1. Birth, production, or form of existence fixed by birth.
2. Family, race, lineage, rank, or position assigned by birth.
3. Kind, sort, genus, species, class, tribe, or caste.
4. The true state or peculiarities of anything.
5. Reduction of fractions to a common denominator.
6. A false generalization, futile answer, or self-confuting reply.
7. A figure of speech, class of metres, or manner of singing.
8. A fireplace.
9. Jasmine grandiflorum, Emblica officinalis, mace, or nutmeg.
जाति (jāti) [Printed book page 0344-b] Jāti, is, f. birth, production; the form of existence,
whether as a man or animal, which is fixed by birth;
position assigned by birth; rank; family, race, lineage;
kind, sort, genus, species, class, tribe, caste; the cha-
racter or peculiarities of a species, the genuine or
true state of anything; reduction of fractions to a
common denominator; false generalization; a futile
answer, a self-confuting reply; a particular figure of
speech in rhetoric; a class of metres; a manner of
singing; a fire-place; N. of several plants, = Jas-
minum Grandiflorum; Emblica Officinalis; mace,
nutmeg; [cf.
antya-jāti, eka-jāti, dvi-jāti; cf. also
Lat. gens; Lith. pri-gentis.]
—Jāti-kośa or
jāti- koṣa or
jātī-kośa, am, n. a nutmeg; (
ī), f. the
outer skin of the nutmeg.
—Jāti-tva, am, n. or
jāti-tā, f. distinction or nature of caste or tribe;
special or generic property.
—Jāti-dharma, as, m.
the duty of caste, the law or usage of caste (e. g.
sacred study is the caste-duty of the Brāhman, fight-
ing of the Kṣatriya, &c.); generic or specific
property.
—Jāti-dhvaṃsa, as, m. the loss of caste
or its privileges.
—Jātin-dhara, as, m., N. of a
Page0344-c+ 77 physician, = Śuddhodana in a former birth.
—Jāti- pattrī or
jātī-pattrī, f. the outer skin of the nut-
meg.
—Jāti-phala or
jātī-phala, am, n. a nutmeg;
[cf.
kṣudrajātī-phala.]
—Jāti-brāhmaṇa, as, m.
a Brāhman by birth but not by knowledge.
—Jāti- bhraṃśa, as, m. loss of rank or caste.
—Jāti- bhraṃśa-kara, as, ī, am, causing loss of caste;
forbidden, improper; (
am), n. doing an act pro-
hibited to a particular caste.
—Jāti-bhraṣṭa, as, ā, am, fallen from caste, outcast.
—Jāti-mat, ān, atī, at, of high rank, obtaining a high position.
—Jāti-maha, as, m. birthday-festival.
—Jāti-mātra, am, n. mere
birth, position in life obtained by mere birth; caste
only, but not the performance of the especial duties;
species, genus.
—Jātimātropajīvin (°ra-up°), ī, inī, i, or
jātimātra-jīvin, ī, inī, i, (a Brāhman)
who lives only by his caste (without any sacerdotal
acts).
—Jāti-mālā, f. ‘garland of the castes,’ title
of a work treating of the different castes.
—Jāti- lakṣaṇa, am, n. specific or generic distinction,
characteristic, mark of tribe or caste.
—Jāti-vacana, am, n. the idea of species or genus.
—Jāti-vācaka, as, ikā, am, expressing genus, generic (as a name).
—Jāti-viveka, as, m. title of a literary work.
—Jāti-vaira, am, n. natural enmity, innate or
instinctive hostility.
—Jāti-vailakṣaṇya, am, n.
inconsistency, incompatibility, conduct or quality at
variance with birth or tribe.
—Jāti-śabda, as, m. a
word expressing the idea of species or genus.
—Jāti- sampanna, as, ā, am, sprung from a good family,
belonging to a noble family.
—Jāti-sāra, as, m.
nutmeg.
—Jāti-smara, as, ā, am, recollecting a
former existence, remembering one's condition in a
former life; N. of a Tirtha.
—Jāti-smaraṇa, am, n. recollection of a former existence.
—Jāti-sva- bhāva, as, m. specific or generic character or nature.
—Jāti-hīna, as, ā, am, of low birth or descent,
void of caste, outcast, having a low position.
—Jātī- rasa, as, m. gum myrrh.
—Jāty-andha, as, ā, am, blind from birth, born blind.
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