyer's note on i.286.8) for jentāka, see s.v. jenta; and jaṃdāka(-snātra) is written in one of the Niya documents, see Rapson and Noble, Kharoṣṭhī In- scriptions (Stein collection), vol. 3, p. 321, where it is suggested that jantāka be adopted in Avadāna-śataka; but Avadāna-śataka i.286.8 has je-, supporting Mahāvyutpatti and Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa).
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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Ends with: Cittajamtaka, Gridhramojantaka, Kayajamtaka, Prajantaka.
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