an old man.

= ಜೀನು1.

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

a religion founded in the 6th century B.C. as a revolt against the then prevalent Hinduism and emphasising the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, esp. through asceticism and non-violence toward all living creatures; Jainism.

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

won; victorious; triumphed.

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

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.

that which is small in size; a little thing.

a male child; a boy.

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.

a jingling sound.

a sound imitating it.

the plant Grewia subinaequalis of Tiliaceae family.

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.

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

= ಜಾಣು.

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

(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.

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

a wise, intelligent man.

one who possesses true and spiritual knowledge; a sage.

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 (?).