Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

jantu जन्तु – creature

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

jantú ·m. creature, being, any animal, esp. worms, insects, etc.; man, person (sgl. also coll.); attendant, servant; child, descendant.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Jantu, us, m. a creature, a living being, man, person; people, mankind; any animal, (usually beings of the lowest organization, such as worms, insects, &c.); N. of a son of Somaka; [cf. kṣiti-jantu, kṣudra-j˚, jala-j˚.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

jantu jantu, janman. See col. 1.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

jantú (von jan) m. Uṇ. 1,72. 1〉 Geschöpf, Wesen, Mensch NAIGH. 2,2. AK. 1,1,4,8. AK. 3,4,27,215. H. 1366. tvāṃ havànte vi̱kṣu ja̱ntavàḥ ṚV. 1,45,6. ṚV. 1,74,3. ṚV. 1,81,9. ṚV. 10,48,1. ja̱nayàṃ ja̱ntave̱ dhanàm ṚV. 3,2,12. ṚV. 5,7,2. viśvàsya ja̱ntoràdha̱maṃ càkāra ṚV. 32,7. ṚV. 7,21,5. ṚV. 104,16. u̱bhayàsya ja̱ntoḥ Götter und Menschen ṚV. 9,1. ṚV. 58,3. di̱vaśca̱ gmaścā̱pāṃ cà ja̱ntavàḥ ṚV. 10,49,2. yathā vāyumāśritya vartante sarvajantavaḥ M. 3,77. eteṣāmeva jantūnāṃ bhāryātvamupayānti tāḥ M. 12,69. ekaḥ prajāyate jantureka eva pralīyate M. 4,240. kṣatraśūdravapurjanturugro nāma prajāyate M. 10,9. BHAG. 5,15. R. 1,1,89. R. 2,108,3. R. 5,15,6. PAÑCAT. 124,4. HIT. I, 140. HIT. I,170. BHĀG. P. 1,3,37. Person SUŚR. 1,18,15. SUŚR. 1,117,8. SUŚR. 1,130,17. SUŚR. 1,239,18. ŚĀK. 99. sarvaḥ Jedermann ŚĀK. 61,18. asya jantoḥ dieses Geschöpfes d. i. des Menschen KAṬHOP. 2,20. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3,20. M. 12,99. kṣudro jantuḥ BHARTṚ. 2,9. — 2〉 Leute, ein Angehöriger (Sohn, Diener): vi̱śāṃ go̱pā àsya caranti ja̱ntavàḥ ṚV. 1,94,5. de̱vebhi̱rmanùṣaśca ja̱ntubhìḥ Menschenkinder ṚV. 3,3,6. śvai̱tre̱yasyà ṚV. 5,19,3. i̱ra̱jyannàgne prathayasva ja̱ntubhìḥ ṚV. 10,140,4. vā̱co ja̱ntuḥ kàvī̱nām (somaḥ) ṚV. 9,67,13. — 3〉 Geschöpf, verächtlich für Gewürm, Ungeziefer, Eingeweidethiere u. s. w.: svedajāḥ krimayaḥ proktā jantavaśca yathākramam MBH. 14,1136. ahnā rātryā ca yāñjantūnhinastyajñānato yatiḥ M. 6,69. M. 6,68. jantupramehanud SUŚR. 1,214,17. SUŚR. 1,219,12. SUŚR. 2,238,5. SUŚR. 2,380,1. — 4〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Somaka MBH. 3,10473. fgg. KATHĀS. 13,58. fgg. HARIV. 1793. VP. 455. BHĀG. P. 9,22,1. — Vgl. kṣitijantu, kṣudra˚, jala˚.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

jantu 3〉 n. Spr. (II) 7156. HEM. YOGAŚ. 3,53.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jantu 1〉 karkaṭī˚ = karkaṭī (jantu als Genusbegriff hinzugefügt, weil karkaṭī mehrere Bedeutungen hat) Spr. 3832.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

jantú m. — 1〉 Kind, Nachkomme Chr. 135,26. — 2〉 Geschöpf, [Page2-252-b] Wesen, Mensch, Person. Sg. auch in collectiver Bed. sarvo jantuḥ jedermann. ayaṃ jantuḥ so v. a. der Mensch. — 3〉 Angehöriger, Diener. — 4〉 Gewürm, Ungeziefer, Eingeweidethier. karkaṭī˚ so v. a. ein winziges Krebsweibchen. Ausnahmsweise n. — 5〉 *Baum GAL. — 6〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer VP.²

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

jantu m. Nachkomme, Geschöpf, Mensch (Sgl. auch collect.); Angehöriger, Diener; Gewürm, Ungeziefer.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

jantu jantu m. (sfx. tu) produit vivant, créature, en gén.; animal, bête. jantughna n. et jantughnī f. (han) plante vermifuge; toute drogue tuant les animaux. jantuphala m. ficus glomerata, bot. jantulā f. (sfx. la) saccharum spontaneum, esp. de canne à sucre, bot.

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