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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

जन् cl. 1. ([RV.; AV.]) and cl. 10. ज/नति, °ते (Subj. जनत्, RV.;°नात्, AV. vi, 81, 3; Ā. °नत, RV. x, 123, 7; impf. अ/जनत्, RV.; p. ज/नत्), जन/यति, °ते (in later language only P. Pāṇ. i, 3, 86; Subj. °न/यत्; impf. अ/जनयत्; aor. अ/जीजनत्; p. जन/यत्; inf. ज/नयितवै, ŚBr. xiv), twice cl. 3. (Subj. जज/नत्, MaitrS. i, 3, 20 and 9, 1 [Kāṭh. ix, 8]; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192 and vii, 4, 78; Kāś.; pr. जजन्ति, Dhātup. xxv, 24; aor. Ā. ज/निष्ट; Ā. अ/जनि, RV. ii, 34, 2; perf. जजा/न; 3. pl. जज्ञु/र्, RV. &c.; once जजनु/र्, viii, 97, 10; p. °ज्ञिवस्; Ved. inf. ज/नितोस्, iv, 6, 7; AitBr.; ŚBr. iii; [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 6]; Ved. ind.p. °नित्वी/, RV. x, 65, 7)
to generate, beget, produce, create, cause, RV.; AV. &c.;
to produce (a song of praise, &c.), RV.;
(cl. 10. or Caus.) to cause to be born, AV. vii, 19, 1; xiii, 1, 19; VarBṛ. xiv, 1; xix;
to assign, procure, RV.; VS. xix, 94;
cl. 4. जा/यते (ep. also °ति; impf. अ/जायत; pr.p. जयमान; fut. जनिष्यते; aor. अ/जनिष्ट; 1. [RV. viii, 6, 10] and 3. sg. अ/जनि; 3. sg. ज/नि, i, 141, 1; जा/नि, 7, 36; perf. जज्ञे/, 2. sg. °ज्ञिषे/ 3. pl. °ज्ञिरे/, p. °ज्ञान/) and ([RV.]) cl. 2. (?) Ā. (2. sg. जञिषे/, 2. pl. °जिञ्रे, °निष्वा [vi, 15, 18], °निध्वम् cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 78; impf. 3. p. अज्ञत [aor. Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80] AitBr.), twice cl. 1. Ā. (impf. 3. pl. अजनता, RV. iv, 5, 5; p. ज/नमान, viii, 99, 3)
to be born or produced, come into existence, RV.; AV. &c.;
to grow (as plants, teeth), AV. iv f.; AitBr. vii, 1 5; ŚBr. xiv; KātyŚr.; Mn. ix, 38; VarBṛS.;
to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double nom.), MBh. i, 11, 15; Pañcat. iv, 1, 5;
to be born or destined for (acc.), RV. iv, 5, 5; MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 10 (v.l. जयते for जाय्°);
to be born again, Mn. iv, ix, xi f.; MBh. i, iii, xiii; Hit. Introd. 14;
to become, be, RV.; AV. &c.;
to be changed into (dat.), Pāṇ. ii, 3, 13; Kāś.;
to take place, happen, Vet. i, 11; iv, 25;
to be possible or applicable or suitable, Suśr.;
to generate, produce, R. iii, 20, 17; Caraṇ. :
Pass. जन्यते, to be born or produced, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43 :
Desid. जिजनिषति, 42; Kāś. :
Intens. जञ्जन्यते and जाजाय्°, 43 (cf. Vop. xx, 1 7);
जन् [cf. γίγνομαι Lat. gigno, (g)nascor; Hib. genim, ‘I beget, generate.’]

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

जन् 4 A. (जायते, जज्ञे, अजानि-अजनिष्ट, जनितुं, जात; pass. जन्यते or जायते)

1 To be born or produced (with abl. of source of birth); अजनि ते वै पुत्रः Ait. Br.; Ms. 1. 9; 3. 39, 41; प्राणाद्वायुरजायत Rv. 10. 90. 12; Ms. 10. 8; 3. 76; 1. 75.

2 To rise, spring up, grow (as a plant &c.).

3 To be, become, happen, take place, occur; अनिष्टादिष्टलाभेऽपि न गतिर्जायते शुभा H. 1. 6; रक्तनेत्रोऽजानि क्षणात् Bk. 6. 32; Y. 3. 226; Ms. 1. 99.

4 To be possible, applicable &c.

5 To be born or destined for anything.

— Caus. (जनयति)

1 To give birth, beget, cause, produce.

2 To cause, occasion.