jAnapada · adjective & masculine/feminine · jānapada 1
Jānapada (adjective/noun) [from janapada] belonging to the country, living in the c.; plural country-folk (opposite negamā townsfolk) D I 136, 142; M II 74; Ja II 287, 388; Sv I 297 (= janapada-vāsin).
jānapada (= janapada; otherwise, in Skt. , Pali , and Pkt. jāṇavaya, only in mg. inhabitant of the country ), country : yaṃ velaṃ dharmalabdho kṣemena vārāṇasyāṃ jānapado (so mss. , Senart em. °daṃ, read rather °de, loc. ) prāptaḥ Mv iii.291.8 (prose); nagarehi ca nigamehi ca jānapadehi ca 13 (prose, no v.l. ). Perhaps read jana° both times.
belonging to or living in a country or district; belonging to the country (as opposed to the town); a country man or a woman; rustic
(adj, adj, comp, from janapada) rural; from the countryside belonging to the country Construction: jana > jāna + pada + *a janapada + *a
(masc, masc, comp, from janapada) rural person; (pl) country folk rustic [lit.] of the country Construction: jana > jāna + pada + *a janapada + *a
(adj, adj, comp, from janapada) of the country; of the land belonging to the country Construction: jana > jāna + pada + *a janapada + *a