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Jāti Jānāti

chetvā It 42; — Sn 1052, 1060; Dh 238, 348; cp. jāti ādinā ni- Jātika (—°) (adj.) 1. being like, being of, having, etc. (see jāta 3):
hīna PvA 198. — Other phrases & applications: Various re- duppañña° & sappañña° M i.225; dabba° A i.254; mukhara°
births are seen by one who has perfect insight into all happen- Sn 275; viññū° Sn 294; māna° J i.88. — 2. descended from,
ing & remembers his former existences (D i.81; iii.50; A i.164; being of rank, belonging to the class of: maṇḍana° M ii.19;
M ii.20). Arahantship implies the impossibility of a future re- aviheṭhaka° Miln 219; samāna° (of equal rank) DhA i.390;
birth: see formula khīṇā jāti (M i.139; Sn p. 16, etc.) and veṇa° (belonging to the bamboo — workers) PvA 175.
arahant ii.A: jātiyā parimuccati S i.88; jātiṁ bhabbo pahātuṁ
Jātimant (adj.) [jāti+mant] of good birth, having natural or gen-
A v.144 sq. — antimā jāti the last rebirth D ii.15 (cp. carima);
uine qualities, noble, excellent Sn 420 (vaṇṇārohena sam-
purimā j. a former existence PvA 1; atītajātiyaṁ in a former
panno jātimā viya khattiyo); J i.342 (jātimanta — kulaputtā).
life (=pure) PvA 10. On jāti as dukkha see Vism 498 — 501.
Of a precious stone: maṇi veḷuriyo subho j.° D i.76=M ii.17;
— 2. descent, race, rank, genealogy (cp. ϕυή, genus), often DA i.221; Miln 215. Sometimes in this spelling for jutimant
d
d
comb w. gotta. Two grades of descent are enum at Vin iv.6 2 d
Sn 1136= Nd 259 (expl by paṇḍita paññavā). — ajātima
as hīnā jāti (low birth), consisting of Candāḷa, Veṇa, Nesāda,
not of good birth J vi.356 (opp. sujātimant ibid.).
Rathakāra & Pukkusa; and ukkaṭṭhā j. (superior birth), com-
Jātu (indeel.) [Vedic jātu, particle of affirmation. Perhaps for
prising Khattiyas & Brāhmaṇas. — The var. meanings of
jānātu one would know, cp. Gr. ο᾿ϊμαι, Lat. credo, P. maññe.
jāti are given by Bdhgh at Vism 498, 499 in the foll. classifi-
But BR. and Fausböll make it a contraction of jāyatu "it might
cation (with examples) bhava, nikāya, sankhata — lakkhaṇa,
happen." Neither of these derivations is satisfactory] surely,
paṭisandhi, pasūti, kula, ariya — sīla. — Kiṁ hi jāti karissati?
undoubtedly (ekaṁsavacanaṁ SnA 348) usually in negative
What difference makes his parentage? D i.121; jāti — rājāno
(& interrog.) sentences as na jātu, not at all, never (cp. also
kings of birth, genuine kings J i.338; na naṁ jāti nivāresi brah-
sādhu); mā jātu Vin ii.203; Sn 152, 348 (no ce hi jātu); J i.293,
malok' ûpapattiyā Sn 139; jātiṁ akkhāhi tell me the rank of his
374; iv.261; v.503. Na jātucca at J vi.60 is apparently for na
father & mother Sn 421, 1004; cp. 462; na jaccā vasalo hoti
jātu ca.
Sn 136; 142; id. w. brāhmaṇo Sn 650; with nāma & gotta in
the description of a man jātiyā nāmena gottena, etc. Vin iv.6; Jāna (adj.) [to jñā, see jānāti] knowing or knowable, understand-
jātito nāmato gottato by descent, personal & family name D able J iii.24 (=jānamāna). dujjāna difficult to understand D
ii.8; cp. jāti — gotta — kula J ii.3. See also j. — vāda. — 3. a i.170, 187; M i.487; ii.43. su° recognizable, intelligible Pv
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sort of, kind of (cp. jāta 3): catujātigandha four kinds of scent iv.1 (=suviññeyya PvA 230). Cp. ājāna.
J i.265; ii.291. — 4. (jāti°) by (mere) birth or nature, natural
Jānana (nt.) [fr. jñā] knowledge, cognizance, recognition; in-
(opp. artificial); or genuine, pure, excellent (opp. adulterated,
telligence, learning, skill J i.145 (attānaṁ — °kālato paṭṭhāya
inferior), cp. jāta 1 (b): in cpds., like °maṇi, °vīṇā, etc.
from the time of self — recognition), 200 ( — °manta knowl-
-kkhaya the destruction of the chance of being reborn S
edge of a spell, a spell known by: tumhākaṁ) ii.221; SnA 330;
v.168; A i.167; Sn 209, 517, 743; Dh 423. -khetta the realm
DhA ii.73 (°sabhāva= ñatta); DA i.86 (akkhara°); Vism 391
of rebirth PvA 138 (=dasa cakkavāḷasahassāni); -thaddha
(°atthāya in order to know), 436 (=pajānana). Cp. ājānana. —
conceited, proud of birth Sn 104 (+dhanatthaddha, gotta°:
ajānana not knowing (°—) J v.199; vi.177; not known J i.32
proud of wealth & name); -thera a Th. by rank D iii.218; (°sippa).
-nirodha the extermination of (the cause of) rebirth Vin i.1≈;
Jānanaka (adj.) [Sk. *jñānaka, cp. jānana & Sk. jānaka (c. gen.)
-pabhava the origin or root of existence Sn 728; -puppha
expert Av Ś ii.119, 120, as n. ib. i.216] knowing DhsA 394.
nutmeg J vi.367; -bhaya the fear of rebirth A ii.121; -bhūmi
natural ground, in °bhūmaka, °bhūmika, °bhūmiya living on Jānanatā (f.) [abstr. fr. jānana] the fact of knowing, knowledge
nat. gr. (vassaṁ vasati) M i.145; A iii.366; -maṇi a gen- KhA 144.
uine precious stone J ii.417; -maya constituting birth, be-
Jānapada (adj. — n.) [fr. janapada] belonging to the country,
ing like birth ThA 285; -vāda reputation of birth, character
living in the c.; pl. country — folk (opp. negamā townsfolk)
of descent, parentage. The 1st of the 5 characteristics consti-
D i.136, 142; M ii.74; J ii.287, 388; DA i.297 (=janapada —
tuting a "well — bred" brahmin: yāva sattamā pitāmahāyugā
vāsin).
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena "of unblemished parentage
Jānāti [Vedic jña, jānāti *genē & *gnē, cp. Gr. γιγνώσκω,
back to the 7th generation" D i.120, etc. (=DA i.281); A i.166;
γνωτός, γν¨ωσις; Lat. nosco, notus, (i)gnarus (cp. E. i — gno-
iii.152, 223; Sn 315, 596. Cp. gotta — vāda (e. g. D i.99);
rant); Goth. kunnan; Ohg. kennan, Ags. cnāwan=E. know] to
-vibhanga a characteristic of birth, a distinction in descent
know.
Sn 600; -vīṇā a first — class lute J ii.249; -sampanna en-
I. Forms: The 2 Vedic roots jān° & jñā° are represented
dowed with (pure) birth (in phrase khattiyo muddhâvasitto j.°)
in P. by jān° & ñā° (ña°) 1. jān: pres. jānāti; pot. jāneyya (Sn
A iii.152; -sambhava the origin of birth A i.142; iii.311; J
781) & jaññā (A iv.366; Sn 116, 775; Dh 157, 352; J ii.346;
i.168; -sambheda difference of rank DhA i.166; -saṁsāra
iv.478) 2nd sg. jāneyyāsi (M. i.487; J i.288), 1st pl. jāniyāma
the cycle of transmigration, the saṁsāra of rebirths (see above
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(Sn 873) & (archaic) jānemu (Sn 76, 599; Vv 83 ); — imper.
1 d. f.): pahīna left behind, overcome (by an Arahant) M i.139;
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jānāhi (Sn 596, 1026; Pv ii.9 ), 3rd. sg. jānātu (It 28); —
A iii.84, 86; °ṁ khepetvā id. Th 2, 168; vitiṇṇo j.° n' atthi tassa
ppr. jānanto & jānaṁ (D i.192; A i.128; Sn 722), ppr. med.
punabbhavo Sn 746; -sindhava a well — bred horse J ii.97;
jānamāna (J i.168); — fut. jānissati (J ii.342; vi.364); — aor.
-ssara the remembrance of (former) births (°ñāṇa) J i.167;
ajāni (Sn 536) & jāni (J i.125, 269), 3rd pl. jāniṁsu (J ii.105;
iv.29; DhA ii.27; iv.51; cp. cutûpapāta — ñāṇa); -hingulaka
VvA 113); — ger. jānitvā (J i.293; iii.276); inf. jānituṁ (J
(& hingulikā) natural vermilion J v.67; VvA 4, 168, 324.
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