As a deity name
Name 946 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
जनन · noun · masculine
उत्पत्ति । उदभव · जन्म · आविर्भाव — Śabdasāgara
जनन · janan · s.m.
Generating, begetting, producing, causing; birth, production, causation; coming into existence; life, existence — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 392
Cited formation "जनन" is जन + -न: जन means "person, people (collectively)", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जनन" is जनना + -न: जनना means "to give birth, beget", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
birth, coming into existence, &c.
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Dictionary citations
janana mf(ī)n. ifc. generating, begetting, producing, causing, Mn. ix, 81; MBh.; Hariv. &c.
janana m. a progenitor, creator, RV. ii, 40, 1
janana n. birth, coming into existence, TāṇḍyaBr. xxi, 9; KātyŚr.; Mn. &c.
‘birth’ i.e. life (pūrvaj˚ = ˚nāntara), Kum. i, 54
production, causation, R. : Kum. i, 43; Sāṃkhyak.; Sarvad.
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