janapadā

inhabited country, the country (opp. town or market-place), the continent politically: a province, district, county DN.i.136 (opp nigama); DN.ii.349; AN.i.160, AN.i.178; Snp.422, Snp.683, Snp.995, Snp.1102; Ja.i.258; Ja.ii.3 (opp. nagara), Ja.ii.139, Ja.ii.300; Pv-a.20, Pv-a.32, Pv-a.111 (province). See also gāma. The 16 provinces of Buddhist India are comprised in the soḷasa mahā-janapadā (Mil.350) enumerated at AN.i.213 = AN.iv.252 sq. = Cnd.247 (on Snp.1102) as follows: Angā, Magadhā (+ Kālingā Cnd] Kāsī, Kosalā, Vajjī, Mallā, Cetī (Cetiyā AN iv.) Vaṃsā (Vangā AN i.), Kurū, Pañcālā, Majjā (Macchā A) Sūrasenā, Assakā, Avantī, Yonā (Gandhārā A), Kambojā Cp. Rhys Davids, B. India p. 23.

• -kathā talk or gossip about the province DN.i.7≈
• -kalyāṇī a country-beauty, i.e. the most beautiful girl in the province DN.i.193 (see kalyāṇa);
• -cārikā tramping the country Pv-a.14;
• -tthāvariya stableness, security of the realm, in ˚patta, one who has attained a secure state of his realm, of a Cakkavattin DN.i.88; DN.ii.16; Snp.p.106;
• -padesa a rural district AN.iv.366; AN.v.101.

jana + pada, the latter in function of collective noun-abstract: see pada 3

adjective noun belonging to the country, living in the c.; pl. country-folk (opp. negamā townsfolk) DN.i.136, DN.i.142; MN.ii.74; Ja.ii.287, Ja.ii.388; DN-a.i.297 (= janapada-vāsin).

fr. janapada