As a Hindi name
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
जाना · masculine
Śabdasāgara also records: एक मुनि जिनकी माता का नाम जाबाल था
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
metron. of Mahā-śāla
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Dictionary citations
1. jābāla m. = ajā-pāla, L.
2. jābāla m. (fr. jabālā) metron. of Mahā-śāla, ŚBr. x
of Satya-kāma, xiii f.; AitBr. viii, 7; ChUp.
N. of the author of a law-book, Kull. on Mn. ii, iv f.; Parāś. iii, Sch. (pl.)
of the author of a medicinal work, BrahmavP. i, 16, 12 and 18
Alternative readings
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