As a deity name
Name 780 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
जाति · feminine
birth; caste; subcaste, community; community placed in at birth; high caste; race
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí)bor. Hindi जाति Borrowed from Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
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
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
birth, production, (also ˚tī, ) &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jātīḥ" is the accusative plural of "jāti" — the same word in a different grammatical case. (The spelling "jātīḥ" is looked up as "jātīs" — a standard final-sound spelling variant.)
M1 · same meaning "jātīḥ" is the accusative plural of "jātī" — the same word in a different grammatical case. (The spelling "jātīḥ" is looked up as "jātīs" — a standard final-sound spelling variant.)
Related forms
Dictionary citations
jāti f. birth, production, AitBr. ii, 39; Mn.; MBh. (also ˚tī, xiii f.) &c.
re-birth, R. i, 62, 17; Kāraṇḍ. xxiii, 193
jātī f. = ˚ti, q.v.
Jasminum grandiflorum, Hariv. 7891; Bhartṛ.; BhP. x; Amar.
Alternative readings
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