jAyA A wife. (The word is thus derived: - patirBAryAM saMpraviSya garBo BUtveha jAyate . jAyAyAstadDi jAyAtvaM yadasyAM jAyate punaH Ms. 9. 8 ; see also Malli. on R. 2. 1 ). As last member of Bah. comp. jAyA is changed to jAni; sItAjAniH ‘one who has Sītā for his wife’; so yuvajAniH , vAmArDajAniH . Comp. — anujIvin m. , — AjIvaH 1 an actor, a dancer. ( pb ) 2 the husband of a harlot. 3 a needy man, pauper. 4 a kind of crane ( baka ). — GnaH 1 a murderer of his wife. 2 a mole or mark on the body indicative of the death of one's wife. — patI (dual) husband and wife. (The other forms of the comp. are daMpatI and jaMpatI q. v. )