masculine; plural nominative ~ā, ~āni; accusative ~e, ~āni
Janapada [jana + pada, the latter in function of collective noun-abstract: see pada 3] inhabited country, the country (as opposed to town or market-place), the continent; politically: a province, district, county D I 136 (opposite nigama); II 349; A I 160, 178; Snp 422, 683, 995, 1102; Ja I 258; II 3 (opposite nagara), 139, 300; Pv-a 20, 32, 111 (province). See also gāma. The 16 provinces of Buddhist India are comprised in the soḷasa mahā-janapadā (Miln 350) enumerated at A I 213 = IV 252 f. = Nidd II §247 (on Snp 1102) as follows: Aṅgā, Magadhā (+ Kāliṅgā, Nidd II] Kāsī, Kosalā, Vajjī, Mallā, Cetī (Cetiyā A IV), Vaṃsā (Vaṅgā A I), Kurū, Pañcālā, Majjā (Macchā A), Sūrasenā, Assakā, Avantī, Yonā (Gandhārā A), Kambojā. Cf. Rh.D., Buddhist India page 23. -kathā talk or gossip about the provinces D I 7; °kalyāṇī a country-beauty, i.e. the most beautiful girl in the province D I 193 (see kalyāṇa); -cārikā tramping the country Pv-a 14; -tthāvariya stableness, security, of the realm, in °patta, one who has attained a secure state of his realm, of a Cakkavattin D I 88; II 16; Snp page 106; -padesa a rural district A IV 366; V 101.
a country; a district; the country, a country district (as opposed to a town); the people of a district, a community
(masc, masc, comp) country; province; land; area; location province, country, country-side Construction: jana + pada