jantu | जन्तु | jantu
jantu/ | जन्तु/ | m. a child, offspring, RV.; Kathās. iic, 58
a creature, living being, man, person (the sg. also used collectively, e.g. sarva j˚ | सर्व ज्˚ |, ‘everybody’, Śak. v, 5/6; ayaṃ jantuḥ | अयं जन्तुः |, ‘the man’, KaṭhUp. ii, 20; ŚvetUp. iii, 20; Mn. xii, 99), RV.; Mn. &c.
a kinsman, servant, RV. i, 81, 9 and 94, 5; x, 140, 4
any animal of the lowest organisation, worms, insects, Mn. vi, 68 f.; MBh. xiv, 1136; Suśr.
(n.), HYog. iii, 53 and Subh.
a tree, Gal.
N. of a son of Somaka, MBh. iii, 10473 ff.; Hariv. 1793; BhP. ix, 22, 1; Kathās. xiii, 58 ff.
cf. kśiti- | क्शिति- |, kśudra- | क्शुद्र- |, jala- | जल- |.
a creature, living being, man, person (the sg. also used collectively, e.g. sarva j˚ | सर्व ज्˚ |, ‘everybody’, Śak. v, 5/6; ayaṃ jantuḥ | अयं जन्तुः |, ‘the man’, KaṭhUp. ii, 20; ŚvetUp. iii, 20; Mn. xii, 99), RV.; Mn. &c.
a kinsman, servant, RV. i, 81, 9 and 94, 5; x, 140, 4
any animal of the lowest organisation, worms, insects, Mn. vi, 68 f.; MBh. xiv, 1136; Suśr.
(n.), HYog. iii, 53 and Subh.
a tree, Gal.
N. of a son of Somaka, MBh. iii, 10473 ff.; Hariv. 1793; BhP. ix, 22, 1; Kathās. xiii, 58 ff.
cf. kśiti- | क्शिति- |, kśudra- | क्शुद्र- |, jala- | जल- |.