jAtiH f. [ jan-ktin ] 1 Birth, production; Pt. 1. 38 ; Ms. 2. 148. 2 The form of existence fixed by birth. 3 Race, family, lineage, rank. 4 A caste, tribe or class (of men); are mUQa jAtyA cedavaDyo'haM ezA sA jAtiH parityaktA Ve. 3 ; (the primary castes of the Hindus are only four: - brAhmaRa, kzatriya, vESya and SUdra ). 5 A class, genus, kind, species; paSujAtiH, puzpajAtiH &c. 6 The properties which are peculiar to a class and distinguish it from all others, the essential characteristics of a species; as gotva, aSvatva of cows, horses &c.; see guRa, kriyA and dravya ; Śi. 2. 47 and cf. K. P. 2. 7 A fireplace. 8 Nutmeg. 9 The Jasmine plant or its flower; puzpARAM prakaraH smitena raciMto no kuMdajAtyAdiBiH Amaru. 40 (written also as jAtI in the last two senses). 10 (In Nyāya) Futile answer. 11 (In music) The seven primary notes of the Indian gamut. 12 Reduction of fractions to a common denominator. 13 False generalization. 14 A figure of speech (in rhetoric) which consists in so arranging words that they may read the same in Sanskrit as well as in Prākṛta ( saMskftaprAkftayoH samA jAtiH ); cf. Vb. 1. 30. 15 A class of metres; see App. Comp. — aMDa a. born blind; Bh. 1. 90. — koSaH, -zaH, -zaM nutmeg. — koSI, -zI the outer skin of the nutmeg. — DarmaH 1 the duties of a caste. 2 a generic property. — DvaMsaH loss of caste or its privileges. — patrI the outer skin of the nutmeg. — PalaM a nutmeg. — brAhmaRaH a Brāhmaṇa only by birth, but not by knowledge or religious austerities, an ignorant Brāhmaṇa; ( tapaH SrutaM ca yoniSca trayaM brAhmaRyakAraRaM . tapaHSrutAByAM yo hIno jAtibrAhmaRa eva saH .. SabdArTaciMtAmaRi ). — BraMSaH loss of caste; Ms. 11. 67. — Brazwa a. outcast. — mahaH birth-day festival. — mAtraM 1 ‘mere birth,’ position in life obtained by mere birth. 2 caste only (but not the ( pb ) performance of duties pertaining to it); Ms. 8. 20 ; 12. 114. 3 species, genus. — lakzaRaM generic distinction, a characteristic of a class. — vAcaka a. expressing a genus, generic (as a word); gOraSvaH puruzo hastI . — vEraM instinctive or natural hostility. — vErin m. a born enemy. — vElakzaRyaM inconsistency, incompatibility in kind. — SabdaH a name conveying the idea of a genus, a generic word, common noun; gOH, aSvaH, puruzaH, hastI &c. — saMkaraH admixture of caste; mixed blood. — saMpanna a. belonging to a noble family. — sAraM nutmeg. — smara a. remembering one's condition in a former life; jAMtismaro munirasmi jAtyA K. 355. — svaBAvaH generic character or nature. — hIna a. of low birth, outcast.