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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 जातु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. जातुjātuind.A particle meaning:
    1. A particle meaning:
    2. At all, ever, at any time, possibly; नान्तरज्ञाः श्रियो जातुः प्रियैरासां न भूयते Ki.11.24; किं तेन जातु जातेन मातुर्यौवनहारिणा Pt.1.26; न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति Ms.2.94; Ku.5.55.
    3. Perhaps, sometimes; गौरवाद्यदपि जातु मन्त्रिणां दर्शनं ... ददौ R.19.7.
    4. Once, once upon a time, sometime, at some day.
    5. Used with the potential mood जातु has the sense of 'not allowing or putting up with'; जातु तत्रभवान् वृषलं याजयेन्नावकल्पयामि (न मर्षयामि) Sk.
    6. Used with a present indicative it denotes censure (गर्हा); जातु तत्रभवान् वृषलं याजयति Tbe same.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. जातुjātuind. (√जन् ? cf. जन्/उषा, s.v. ˚न्/उस्) at all, ever RV. x, 27, 11 S3Br. ii, 2, 2, 20 (त्/उ) MBh. v, 7071…
    1. indeclinable (√जन् ? confer, compare जन्/उषा, sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्/उस्) at all, ever fg-veda x, 27, 11 S3Br. ii, 2, 2, 20 (त्/उ) MBh. v, 7071 Pan5cat. i, 1, 6 (किं तेनजातेन, what is the use at all of him born?)
    2. indeclinable ([when ज्/आतु stands at the beginning of a sentence the verb which follows retains its accent Pa1n2. 8-1, 47; in connection with the Potential and ना*वकल्पयामि etc. (iii, 3, 147) or with the pr. (iii, 3, 142) जातु expresses censure exempli gratia, 'for example' जातु वृषलं याजयेन् न मर्षयामि "I suffer not that he should cause an outcast to sacrifice" Ka1s3.; जातु याजयति वृषलम् "ought he to cause an outcast to sacrifice?" ibidem])
    3. indeclinable possibly, perhaps MBh. xii, 6739 (with अपि preceding) Katha1s. (also with चिद् following)
    4. indeclinable some day, once, once upon a time Katha1s. Ra1jat. (also with चिद् following) . नज्/आतु, not at all, by no means, never S3Br. xiv Mn. MBh. etc. (also with चिद् following).
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. जातुjātu[gấ-tu] ad. at all; ever; possibly, per haps, once: na gâtu, not at all, by no means, never (sts. with kid…

    [gấ-tu] adverb, -ial, -ially at all; ever; possibly, per haps, once: na gâtu, not at all, by no means, never (sts. with kid or kadâ kid added).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · जातु

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