Pāli Dictionary

jananī1

janrootanasuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective · feminine

Root

jan3උපදින්න; නිපැයුම

Synonyms

janana

general

  • උපදවන; හේතු වන

  • producing; creating; causing (feminine form of the adjective janana)

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā nu'haṃ bhayajananiṃ dukh'āvahaṃ, taṇhālataṃ bahuvidh'ānuvattaniṃ, paññāmayaṃ tikhiṇam'asiṃ gahetvā, chetvā vase tam'pi kadā bhavissati.

jananī2

janrootanasuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

ayyā, mātar, mātu, ammā, matti

general

  • මව

  • mother

janana

janrootanasuffix

via inflected form jananī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jan3උපදින්න; නිපැයුම

Synonyms

kāraka, janaka, jananī, samuṭṭhāpaka

general

  • උපදවන; ඇති කරන

  • producing; creating; causing (often in compounds)

  • AN 7.64

    anatthajanano kodho, kodho cittappakopano, bhayam'antarato jātaṃ, taṃ jano n'āvabujjhati.

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā nu'haṃ bhayajananiṃ dukh'āvahaṃ, taṇhālataṃ bahuvidh'ānuvattaniṃ, paññāmayaṃ tikhiṇam'asiṃ gahetvā, chetvā vase tam'pi kadā bhavissati.

jāna

approximate

jānāstemasuffix

via inflected form jānāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jan3උපදින්න; නිපැයුම

Synonyms

ñāṇa, vidū, dassī, vijāna, lakkhika, ñū

Antonyms

ajāna

mind

  • දන්නා; තේරුම් ගන්නා; දන්නා තැනැත්තා

  • 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

  • දැනගත හැකි; තේරුම් ගත හැකි

  • knowable; understandable; intelligible

jana

approximate

janrootasuffix

via inflected form janāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

jan3උපදින්න; නිපැයුම

Synonyms

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

general

  • පුද්ගලයා; මිනිසා; (බහු වශයෙන් හෝ සමූහ වශයෙන්) ජනයා; සත්ත්වයෝ

  • 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.

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