feminine progeny, offspring, generation, beings, men, world (of men), mankind (cp. use of Bibl. Gr. γέννημα in same meaning) DN.ii.55; SN.v.346 SN.v.362 sq.; AN.ii.75 sq.; AN.iv.290; AN.v.232 sq., AN.v.253 sq.; Snp.298 Snp.545, Snp.654, Snp.684, Snp.776, Snp.936, Snp.1104 (= sattā Cnd.377); Dhp.28 Dhp.85, Dhp.254, Dhp.343 (= sattā Dhp-a.iv.49); Mnd.47, Mnd.292; Pv.ii.11#7; Pv.iv.3#34; Pp.57; Vism.223 (= pajāyana-vasena sattā); Dhp-a.i.174; Pv-a.150, Pv-a.161
■ Very freq. in formula sassamana-brāhmaṇī pajā “this world with its samaṇas and brāhmans” DN.i.250; SN.i.160, SN.i.168, SN.i.207 SN.ii.170; SN.iii.28, SN.iii.59; SN.iv.158; SN.v.204, SN.v.352; AN.ii.130; AN.v.204 Snp.p.15; Iti.121 etc.
Ved. prajā, pra + jan