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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry जन्तु

  1. जन्तुjantuComp. कम्बुः a snail's shell.
    1. Compound कम्बुः a snail's shell.
    2. a snail.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -घ्नः

      1. the citron.
      2. a snail.

    • -फलः the Udumbara tree.

    • जन्तुः jantuḥ

      1. जन्-तुन्
      2. A creature, a living being, man; Ś.5.2; Ms.3.77.
      3. The (individual) soul.
      4. An animal of the lowest organization.
      5. People, mankind.

    In the Gita5·15

    अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥

    ajñānenāvṛtaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ. — The all-pervading Impersonal accepts neither the sin nor the virtue of any; knowledge is enveloped by ignorance; thereby creatures are bewildered. 5·15
    • जन्तवःjantavaḥnominative plural of the masculine noun jantu (creature).
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Headwords under ज

Part 1 of 5 ज – जम्वAll parts
  1. ज – जम्व
  2. जय – जानान
  3. जानि – जीवित
  4. जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठ
  5. ज्यैष्ठिनेय – ज्वालिन्