an individual; a person.

collectively, common people; the masses.

all the persons of a racial, national, religious or linguistic group; nation, race, etc.

(myth.) one of the seven worlds, that are believed to be above the earth.

ಜನ ವಾಕ್ಯವೇ ಜನಾರ್ಧನನ ವಾಕ್ಯ jana vākyavē janārdhanana vākya the general opinion of common people is the opinbion of the god itself.

the act or process of thinking seriously and deeply (about something); cogitation; ponder.

the act or process of meditating deeply on god or some religious or metaphysical subject; meditation.

(dial.) a flight of stairs; a stairway; a staircase.

a jingling sound.

a sound imitating it.

collectively all the persons of a society, a particular group, nation etc. in gen.; people.

= ಜಾಣು.

the plant Grewia subinaequalis of Tiliaceae family.

the joint between the lower part of the human leg and the thigh; the knee.

the act or fact of coming into life or of being born; birth.

a woman in gen. 3. the wife of one's son; a daughter-in-law.

the plant Paedaria scandens (= P. foetida) of Rubiaceae family (?).

to flow out in drops; to ooze; to leak out.

(said of animals) the condition, quality or period of being pregnant; pregnancy.

a cow having an offspring developing within.

the yellow, principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the albumen or white; the yolk; vitellus.

a clever, intelligent, skilful man.

ಜಾಣಮರಿ jāṇa mari (a term used to cajole, coax children) an intelligent child; ಜಾಣನಿಗೆ ಮಾತಿನ ಪೆಟ್ಟು, ಕತ್ತೆಗೆ ಲತ್ತೆ ಪೆಟ್ಟು jāṇanige ma1tina peṭṭu, kattege latte peṭṭu (prov.) few words sufficeth to a wise man; a nod for a wiseman and a rod for a fool; ಜಾಣ ಬೆಲ್ಲ ತಿಂದು ಹೆಡ್ಡನ ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಒರೆಸಿದಂತೆ jāṇa bella tindu heḍḍana bāyige oresidante (a proverbial simile) for the fault of intelligent men, fools get the punishment.

a wise, intelligent man.

one who possesses true and spiritual knowledge; a sage.

(at the end of a compound) wife (of ).

a Buddhist or Jaina spiritual teacher.

(Jain.) any of the twenty four recognised spiritual teachers.

(Buddh.) Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

he who has subdued his worldly passions.

Viṣṇu.

a symbol for the number twenty-four.

a kind of plant .

of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little; small.

that which is small in size; a little thing.

a male child; a boy.

won; victorious; triumphed.

firmly established; not changing or fluctuating; fixed; stable.

a greedy, stingy man who hoards money for its own sake, even at the expense of personal comfort; a miser.