Search all dictionaries

Derived forms and compounds

• -तः

  1. A son, male offspring (in dramas often used as a term of endearment; अयि जात कथयितव्यं कथय Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4 'dear boy', 'oh my darling etc.').
  2. A living being.

• -ता A daughter, mostly used in addressing; जाते 'dear child'

• -तम्

  1. A creature, living being.
  2. Production, origin; धन्यः कुन्तीसुतो राजा सुजातं चास्य धीमतः Mb. 7.12.12.
  3. Kind, sort, class, species.
  4. A collection of things forming a class; निःशेषविश्राणितकोशजातम् R.5.1 all that goes to form wealth, id est, that is every kind of property; so कर्मजातम् the whole aggregate of actions; सुखdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied everything included under the name of सुख or pleasure; अपत्यजातम् 'the brood of young ones'; Ś.5.22.
  5. A child, a young one.
  6. Individuality, specific condition.

• -अपत्या a mother.

• -अमर्ष Adjective vexed, enraged.

• -अश्रु Adjective shedding tears.

• -इष्टिः Feminine a sacrifice performed at the birth of a child. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedन्यायः A rule of interpretation according to which the fruit of an act shall accrue to some one else than the performer if it is so directly declared by श्रुति (even against the general rule viz. शास्त्रफलं प्रयोक्तरि). From this it follows that such an act must be performed so as not to cause destruction of one to whom the fruit is to accrue. This is discussed by जैमिनि and शबर in connection with the वैश्वानरेष्टि, whose fruit accrues to the son and which has to be performed only after the performance of the birth-rite to avoid the son's starvation to death. Read MS.4.3.38-39 and शबरs भाष्य thereon.

• -अक्षः a young bullock.

• -कर्मन् Neuter a ceremony performed at the birth of a child; Ms.2.27,29; R.3.18.

• -कलाप Adjective having a tail (as a peacock).

• -काम Adjective enamoured.

• -कौतूहल Adjective being eagerly desirous.

• -दन्त Adjective having teeth growing; जातदन्तस्य वा कुर्युर्नाम्नि वापि कृते सति Ms.5. 7.

• -पक्ष Adjective having wings; अजातपक्ष unfledged.

• -पाश Adjective fettered.

• -पुत्रा a woman who has borne a son or sons.

• -प्रत्यय Adjective inspired with confidence.

• -प्रेत Adjective born and dead, Pt.1.

• -मन्मथ Adjective fallen in love.

• -मात्र Adjective just born.

• -रूप

  1. Adjective beautiful, brilliant.
  2. (पम्) gold; पुनश्च याचमानाय जातरूपमदात् प्रभुः Bhāg.1.17.39; अप्याकरसमुत्पन्ना मणिजातिरसंस्कृता । जातरूपेण कल्याणि न हि सं- योगमर्हति ॥ M.5.18; Name1.129.
  3. the form in which a person is born, id est, that is nakedness.
  4. the thorn apple. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedधर Adjective naked.

• -विद्या Vedic knowledge of the origin and nature of all things.

• -विभ्रम

  1. Adjective
  2. confounded.
  3. precipitate.

• -वेदस् Masculine an epithet of fire (or of the sun); विप्रेभिरस्तोष्ट जातवेदाः Rv.1.77.5; Ku.2.46; Śi.2.51; R.12.14;15.72; Ki.13.11; the word is variously explained; Compare Nir. जातवेदाः कस्मात् जातानि वेद, जातानि वै नं विदुः, जाते जाते विद्यते इति वा, जातवित्तो वा जातधनो, जातविद्यो वा जातप्रज्ञानो यत्तज्जातः पशूनविन्दतेति तज्जात- वेदसो जातवेदस्त्वमिति ब्राह्मणम्.

• -वेदसी an epithet of Durgā.

• -वासगृहम्, -वेश्मन् Masculine the lying-in-chamber.

Derived forms and compounds

• -अरि शत्रु Adjective [न जातः शत्रुः अस्य; जातस्य जन्तुमात्रस्य न शत्रुः] having no enemy or adversary, not an enemy of any one. (-रिः-त्रुः) epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira; हन्त जातमजातारेः प्रथमेन त्वयारिणा Śi.2.82; न द्वेक्षि यज्जनमतस्त्वमजातशत्रुः Ve.3.15; also of Śiva and various other persons.

• -ककुत् -द् Masculine (ब.) a young bull whose hump is not yet fully developed, ParasmaipadaV.4.146.

• -दन्त Adjective न जाता दन्ता यस्य यस्मिन् वयसि वा one without teeth, or (a state) in which one has got no teeth.

• -पक्ष Adjective having undeveloped or unfledged wings.

• -व्यञ्जन Adjective. having no distinctive marks or features (as a beard.) -व्यवहारः a minor (who has not attained his majority).