Jatu, Jātu, Jātū, Jāṭu: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Jatu (जतु).—A son of Sudhanvan (Jantu.).*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 82.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Jatu (जतु) or “shellac” refers to one of the ingredients of the Aṣṭabandha type of Mortar (used for fixing together the Liṅga to its Pedestal), as discussed in the Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama.—(Original source: Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens).—The aṣṭabandha or “mortar with eight ingredients” is well known but its method of preparation and the nature of the eight components sometimes vary slightly from one text to another. The ingredients of aṣṭabandha are as follows according to the Ajita-āgama (18.216-218): shellac (jatu), hematite, beeswax, sarja resin, agalloch / agarwood resin, molasses, sesame oil and limestone powder; these different products must be mixed and cooked so as to obtain a fluid substance to which an equal quantity of sarja resin , limestone powder and lime as well as buffalo butter will then be added.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Jatu in Borneo is the name of a plant defined with Durio zibethinus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cullenia ceylanica (Gardn.) K. Schum. (among others).
2) Jatu in India is also identified with Pleconax conoidea It has the synonym Silene conoidea Huds. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1980)
· Flora Anglica (Hudson), ed. 2 (1778)
· Oesterreichische botanische Zeitschrift (1972)
· Lagascalia (1974)
· Thaiszia (1995)
· Annales de la Société Linneenne de Lyon (1868)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Jatu, for example side effects, diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
jatu : (nt.) the lac; sealing wax. || jātu (ind.) surely; undoubtedly.
Jatu, (Sk. jatu; cp. Lat. bitumen pitch; Ags. cwidu. resin, Ohg. quiti glue) lac. As medicine Vin. I, 201. °maṭṭhaka a decking with lac. used by women to prevent conception Vin. IV, 261; consisting of either jatu, kaṭṭha (wood), piṭṭha (flour), or mattikā (clay). (Page 278)
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Jātu, (indeel.) (Vedic jātu, particle of affirmation. Perhaps for jānātu one would know, cp. Gr. oi)μai, Lat. credo, P. maññe. But BR. and Fausböll make it a contraction of jāyatu “it might happen. ” Neither of these derivations is satisfactory) surely, undoubtedly (ekaṃsavacanaṃ SnA 348) usually in negative (& interrog.) sentences as na jātu, not at all, never (cp. also sādhu); mā jātu Vin. II, 203; Sn. 152, 348 (no ce hi jātu); J. I, 293, 374; IV, 261; V, 503. Na jātucca at J. VI, 60 is apparently for na jātu ca. (Page 282)
1) jatu (ဇတု) [(na) (န)]—
[jana+tu．jana janane,tu,na lopo．,ṭī．3va5．jana+ratu．jāyatīti jatu,lākhā．ṇvādi．73．]
[ဇန+တု။ ဇန ဇနနေ၊ တု၊ န လောပေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃ဝ၅။ ဇန+ရတု။ ဇာယတီတိ ဇတု၊ လာခါ။ ဏွာဒိ။၇၃။]
2) jātu (ဇာတု) [(bya) (ဗျ)]—
[je+tu． kpa ye ．thoma．jātu kāmaṃ sasakkaṃ iccete ekaṃsatthe．rū．nhā-134．nīti,sutta．nhā-382．,,ṭī．114va．]
[ဇေ+တု။ ဇဲ က္ပ ယေ တုန်။ ထောမ။ ဇာတု ကာမံ သသက္ကံ ဣစ္စေတေ ဧကံသတ္ထေ။ ရူ။ နှာ-၁၃၄။ နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။နှာ-၃၈၂။ ဓာန်၊ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၁၁၄ဝ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) jatu—
(Burmese text): (၁) ချိပ်။ (၂) အစေး။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Hook. (2) Band.
2) jātu—
(Burmese text): (၁) စင်စစ်၊ ဧကန်၊ အမှန်၊ မလွဲ၊ အမြဲ၊ မုချ။ (၂) ရံခါ၊ တရံတခါ၊ ရံဖန်ရံခါ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) True, clear, correct, without fail, always, pure. (2) Occasionally, sometimes, once in a while.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Jatu (जतु).—n. [jan-ḍa to'ntādeśaḥ Uṇādi-sūtra 1.18]
1) Lac; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.17.
2) A kind of red dye.
-tuḥ, -tūḥ f. A bat.
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Jātu (जातु).—ind. A particle meaning :-
1) At all, ever, at any time, possibly; नान्तरज्ञाः श्रियो जातुः प्रियैरासां न भूयते (nāntarajñāḥ śriyo jātuḥ priyairāsāṃ na bhūyate) Kirātārjunīya 11.24; किं तेन जातु जातेन मातुर्यौवनहारिणा (kiṃ tena jātu jātena māturyauvanahāriṇā) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.26; न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति (na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati) Manusmṛti 2.94; Kumārasambhava 5.55.
2) Perhaps, sometimes; गौरवाद्यदपि जातु मन्त्रिणां दर्शनं (gauravādyadapi jātu mantriṇāṃ darśanaṃ) ... ददौ (dadau) R.19.7.
3) Once, once upon a time, sometime, at some day.
4) Used with the potential mood जातु (jātu) has the sense of 'not allowing or putting up with'; जातु तत्रभवान् वृषलं याजयेन्नावकल्पयामि (jātu tatrabhavān vṛṣalaṃ yājayennāvakalpayāmi) (na marṣayāmi) Sk.
5) Used with a present indicative it denotes censure (garhā); जातु तत्रभवान् वृषलं याजयति (jātu tatrabhavān vṛṣalaṃ yājayati) ibid.
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Jātū (जातू).—m. A thunderbolt.
Derivable forms: jātūḥ (जातूः).
Jātu (जातु).—ind. 1. Sometimes, occasionally. 2. A particle of prohibition. 3. Of doubt, 4. Of contempt or abuse. E. jai to waste or decay, ktun aff. jai kṣaye jana vā ktun .
Jatu (जतु).—m. Lac, the red animal dye, Mahābhārata 1, 5725.
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Jātu (जातु).—i. e. jan + tu, adv. 1. Ever, Mahābhārata 5, 7071. 2. Perhaps, Mahābhārata 12, 6739. 3. Once, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 6, 89. 4. With preceding na, Never, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 94. 5. With preceding na, and following cid, Nevermore, never, Mahābhārata 1, 1936.
Jatu (जतु).—[neuter] lac. gum.
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Jatū (जतू).—[feminine] a bat.
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Jātu (जातु).—(jātu) [adverb] at all, ever, once, possibly, perhaps; [with] na not at all, never.
1) Jatu (जतु):—n. lac, gum, [Kauśika-sūtra 13; Mahābhārata i, xii; Suśruta]
2) f(ūs). ([Pāṇini 4-1, 71; Patañjali]) a bat, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxiv, 25 and 36; Atharva-veda ix, 2, 22;]
3) cf. [Latin] bitumen; [German] Kitt.
4) Jatū (जतू):—[from jatu] f. See tu.
5) Jātu (जातु):—ind. (√jan? cf. januṣā, s.v. nus) at all, ever, [Ṛg-veda x, 27, 11; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, 2, 2, 20] (tu), [Mahābhārata v, 7071; Pañcatantra i, 1, 6] (kiṃ tenajātena, what is the use at all of him born?)
6) ([when jātu stands at the beginning of a sentence the verb which follows retains its accent, [Pāṇini 8-1, 47]; in connection with the [Potential] and nāvakalpayāmi etc. ([iii, 3, 147]) or with the pr. ([iii, 3, 142]) jātu expresses censure e.g. jātu vṛṣalaṃ yājayen na marṣayāmi ‘I suffer not that he should cause an outcast to sacrifice’ [Kāśikā-vṛtti]; jātu yājayati vṛṣalam ‘ought he to cause an outcast to sacrifice?’ [ib.]])
7) possibly, perhaps, [Mahābhārata xii, 6739] (with api preceding), [Kathāsaritsāgara] (also with cid following)
8) some day, once, once upon a time, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī] (also with cid following). najātu, not at all, by no means, never, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (also with cid following).
9) Jātū (जातू):—[from jātu] in [compound] for tu = aśani, [Ṛg-veda i, 103, 3; Sāyaṇa]
1) Jatu (जतु):—(tu) 2. n. Lac.
2) Jātu (जातु):—adv. Sometimes; a particle of prohibition, doubt, contempt.
Jatu (जतु):—
1) n. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe.1,18.] [Amarakoṣa.3,6,2,13.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 248,b,12. 13.] Lack, Gummi [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 686.] lomāni jatunā saṃdihya [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 13.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5725.] aprājñamadhikaṃ pāpaṃ śliṣyate jatukāṣṭhavat [12, 10948. 11949.] [Suśruta 1, 101, 14. 2, 83, 2.] nāḍīṃ dāravīṃ jatukṛtām [121, 10.] aśmajātaṃ jatu = śilājatu (s. d.) [476, 17.] —
2) jatū f. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 71], Vārtt. Fledermaus [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 25. 36.] yāvatī.bhṛṅgā ja.vaḥ ku.ūravaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9, 2, 22.] — Vgl. jatuka, jātuṣa .
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Jātu (जातु):—adv.
1) überhaupt, je: yasyāna.ṣā duhi.ā jātvāsa [Ṛgveda 10, 27, 11.] na vadan jātu (oxyt.) nānṛtaṃ vadet nicht, wenn er überhaupt redet, nicht rede er unwahres [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 2, 2, 20.] ko jātu parabhāvāṃ hi nārīṃ vyālīmiva sthitām . vāsayetsvagṛhe [Mahābhārata 5, 7071.] kiṃ tena jātu jātena yaḥ was ist überhaupt an einem Sohne gelegen, der [Pañcatantra I, 32.] Nach einem am Anf. des Satzes stehenden jātu behält das verb. fin. seinen Ton [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 1, 47.] jātu bhokṣyase [Scholiast] Mit dem praes. einen Tadel ausdrückend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 142.] jātu tatrabhavānvṛṣalaṃ yājayati sollte er je? [Scholiast] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 25, 8.] mit dem potent. nach nāvakalpayāmi u. s. w. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 147.] jātu tatrabhavānvṛṣalaṃ yājayennāvakalpayāmi (na marṣayāmi) [Scholiast] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 25, 13.] jātu vigarhaṇe [Medinīkoṣa avyaya (s. Med.) 24.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) möglicher Weise, vielleicht: jānīyātsa vṛddho jātu tāṃ purīm [Kathāsaritsāgara 25, 24.] tatra jñāyeta kanakapurī sā jātu cit [26, 5.] evaṃ yathā sa hāsyatvaṃ gataḥ pravrājakastathā . vyājaprayogasyāsiddhau vayaṃ gacchema jātu cit .. [15, 54.] api jātu tathā tasmādahorātraśatairapi . yadahaṃ mānuṣīṃ yoniṃ śṛgālaḥ prāpnuyāṃ punaḥ .. könnte es vielleicht geschehen, dass [Mahābhārata 12, 6739.] jātu = saṃbhāvitārtha [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) eines Tages, einst [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1533.] [Medinīkoṣa] sarpastāṃ jātu daṣṭavān [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 89. 1, 63. 13, 59. 15, 32.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 294. 2, 17. 3, 16. 4, 361. 639. 5, 48. 6, 42.] jātu cit dass. [4, 219. 6, 268.] —
4) na jātu überhaupt nicht, durchaus nicht, auf keinen Fall, niemals: na vai jātu yuṣmākamimaṃ kaścidbrahmodyaṃ jetā [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 6, 8, 1. 12.] na sa jātu ciraṃ jīvet [Mahābhārata 1, 4047.] enasā na tu saṃyogaṃ prāpsyase jātu [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 38, 15.] naitajjātvanyathā bhavet [50, 6.] na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 94. 3, 229. 4, 63. 8, 380. 9, 41. 99. 100. 119.] [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 20. 4, 44.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 48, 21. 75, 2. 3, 44, 21. 4, 9, 57. 5, 25, 5.] [Suśruta 2, 412, 21.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 233.] [Caurapañcāśikā 30.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 10, 30.] [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 182, 15.] [Sāhityadarpana 39, 3.] abhaṅguro yaṃ saṃyogaḥ sukṛtairjātu dṛśyate niemals sich lösend [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 4.] Mit folg. cid [Mahābhārata 1, 4603.] nācāryaḥ kāmavān śiṣyairdroṇo yudhyeta jātu cit [5, 4899.] kalyāṇaṃ pratipatsyāmi viparītaṃ na jātu cit [1, 1936.] saṃvideṣā prayatnena vismartavyā na jātu cit [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 208.] nāhaṃ mṛṣā jātu vade kadācit [Mahābhārata 13, 1031.] Vielleicht ein unkenntlich gewordener Casus von einem nom. act. jātu (von jan), etwa mit der Bed. wenn es geschieht, erfolgt; vgl. den Gebrauch von januṣā u. janus [6.]
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Jātū (जातू):—nach [Sāyaṇa] zu [Ṛgveda 1, 103, 3] = aśani Donnerkeil.
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Jatu (जतु):—
1) = lākṣā und kalkadravya [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 1, 19.]
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Jātu (जातु):—
3) füge noch irgend ein Mal hinzu. —
4) [Z. 9] die Stelle [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 4] gehört zu [3]), da jātu hier mit dṛśyate zu verbinden ist.
Jatu (जतु):——
1) n. Lack , Gummi. —
2) f. jatū Fledermaus.
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Jātu (जातु):—und jātu ([Śatapathabrāhmaṇa] einmal) Adv. —
1) überhaupt. —
2) möglicher Weise , vielleicht. —
3) eines Tages , einst , irgend ein Mal. —
4) mit na überhaupt nicht , durchaus nicht , auf keinen Fall , niemals. Auch mit folgendem cid und kadā cid.
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Jātū (जातू):—in bharman und ṣṭhira = aśani [Sāyaṇa. ]
Jatu (जतु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jau, Jāu.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Jatu (ಜತು):—[noun] a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees by the female of the lac insect (as Laccifer lacca), used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red colouring matter; lac.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Jāṭu (ஜாடு) [jāṭutal] 5 transitive verb cf. Hindustain jhāḍnā. To strike, beat. See சாடு¹-. [sadu¹-.] அவனை நன்றாக ஜாடி விட்டான். [avanai nanraga jadi vittan.] Tanjore usage
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Jaadu is another spelling for जादु [jādu].—n. 1. magic; conjury; 2. charm; enchantment; spell;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text (+155): Jantu, Jatukarna, Jatudhana, Jatuka, Shilajatu, Jatushthira, Jatubharman, Jatumani, Jatugriha, Jatvashmaka, Jaturasa, Jatuputraka, Jatusha, Jatuveshman, Jatukrit, Jatugeha, Jatumukha, Jatumaya, Jatukari, Jatumatthaka.
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