ja

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[apte] a. [ji-jan-ju-vā ḍa] 1 (At the end of comp.) Born from or in, produced or caused by, descended from, growing in, living or being at or in &c.; atrinetraja, kulaja, jalaja, kṣatriyaja, aṃḍaja, udbhija &c. --2 Pre- pared from, made of. --3 Belonging to, connected with, peculiar to. --4 Swift. --5 Victorious, conquering. --jaḥ 1 A father. --2 Production, birth. --3 Poison. --4 An imp or goblin. --5 A conqueror. --6...

[mw] the 3rd palatal letter (having the sound of j in jump). 049656 407,3 76154 m. the letter ja. 049657 407,3 76155

[mw] mf (A) n. (jan) ifc. born or descended from, produced or caused by, born or produced in or at or upon, growing in, living at Mn.; MBh. &c 407,3 76156 mf (A) n. (after an adv. or adverbial word) born or produced (e.g. agra-, avara-; eka-,dvi-,ni-,pūrva-,prathama-,saha-andsākaṃ-j/a), Mn. x, 25 407,3 76157 mf (A) n. prepared from, made of or with, v, 25; Sus3r.; Hcat. 407,3 76158 mf (A) n. belonging to, connected with,...

[mw] mfn. speedy, swift L. 407,3 76165 mfn. victorious L. 407,3 76166 mfn. eaten W. 407,3 76167 m. speed L. 407,3 76168

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a. [ji-jan-ju-vā ḍa] 1 (At the end of comp.) Born from or in, produced or caused by, descended from, growing in, living or being at or in &c.; atrinetraja, kulaja, jalaja,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

67

Texts Appeared In

16

Monier-Williams: jA ( A/s ), m. f. offspring, pl. descendants, RV.

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 26 38.8%
2. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina) 9 13.4%
3. Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 8 11.9%
4. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7 10.4%
5. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) 3 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) surface: jām

  pari dyāvāpṛthivī sadya āyam upātiṣṭhe prathamajām ṛtasya

• Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) surface: jām

  ā sāyakaṃ maghavādatta vajram ahann enaṃ prathamajām ahīnām

• Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) surface: jāḥ

  indra jāḥ soma jāḥ ātharvaṇam asi vyāghra jambhanam