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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prajan (प्रजन्).—4 Ā.

1) To be born or produced, come into existence.

2) To grow, arise, spring up.

3) To bring forth, be delivered of.

4) To beget, generate, produce in general; चरितब्रह्मचर्यो हि प्रजायेत यजेत च (caritabrahmacaryo hi prajāyeta yajeta ca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.28.55. -Caus.

1) To beget, generate.

2) To cause, produce.

3) To bring forth, bear.

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

Prajan (प्रजन्).—be born (again) arise, propagate offspring through or in ([instrumental]), bring forth, beget with ([locative] or [instrumental]). [Causative] cause to propagate offspring or to be born, beget, generate.

Prajan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pra and jan (जन्).

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

Prajan (प्रजन्):—[=pra-√jan] [Ātmanepada] -jāyate ([Epic] also [Parasmaipada] ti), to be born or produced, spring up from ([ablative]) be begotten (by [instrumental case] or [ablative]; from [ablative]; or with [locative case]; in [locative case] or adhi), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to become an embryo, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to be born again, [Mahābhārata];

—to propagate offspring with or by ([instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti];

—to bring forth, generate, bear, procreate ([accusative]);—beget on ([locative case] or [instrumental case]), [Mahābhārata];

—to cause to be reproduced, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Causal] -janayati, to cause any one ([accusative])

—to propagate offspring ([instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda];

—to beget, procreate, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā] ([Aorist] prajanayām akaḥ; cf. [Pāṇini 3-1, 42]), [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to cause to be reproduced, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Desiderative] -jijaniṣate, to wish to be born, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Desiderative] of [Causal] -jijanayiṣati, to wish to cause to be conceived or born, [ib.]

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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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Partial matches: Pra, Jan.

Starts with (+12): Prajana, Prajanan, Prajanana, Prajananakama, Prajananakushala, Prajananashila, Prajananavant, Prajananavat, Prajanant, Prajanartham, Prajanat, Prajanata, Prajanatha, Prajanati, Prajanayita, Prajanayitar, Prajanayitri, Prajanga, Prajangha, Prajani.

Ends with: Abhiprajan, Anuprajan, Praprajan, Samprajan, Upaprajan.

Full-text (+76): Prajanuka, Prajayini, Prajati, Prajana, Prajanana, Prajotpadana, Prajadhyaksha, Prajaghni, Prajeha, Prajasani, Prajata, Prajapaddhati, Prajashanti, Prajagupti, Prajamritatva, Aprajas, Prajakara, Prajanayitri, Prajartham, Prajarthe.

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