The corpus record — Sanskrit

jānan

jana mf(ī)n. ‘generating’, see puraṃ

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. جَنَ

jana mf(ī)n. ‘generating’, see puraṃ

2. jāna

1. jāna n. birth, origin, birth place, RV. i, 37, 9 and 95, 3 ; v , x ; AV. vii, 76, 5 ; ŚBr. iii, 2, 1, 40.

3. jāna

2. jāna m. ( fr. jana) patr. of Vṛśa (= vaijāna, ‘son of Vijānā ’ Sch. ), TāṇḍyaBr. xiii, 3 ; ĀrṣBr.

In the wild

jānan Bhagavad Gita 8.27

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. jana (vol. 3, scan p. 624; entry #7064).

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