Pāli Dictionary

jana

janrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

jan3be born; produce

Synonyms

loka, purisa, manussa, nara, mānusa, jantu, janeta

general

  • person, man, individual; (collectively or in plural) people, population, beings

  • Snp 1.7

    yo ve kiñcikkhakamyatā, panthasmiṃ vajantaṃ janaṃ, hantvā kiñcikkham'ādeti, taṃ jaññā vasalo iti.

  • Snp 5.8

    santi loke munayo, janā vadanti ta'y'idaṃ kathaṃsu, ñāṇ'ūpapannaṃ no muniṃ vadanti, udāhu ve jīviten'ūpapannaṃ.

jāna

approximate

jānāstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jan3be born; produce

Synonyms

ñāṇa, vidū, dassī, vijāna, lakkhika, ñū

Antonyms

ajāna

mind

  • knowing; understanding; one who knows

  • Ud 1.10

    dujjānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ, bhante, bhagavato vā jīvit'antarāyānaṃ, mayhaṃ vā jīvit'antarāyānaṃ. desetu me, bhante bhagavā, dhammaṃ, desetu, sugato, dhammaṃ, yaṃ mam'assa dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyā'ti.

  • DN 9

    dujjānaṃ kho etaṃ, poṭṭhapāda, tayā aññadiṭṭhikena aññakhantikena aññarucikena aññatr'āyogena aññatr'ācariyakena, saññā purisassa attā'ti vā, aññā'va saññā añño attā'ti vā'ti.

general

  • knowable; understandable; intelligible

jānāti

approximate

ñārootjānāstemtisuffix

via inflected form jāna · 3rd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

pajānāti, ājānāti, aññāti, vedeti, dhārayati, pacceti, pekkhati, munāti,

mind

  • knows; understands; is aware of

  • AN 8.30

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu app'iccho samāno app'iccho'ti maṃ jāneyyun'ti na icchati

  • DN 9

    tam'enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, ambho purisa, yassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya vā disāya dakkhiṇāya vā disāya pacchimāya vā disāya uttarāya vā disāya ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā'ti?

  • finds out; learns; comes to know

  • MN 91

    ehi tvaṃ, tāta uttara, yena samaṇo gotamo ten'upasaṅkama, upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ jānāhi yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathā santaṃ'y'eva saddo abbhuggato, yadi vā no tathā

  • MN 81

    atha khv'āhaṃ, mahārāja, bhikkhū āmantesiṃ, gacchatha, bhikkhave, ghaṭikārassa kumbhakārassa nivesane tiṇaṃ jānāthā'ti.

  • believes; assumes; regards or considers as

  • MN 24

    evaṃ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṃ puṇṇaṃ mantāṇiputtaṃ etadavoca, konāmo āyasmā, kathañ'ca pan'āyasmantaṃ sabrahmacārī jānantī'ti? puṇṇo'ti kho me, āvuso, nāmaṃ, mantāṇiputto'ti ca pana maṃ sabrahmacārī jānantī'ti.

  • SN 7.2

    tav'ev'etaṃ, brāhmaṇa, hoti, tav'ev'etaṃ, brāhmaṇa, hotī'ti. bhavantaṃ kho gotamaṃ sarājikā parisā evaṃ jānāti, arahaṃ samaṇo gotamo'ti. atha ca pana bhavaṃ gotamo kujjhatī'ti.

jānanta

approximate

jānārootntasuffix

via inflected form jāna · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ñā5to know

Synonyms

lakkhika

Antonyms

ajānanta

general

  • knowing; being aware of; one who knows

  • MN 7

    tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato kām'āsavā'pi cittaṃ vimuccati, bhav'āsavā'pi cittaṃ vimuccati, avijj'āsavā'pi cittaṃ vimuccati.

  • DN 9

    te ce me evaṃ puṭṭhā, āmā'ti paṭijānanti, ty'āhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi, api pana tumhe āyasmanto ek'antasukhaṃ lokaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ viharathā'ti? iti puṭṭhā, no'ti vadanti.

ja

approximate

janrootasuffix

via inflected form jāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jan3be born; produce

Synonyms

sambhava, jātika, pabhava

general

  • born from; produced by; made of; caused by (usually used as a suffix in compounds)

  • AN 3.111

    taṃ, bhikkhave, lobhapakataṃ kammaṃ lobhajaṃ lobhanidānaṃ lobhasamudayaṃ, taṃ kammaṃ akusalaṃ taṃ kammaṃ sāvajjaṃ taṃ kammaṃ dukkhavipākaṃ, taṃ kammaṃ kammasamudayāya saṃvattati, na taṃ kammaṃ kammanirodhāya saṃvattati.

  • SN 22.57

    cha'y'ime, bhikkhave, vedanākāyā, cakkhusamphassajā vedanā, sotasamphassajā vedanā, ghānasampassajā vedanā, kāyasamphassajā vedanā, manosamphassajā vedanā.

  • living; growing in

  • AN 3.111

    taṃ, bhikkhave, lobhapakataṃ kammaṃ lobhajaṃ lobhanidānaṃ lobhasamudayaṃ, taṃ kammaṃ akusalaṃ taṃ kammaṃ sāvajjaṃ taṃ kammaṃ dukkhavipākaṃ, taṃ kammaṃ kammasamudayāya saṃvattati, na taṃ kammaṃ kammanirodhāya saṃvattati.

  • SN 22.57

    cha'y'ime, bhikkhave, vedanākāyā, cakkhusamphassajā vedanā, sotasamphassajā vedanā, ghānasampassajā vedanā, kāyasamphassajā vedanā, manosamphassajā vedanā.

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