As a Hindi name
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
जाना · masculine
Śabdasāgara also records: कश्यपवंशीय एक ऋषि जो राजा दशरथ के गुरू ओर मत्रियो में से थे
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
patr. fr. jabāla (, Vārtt. 1, ), N. of an ancient sage (author of a law-book, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jābāli" is the vocative of "jābālin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jābāli m. patr. fr. jabāla (Pāṇ. ii, 4, 58, Vārtt. 1, Pat.), N. of an ancient sage (author of a law-book, PadmaP.; Mn. iv, 82/83), MBh. iii, 8265; xiii, 254; VarBṛS. vlii; Kād.
N. of an infidel Brāhman (priest of Daśa-ratha, who ineffectually tried after his death to shake Rāma's resolution and induce him to take the throne), R. i, 11, 6 and 69, 4; ii, 67, 2.
jābāli m. (-liḥ) The name of a Muni, one of the original teachers of the Vedas. E. javala, and iñ patronymic affix; also with aṇ, jābāla as before.
jābālin m. pl. N. of Jābāla's school, MuktUp. ii, 4.
Alternative readings
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