As a deity name
Name 395 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
creature, living being, man, person, race (pañca janās, ‘the five races’ = p˚ kṛṣṭayas, ), people, subjects (the sg. used collectively, e.g. daivya or divyā j˚, ‘divine race’, the…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "janāya" is the dative of "jana" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jana mf(ī)n. ‘generating’, see puraṃ-
jana m. (g. vṛṣādi) creature, living being, man, person, race (pañca janās, ‘the five races’ = p˚ kṛṣṭayas, RV. iii, viii ff.; MBh. iii, 14160), people, subjects (the sg. used collectively, e.g. daivya or divyā j˚, ‘divine race’, the gods collectively, RV.; mahat j˚, many people, R. vi, 101, 2; often ifc. denoting one person or a number of persons collectively, e.g. preṣya-, bandhu-, sakhī- &c., qq.vv. ; with names of peoples, VarBṛS. iv, 22 and v, 74; ayaṃ janaḥ, ‘this person, these persons’, I, we, MBh. viii, 709; Hariv. 7110; R. ii, 41, 2; Śak. &c.; eṣa j˚, id., Kāvyād. ii, 75), RV. &c.
Alternative readings
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