जनमेजयjanamejaya

जनमेजय (janamejaya) is a Sanskrit word meaning causing men to tremble, name of a celebrated king, name of a son, name of a naga, see jana, the name of a king, son and successor of Parikshit, a son of Puru. Its 31 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Other individuals named Janamejaya, King Janamejaya, son of Parikshit, Etymology or general name designation.

Etymology: E. जन in the second case, the world, एजृ to shine, affix णिच् and खश्
Definitions: 31

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Other individuals named Janamejaya

17 definitions

name of a son

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of several men, especially princes

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

one or more ancient kings

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a prince who was a contemporary of the great war

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the fifth son of Kuru and Vahini

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. Son of the elder Parikshit. 2. Father of the elder Dhritarashtra.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

son of Puru

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a king of the Nipas

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a Panchala prince in the army of Yudhishthira

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

king of the mountaineers

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the son of Sumati

— The Purana Index

a son of Puru and father of Pracinvat

— The Purana Index

the son of Srinjaya and father of Mahamanas

— The Purana Index

the son of Somadatta and father of Sumati

— The Purana Index

1. A son of Puranjaya, royal sage, and father of Mahashala.

— The Purana Index

a son of Brihadratha

— The Purana Index

A son of Bhallata, husband of Dhumini, and father of Yavinara.

— The Purana Index

King Janamejaya, son of Parikshit

7 definitions

causing men to tremble, name of a celebrated king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The name of a king, son and successor of Parikshit. 2. A son of Puru.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The name of a king, son and successor to Parikshit. 2. A son of Puru.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

son of Parikshit and Madravati, husband of Vapushtama, and father of Shatanika and Shankukarna

जनमेजय (janamejaya) [Printed book page 351-1]
Janamejaya¹, son of Parikṣit and Mādravatī, and the

husband of Vapuṣṭamā; at his snake-sacrifice Vaiśampāyana

recited the Mhbhr. for the first time (cf. Janamejaya¹⁰).

§ 1 (Anukram.): I, 1, 9 (°sya rājarṣeḥ sarpasattre), 20

(rājñaḥ).—§ 4 (do.): I, 1, 97.—§ 10 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2,

303 (°sya…sattre).—§ 12 (Pauṣyap.): I, 3, ††661

(Pārikṣitaḥ), ††663, ††665, ††668, ††671 (together with his

brothers Śrutasena, Ugrasena, and Bhīmasena, J. is cursed by

Saramā).—§ 13 (do.): I, 3, ††673 (Pārikṣitaḥ), ††675

(do.), ††677, ††680 (gets Somaśravas as his purohita).—

§ 16 (Veda): I, 3, ††746 (makes Veda his upādhyāya, C. has

by error Janameyaḥ).—§ 17 (Uttaṅka): I, 3, 833 (rājānaṃ),

837 (rājā), (†838) (coming to Hāstinapura, Uttaṅka urges

J. to burn Takṣaka in a snake-sacrifice, reminding him that

Takṣaka had stung Parikṣit dead).—§ 25 (Paulomap.,

Sahasrapad): I, 11, 1012 (°sya yajñe 'smin sarpāṇāṃ hiṃsanaṃ

purā), 1014 (rājā).—§ 26 (Āstīkap.): I, 13, 1020 (rājā);

15, 1058 (°sya…yajñe, the serpents will be burnt there).—

§ 29 (Kadrū): I, 20, 1196 (sarpasattre…J°sya rājarṣeḥ

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Pāṇḍaveyasya, do.).—§ 49 (Vāsuki): I, 37, 1596 (yajñaḥ

…J°sya), 1598; 38, 1623 (Pāṇḍaveyaḥ).—§ 52 (cf.

Āstīkap.): J., the minor son of Parikṣit, is made king

and married to Vapuṣṭamā, the daughter of the Kāśi king

Suvarṇavarman: I, 44, 1807 (Kurupravīraṃ).—§ 56

(Parikṣit): I, 49, 1933 (rājā), (1935), 1937 (rājānaṃ),

1945, (†1951); 50, 1977 (the ministers of J. told him how

Parikṣit had been stung by Takṣaka, and how Takṣaka

had induced the brahman Kāśyapa not to help Parikṣit).—

§ 57 (cf. Āstīkap.): The menial of a brahman who gathered

sacrificial fuel in the banyan-tree, which was burnt by Takṣaka

and revived by Kāśyapa, was equally burnt to ashes and

revived, and had told to the ministers of J. what had happened

between Takṣaka and Kāśyapa. J. resolved to avenge

his father and Uttaṅka: I, 50, 1992, 2004, (2007).—§ 58

(do.): As there was a snake-sacrifice read of in the Purāṇa,

J. caused the preparations for such a sacrifice to be made.

When the sacrificial platform was being constructed, the

Sūta Lohitākṣa, versed in the rules of building, announced

that both the soil and the time of the sacrifice foreboded that

a brahman would come to prevent the completion of the

sacrifice. J. therefore gave orders not to admit anybody with-

out his knowledge (I, 51).—§ 59 (Sarpasattra): I, 53, 2041

(Pāṇḍaveyasya, description of his snake-sacrifice).—§ 60 (do.):

I, 53, 2054; 54, 2073, 2086, 2093 (°sya taṃ yajñaṃ,

Āstīka came to the sacrifice).—§ 61 (do.): I, 55, †2113

(rājā, Āstīka gratified J.).—§ 62 (do.): I, 56, (†2114),

(†2117), (2125), 2126, (†2131), 2135 (J. granted Āstīka

a boon, and Āstīka asked that the sacrifice should be stopped).

—§ 68 (do.): I, 58, 2167 (rājā), 2175 (Bhārataḥ, thus the

sacrifice ceased), 2190 (°sya yajñānte).—§ 70 (Ādivaṃśā-

vatāraṇap.): I, 59, 2203; 60, 2208 (sarpasattrāya dīkṣitaṃ),

2214 (rājarṣeḥ), 2215, 2217 (rājarṣiḥ), 2221, 2223, (2224)

(requested by J. at the snake-sacrifice, Vyāsa causes Vaiśampā-

yana to tell the history of the dissension between the Kauravas

and the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 72 (do.): I, 62, (2283) (J. wishes to

hear the Mhbhr. in full, Vaiśampāyana begins his narrative),

—§ 84 (do.): I, 64, (2456).—§ 85 (Sambhavap., Aṃśāvat.):

I, 65, (2515).—§ 130 (do., do.): I, 67, (2637), (2727).—

§ 133 (do., Duṣyanta): I, 68, (2799); 69, (2814).—

§ 134 (do., Śakuntalop.): I, 74, 2989.—§ 137 (do., Dakṣa

Prācetasa): I, 75, 3133.—§ 145 (do., Kaca): I, 76, (3183),

3186.—§ 149 (do., Yayāti): I, 86, (3540).—§ 150 (do.,

Pūruv.): I, 94, (3691), 3708.—§ 156 (do., do.): I, 95,

(3754).—§ 160 (do., do.): I, 95, ††3837 (son of Parikṣit

and Mādravatī, husband of Vapuṣṭamā, and father of

Śatānīka and Śaṅkukarṇa).—§ 167 (do., Vicitravīryop.): I,

102, 4096.—§ 172 (do., Aṇīmāṇḍavyop.): I, 107, (4305).—

§ 181 (do., Duḥśalotpatti): I, 116, (4523).—§ 182 (do.,

Dhṛtarāṣṭraputranāmak.): I, 117, (4540).—§ 183 (do.,

Pāṇḍu): I, 118, (4558).—§ 190 (do., Pāṇḍavotpatti): I,

123, 4759.—§ 198 (do., Śaradvat): I, 130, (5071).—§ 200

(do., Droṇa): I, 130, (5100).—§ 213 (Jatugṛhap.): I, 141,

(5651).—§ 215 (Bakavadhap.): I, 157, (6103).—§ 216

(Caitrarathap.): I, 165, (6316).—§ 231 (Svayaṃvarap.):

I, 185, 6945, 6953.—§ 245 (Rājyalābhap.): I, 208, (7596).

—§ 248 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 214, 7782.—§ 251 (do.):

I, 218, 7897, 7900.—§ 252 (Subhadrāharaṇap.): I, 220,

7931.—§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 7986.—§ 255

(Khāṇḍavadah., Agniparābhava): I, 223, (8094).—§ 259

(do., Śārṅgakop.): I, 229, (8331); 232, 8428.—§ 271

(Lokapālasabhākhyānap.): II, 12, 512.—§ 277 (Jarāsandha-

vadhap.): II, 21, 830.—§ 279 (Digvijayap., Arjuna): II,

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26, (994).—§ 280 (do., Bhīmasena): II, 29, 1069.—§ 282

(do., Sahadeva): II, 31, 1128, (1129).—§ 284 (do., do.):

II, 31, 1182.—§ 294 (Dyūtap.): II, 50, (1786).—§ 302

(Anudyūtap.): II, 74, (2452).—§ 308 (Āraṇyakap.): III,

1, (1).—§ 310 (do.) III, 3, (143).—§ 331 (Kairātap.):

III, 38, (1516).—§ 340 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 48,

(1914).—§ 341 (do.): III, 50, (1955).—§ 343 (Nalopā-

khyānap.): III, 52, (2013).—§ 356 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III,

80, (3090), 3096.—§ 378 (do.): III, 93, 8486.—§ 392

(do., Mahendrācalagamana): III, 114, 10095.—§ 401 (do.,

Batarāma): III, 119, (10237).—§ 447 (Nivātakavaca-

yuddhap.): III, 175, 12300.—§ 448 (Ājagarap.): III,

176, (†12316).—§ 450 (do.): III, 178, (12363).—§ 451

(Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 182, 12554.—§ 461 (do., Vāmadeva-

carita): III, 192, (13142) (wanting in B.).—§ 512 (Ghoṣa-

yātrāp.): III, 236, (†14741); 237, 14795; 239, 14820;

247, (15037).—§ 515 (do., Karṇadigvijaya): III, 253,

(15208).—§ 518 (Mṛgasvapnodbhavap.): III, 258, (15353).

—§ 521 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 262, (15492).—§ 525

(Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 273, (15859).—§ 546 (Kuṇḍalā-

haranap.): III, 300, (16919).—§ 547 (Karṇa): III, 303,

(16998); 310, (†17218).—§ 548 (Āraṇeyap.): III, 311,

(17221).—§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 1, (1); 9, †279.

—§ 550 (Samayapālanap.): IV, 13, (325).—§ 551 (Kīcaka-

vadhap.): IV, 14, 374.—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 84,

(†2995).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 106, (3714).—§ 570

(Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 153, (5188); 157, (5314); 159,

(5391).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 1, (2).—§ 589 (Droṇa-

vadhap.): VII, 1, (2).—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 1, (18);

4, 87; 8, (218).—§ 609 (Śalyap.): IX, 1, (1), 24.—§ 615

(Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 35, (1969).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrtha-

yātrā): IX, 35, (2006), (2011), 2063; 36, (2068); 37,

2133, (2157), 2172; 38, (2186); 39, (2254); 40, (2285);

41, 2336; 42, (2358); 43, (2432), 2443; 44, (2450),

2453; 45, 2580, 2581; 47, (2728), (2744); 48, (2825);

49, 2843; 50, 2862, 2872; 51, (2928); 52, (2979); 54,

3035.—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 55, 3077; 56, 3129;

63, (3503).—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 11, 574.—§ 618 (Jala-

pradānikap.): XI, 9, (246).—§ 637 (Rājadh.): XII, 45,

(1532); 47, (1588).—§ 640 (do.): XII, 54, (1925).—§ 658

(Āpaddh.): XII, 173, 6456.—§ 695 (Mokṣadh.): XII,

285, (10272).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340, 12998,

13003; 341, 13011, 13012, (13013); 342, (13129); 344,

(13316); 348, (13459); 349, (13547), (13614), (13627);

350, (13637), (13642); 351, (13713).—§ 776 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 167, (7689).—§ 781 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 15,

(372).—§ 782 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 16, (407).—§ 784b

(Uttaṅka): XIV, 55, 1596; 56, (1625), 1626, 1628, 1655;

57, 1681; 58, 1725, 1740, 1748, 1749.—§ 785 (Anugītāp.):

XIV, 59, (1751); 63, (1871); 66, 1943 (birth of J.'s

father Parikṣit).—§ 786 (do.): XIV, 90, (2689); 91,

(2810); 92, (2846), 2882, (2885).—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.):

XV, 1, (1); 13, 409.—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 29,

(766), 800; 32, 873.—§ 790 (do.): XV, 34, 920, 922;

35, (942), 945, 947, 955 (at the request of J., Vyāsa showed

him his father Parikṣit, etc.).—§ 791 (do.): XV, 36,

(957).—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 1, (12), (14); 7, 239.—

§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, (1).—§ 795 (Svargā-

rohaṇap.): XVIII, 1, (1); 5, (148), 172.—§ 795b (do.):

Sauti said: Hearing this, at the intervals of the sacrificial

rites, king J. became filled with wonder. The sacrificial

priests finished the rites. Āstīka, having rescued the snakes,

became filled with joy. J. gratified all the brahmans with

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copious presents, then they returned home. J. came back

from Takṣaśilā to Hāstinapura: XVIII, 5, 178. 181—

§ 795 (do.): XVIII, 6, (212).

Cf. also the following synonyms:—

Bhārata, Bharataśārdūla, Bharataśreṣtha,

Bhāratāgrya, Bharatarṣabha, Bharatasat-

tama, q.v.

Kaurava, Kauravaśārdūla, Kauravanandana,

Kauravendra, Kauravya, q.v.

Kuruśārdūla, Kuruśreṣṭha, Kurūdvaha,

Kurukulaśreṣṭha, Kurukulodvaha, Kuru-

nandana, Kurupravīra, Kurupuṅgavāgraja,

Kurusattama, q.v.

Pāṇḍava, Pāṇḍavanandana, Pāṇḍaveya, q.v.

Pārikṣita (“the son of Parikṣit”): I, 10, 366

(sarpasattreṇa rājñaḥ P°sya), ††661 (J°), ††673 (J°), ††675

(J°), 2016 (rājā), 2050 (sattre P°sya), 2063 (°sya yajñaḥ),

†2097, †2098, †2099, †2100, †2101, †2102, †2103, 2136,

2139 (rājā), 2166 (rājñā), 2175 (Pāṇḍaveyasya rājñaḥ), 2331;

III, †10215; XII, 13311 (rājñaḥ), 13457 (do.).

Paurava, q.v.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A king, son of Parikshit, who performed a horse-sacrifice to cleanse himself from the sin of slaying a brahman.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A righteous Kaurava king, son of Parikshit and Iravati, known for performing a snake sacrifice to destroy all snakes and later performing horse sacrifices before retiring to the woods for penance.

— The Purana Index

The name of a Kuru king and famous performer of the horse sacrifice.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Etymology or general name designation

2 definitions

A proper name

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The king

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Multiple Janamejayas (as a group)

2 definitions

1. eighty in the palace of Yama

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. One hundred in number. 2. Eighty in number according to certain texts.

— The Purana Index

A Nāga or Serpent named Janamejaya

1 definition

name of a naga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cross-reference

1 definition

See jana.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Janamejaya as a priest

1 definition

the name of a priest who officiated at the snake sacrifice

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.