As a deity name
Name 224 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
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Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "janyāya" is the dative of "janya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "janya" is derived from "jan" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
jan cl. 1. [RV.; AV.] and cl. 10. janati, ˚te (Subj. janat, RV.; ˚nāt, AV. vi, 81, 3; Ā. ˚nata, RV. x, 123, 7; impf. ajanat, RV.; p. janat), janayati, ˚te (in later language only P. Pāṇ. i, 3, 86; Subj. ˚nayat; impf. ajanayat; aor. ajījanat; p. janayat; inf. janayitavai, ŚBr. xiv), twice cl. 3. (Subj. jajanat, MaitrS. i, 3, 20 and 9, 1 [Kāṭh. ix, 8]; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192 and vii, 4, 78, Kāś.; pr. jajanti, Dhātup. xxv, 24; aor. Ā. janiṣṭa; Ā. ajani, RV. ii, 34, 2; perf. jajāna; 3. pl. jajñur, RV. &c.; once jajanur, viii, 97, 10; p. ˚jñivas; Ved. inf. janitos, iv, 6, 7; AitBr.; ŚBr. iii; [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 6]; Ved. ind.p. ˚nitvī, RV. x, 65, 7) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause, RV.; AV. &c.; to produce (a song of praise, &c.), RV.; (cl. 10. or Caus.) to cause to be born, AV. vii, 19, 1; xiii, 1, 19; VarBṛ. xiv, 1; xix; to assign, procure, RV.; VS. xix, 94; cl. 4. jāyate (ep. also ˚ti; impf. ajāyata; pr.p. jāyamāna; fut. janiṣyate; aor. ajaniṣṭa; 1. [RV. viii, 6, 10] and 3. sg. ajani; 3. sg. jani, i, 141, 1; jāni, 7, 36; perf. jajñe, 2. sg. ˚jñiṣe, 3. pl. ˚jñire, p. ˚jñāna) and [RV.] cl. 2. (?) Ā. (2. sg. janiṣe, 2. pl. ˚nidhve, Impv. ˚niṣvā [vi, 15, 18], ˚nidhvam, cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 78; impf. 3. p. ajñata [aor., Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80], AitBr.), twice cl. 1. Ā. (impf. 3. pl. ajanatā, RV. iv, 5, 5; p. janamāna, viii, 99, 3) to be born or produced, come into existence, RV.; AV. &c.; to grow (as plants, teeth), AV. iv f.; AitBr. vii, 15; ŚBr. xiv; KātyŚr.; Mn. ix, 38; VarBṛS.; to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double nom.), MBh. i, 11, 14; Pañcat. iv, 1, 5; to be born or destined for (acc.), RV. iv, 5, 5; MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 10 (v.l. jayate for jāy˚); to be born again, Mn. iv, ix, xi f.; MBh. i, iii, xiii; Hit. Introd. 14; to become, be, RV.; AV. &c.; to be changed into (dat.), Pāṇ. ii, 3, 13, Kāś.; to take place, happen, Vet. i, 11; iv, 25; to be possible or applicable or suitable, Suśr.; to generate, produce, R. iii, 20, 17; Caraṇ. : Pass. janyate, to be born or produced, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43 : Desid. jijaniṣati, 42, Kāś. : Intens. jañjanyate and jājāy˚, 43 (cf. Vop. xx, 17);
jan, [cf. γίγνομαι; Lat. gigno, (g)nascor; Hib. genim, ‘I beget, generate’.]
1. janya mfn. (√ jan, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 68; iii, 1, 97; Pat.) born, produced, Bhāṣāp. 44; BrahmaP.
ifc. born or arising or produced from, occasioned by, Śiś.; Bhāṣāp.; Tarkas. &c. (-tā f. abstr. Vedāntas.; -tva n. id., KapS., Sch.)
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1. janya mfn. (√ jan, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 68; iii, 1, 97; Pat.) born, produced, Bhāṣāp. 44; BrahmaP.
ifc. born or arising or produced from, occasioned by, Śiś.; Bhāṣāp.; Tarkas. &c. (-tā f. abstr. Vedāntas.; -tva n. id., KapS., Sch.)
jan cl. 1. [RV.; AV.] and cl. 10. janati, ˚te (Subj. janat, RV.; ˚nāt, AV. vi, 81, 3; Ā. ˚nata, RV. x, 123, 7; impf. ajanat, RV.; p. janat), janayati, ˚te (in later language only P. Pāṇ. i, 3, 86; Subj. ˚nayat; impf. ajanayat; aor. ajījanat; p. janayat; inf. janayitavai, ŚBr. xiv), twice cl. 3. (Subj. jajanat, MaitrS. i, 3, 20 and 9, 1 [Kāṭh. ix, 8]; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192 and vii, 4, 78, Kāś.; pr. jajanti, Dhātup. xxv, 24; aor. Ā. janiṣṭa; Ā. ajani, RV. ii, 34, 2; perf. jajāna; 3. pl. jajñur, RV. &c.; once jajanur, viii, 97, 10; p. ˚jñivas; Ved. inf. janitos, iv, 6, 7; AitBr.; ŚBr. iii; [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 6]; Ved. ind.p. ˚nitvī, RV. x, 65, 7) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause, RV.; AV. &c.; to produce (a song of praise, &c.), RV.; (cl. 10. or Caus.) to cause to be born, AV. vii, 19, 1; xiii, 1, 19; VarBṛ. xiv, 1; xix; to assign, procure, RV.; VS. xix, 94; cl. 4. jāyate (ep. also ˚ti; impf. ajāyata; pr.p. jāyamāna; fut. janiṣyate; aor. ajaniṣṭa; 1. [RV. viii, 6, 10] and 3. sg. ajani; 3. sg. jani, i, 141, 1; jāni, 7, 36; perf. jajñe, 2. sg. ˚jñiṣe, 3. pl. ˚jñire, p. ˚jñāna) and [RV.] cl. 2. (?) Ā. (2. sg. janiṣe, 2. pl. ˚nidhve, Impv. ˚niṣvā [vi, 15, 18], ˚nidhvam, cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 78; impf. 3. p. ajñata [aor., Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80], AitBr.), twice cl. 1. Ā. (impf. 3. pl. ajanatā, RV. iv, 5, 5; p. janamāna, viii, 99, 3) to be born or produced, come into existence, RV.; AV. &c.; to grow (as plants, teeth), AV. iv f.; AitBr. vii, 15; ŚBr. xiv; KātyŚr.; Mn. ix, 38; VarBṛS.; to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double nom.), MBh. i, 11, 14; Pañcat. iv, 1, 5; to be born or destined for (acc.), RV. iv, 5, 5; MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 10 (v.l. jayate for jāy˚); to be born again, Mn. iv, ix, xi f.; MBh. i, iii, xiii; Hit. Introd. 14; to become, be, RV.; AV. &c.; to be changed into (dat.), Pāṇ. ii, 3, 13, Kāś.; to take place, happen, Vet. i, 11; iv, 25; to be possible or applicable or suitable, Suśr.; to generate, produce, R. iii, 20, 17; Caraṇ. : Pass. janyate, to be born or produced, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43 : Desid. jijaniṣati, 42, Kāś. : Intens. jañjanyate and jājāy˚, 43 (cf. Vop. xx, 17);
jan, [cf. γίγνομαι; Lat. gigno, (g)nascor; Hib. genim, ‘I beget, generate’.]
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