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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for जन्तु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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

      1. the citron.
      2. a snail.

    • -फलः the Udumbara tree.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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- .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · जन्तु

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