janaH [ jan-ac ] 1 A creature, living being, man. 2 An individual or person (whether male or female); kva vayaM kva parokzamanmaTo mfgaSAvEH samameDito janaH Ś. 2. 18 ; tattasya kimapi dravyaM yo hi yasya priyo janaH U. 2. 19 ; so saKIjanaH a female friend; dAsajanaH a slave, abalAjanaH &c. (In this sense janaH or ayaM janaH is often used by the speaker-whether male or female, in the sing. or pl. -instead of the first personal pronoun to speak of himself in the third person); ayaM janaH prazwumanAstapoDane Ku. 5. 40 (male); Ba gavanparavAnayaM janaH pratikUlAcaritaM kzamasva me R. 8. 81 (female); paSyAnaMgaSarAturaM janamimaM trAtApi no rakzAsi Nāg. 1. 1 (female and pl. ). 3 Men collectively, the people, the world (in sing. or pl. ); evaM jano gfhRAti M. 1 ; satImapi jYAtikulEkasaMSrayAM jano'nyaTA BartfmatIM viSaMkate Ś. 5. 17. 4 Race, nation, tribe. 5 The world beyond Maharloka, the heaven of deified mortals. — nA Birth, production. Comp. — atiga ( pb ) a. extraordinary, uncommon, superhuman. — aDipaH, -aDinATaH 1 a king. 2 N. of Viṣṇu. — aMtaH 1 a place removed from men, an uninhabited place. 2 a region. 3 an epithet of Yama. 4 personal proximity. — aMtikaM secret communication, whispering or speaking aside (to another). ( — ind. ) aside (to another) (in dramas); the S. D. thus defines this stage direction: - tripatAkakareRAnyAnapavAryAMtarA kaTAM . anyonyAmaMtraRaM yat syAjjanAMte tajjanAMtikaM .. 425. — arRavaH a large concourse of people, caravan. — arTaSabdaH a family appellation. — ardanaH an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa. — aSanaH a wolf. — AkIrRa a. thronged or crowded with people; Ś. 5. 10. — AcAraH 1 a popular usage or custom. 2 propriety, decorum. — ASramaH an asylum for people, an inn, caravansary. — ASrayaH a pavilion. — iMdraH, -ISaH, -ISvaraH , a king. — izwa a. desired or liked by the people. — (zwaH) a kind of jasmine. — (zwA) turmeric. — udAharaRaM glory, fame. — oGaH a concourse of people, crowd, mob. — kArin m. lac. — cakzus n. ‘the people's eye’, the sun. — janmAdiH the Supreme Being. — trA an umbrella, a parasol. — devaH a king. — padaH 1 a community, race, nation; Y. 1. 361 v. l. 2 a kingdom, an empire, an inhabited country; janapade na gadaH padamAdaDO R. 9. 4 ; dAkziRAtye janapade Pt. 1 ; Me. 48. 3 the country ( opp. the town pura , nagara ); janapadavaDUlocanEH pIyamAnaH Me. 16. 4 the people, subjects ( opp. the sovereign); janapadahitakartA tyajyate pArTivena Pt. 1. 131. 5 mankind. — padin m. the ruler of a country or community. — pravAdaH 1 rumour, report. 2 scandal, calumny. — priya a. 1 philanthropic. 2 liked by the people, popular. — (yaH) 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 coriander-seed. — marakaH an epidemic disease. — maryAdA established custom or usage, popular custom. — raMjanaM gratifying the people, courting popular favour. — ravaH 1 rumour. 2 calumny, scandal. — lokaH one, ( i. e. the fifth), of the seven divisions of the universe situated above Maharloka. — vAdaH (also janevAdaH ) 1 news, rumour. 2 a scandal. — vyavahAraH popular usage. — Sruta a. well-known ( pb ) among people, famous. — SrutiH f. a rumour, report. — saMbADa a. densely crowded with people. — sTAnaM N. of a part of the Daṇḍakā forest; R. 12. 42 ; 13. 22 , U. 1. 28 , 2. 17.