As a Hindi name
जातक · adj
उत्पन्न । पैदा हुआ । जात — Śabdasāgara
जातक · noun · masculine
बच्चा · कारंडी । बत · भिक्षु — Śabdasāgara
जातक · jātak · s.m.
A ceremony performed after the birth of a child; nativity, astrological calculation of a nativity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 369
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
nativity, astrological calculation of a nativity
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "jātaka" is derived from "jāta" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
jāta mfn. (√ jan; ifc. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 171) born, brought into existence by (loc.), engendered by (instr. or abl.), RV. &c.
grown, produced, arisen, caused, appeared, ib.
jātaka mfn. ifc. engendered by, born under (an asterism), Mn. ix, 143; Cāṇ.
jātaka m. a newborn child, Kauś.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
jātaka mfn. ifc. engendered by, born under (an asterism), Mn. ix, 143; Cāṇ.
jātaka m. a newborn child, Kauś.
a mendicant, L.
jātaka n. = ˚ta-karman, MBh. i, 949; BhP. v, 14, 33
nativity, astrological calculation of a nativity, VarBṛ. xxvi, 3; BhP. i; Kathās. lxxii, 192; Rājat. vii, 1730
jāta mfn. (√ jan; ifc. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 171) born, brought into existence by (loc.), engendered by (instr. or abl.), RV. &c.
grown, produced, arisen, caused, appeared, ib.
Alternative readings
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