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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

जन्तुjantuA creature, a living being, man; Ś.5.2; Ms.3.77.
[जन्-तुन्]
1. A creature, a living being, man; Ś.5.2; Ms.3.77.
2. The (individual) soul.
3. An animal of the lowest organization.
4. People, mankind.
5. Compound कम्बुः a snail's shell.
6. a snail.
Derived forms and compounds
- -घ्नः
  
  the citron.
  
  a snail.
- -फलः the Udumbara tree.
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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जन्तुकाjantukāLac.

Lac.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

जन्तुjantu[gan-tú] m. offspring; creature, being; man (sg. also coll.); person; attendant; vermin: --˚, worm of a=tiny…

[gan-tú] masculine offspring; creature, being; man (singular also collective, -l); person; attendant; vermin: --˚, worm of a=tiny; sarvo gantuh, every one.

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क्षुद्रजन्तुkṣudrajantu[kshudra-gantu] m. small animal; insignificant person; -pasu, m. small live stock: -mat, a. possessing --…

[kshudra-gantu] masculine small animal; insignificant person; -pasu, masculine small live stock: -mat, adjective possessing --; -buddhi, masculine noun of a jackal (base-minded); -satru, masculine insignificant foe; -sûkta, neuter short hymn; masculine author of short hymns.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

जन्तुjantum. a child, offspring RV. Katha1s. iic, 58
1. masculine gender a child, offspring fg-veda Katha1s. iic, 58
2. masculine gender a creature, living being, man, person (the sg. also used collectively exempli gratia, 'for example' सर्व ज्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "everybody" S3ak. v, 5/6; अयं जन्तुः, "the man" Kat2hUp. ii, 20 S3vetUp. iii, 20 Mn. xii, 99) fg-veda Mn. etc.
3. masculine gender a kinsman, servant fg-veda i, 81, 9 and 94, 5; x, 140, 4
4. masculine gender any animal of the lowest organisation, worms, insects Mn. vi, 68 feminine MBh. xiv, 1136 Sus3r.
5. masculine gender (neuter gender) HYog. iii, 53 and Subh.
6. masculine gender a tree Gal.
7. masculine gender Name of a son of Somaka सोमक MBh. iii, 10473ff. Hariv. 1793 BhP. ix, 22, 1 Katha1s. xiii, 58ff
8. masculine gender confer, compare क्षिति-, क्षुद्र-, जल- .
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क्षितिजन्तुkṣitijantum. a kind of snail or earth-worm (= भू-नाग) L.

masculine gender a kind of snail or earth-worm (Equivalent to भू-नाग) Lexicographers

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क्षुद्रजन्तुkṣudrajantum. any small animal Pa1n2. 2-4, 8 VarBr2S. Hit.
1. masculine gender any small animal Pa1n2. 2-4, 8 VarBr2S. Hit.
2. masculine gender a kind of worm (Julus, शत-पदी) Lexicographers
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जन्तुकjantukam. N. of a man pl. his descendants g. उपका*दि (जत्˚ and जन्त्˚ Gan2ar. 28 and 30, जतुरक, 30)
1. masculine gender Name of a man plural his descendants gaRa उपका*दि (जत्that the rest of a word is to be supplied and जन्त्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Gan2ar. 28 and 30, जतुरक, 30)
2. feminine Equivalent to जतु-कृत् Lexicographers
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जन्तुकम्बुjantukambun. a shell inhabited by an animal L.

neuter gender a shell inhabited by an animal Lexicographers

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जन्तुकाjantukāf. = ˚न्तु-रस L.

feminine Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्तु-रस Lexicographers

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