# पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman)

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पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman) is a Sanskrit word meaning re-birth, born again, regenerated, regeneration, born again or regenerated, reborn, born again, metempsychosis. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Re-birth / Metempsychosis (as a Noun), Adjective (Re-born/Regenerated) and Noun (Regeneration), Born again / Regenerated (as an Adjective).

- **Etymology:** E. पुनर्, and जन्म birth — E. punar, and janma birth
- **SLP1:** `punarjanman`  **IAST:** punarjanman  **Devanagari:** पुनर्जन्मन्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punarjanman
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/punarjanman/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Re-birth / Metempsychosis (as a Noun) (4 definitions)
- re-birth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 633,3] पुनर् (punar) — जन्मन् (—janman) n. re-birth, metempsychosis, Bhag.; Hit. [ ID=125738 ]
- metempsychosis  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman) [Printed book page 443-07 ] पुनर् - जन्मन् (punar-janman) n. metempsychosis. [ ID=22889 ]
- re-birth  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman) [Printed book page 319 ] पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman) n. re-birth. [ ID=19408 ]
- re-birth  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman) [Printed book page 191-b ] punar-janman, n. re-birth. [ ID=2612 ]

### Adjective (Re-born/Regenerated) and Noun (Regeneration) (3 definitions)
- 1. Born again. 2. Regeneration.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुनर् (punar) जन्म (janma) न् (punarjanman) [Printed book page 542 ] पुनर् (punar) जन्म (janma) न् (punarjanman) mfn. ( - न्म (-nma) ा - न्म (-nma) ा - न्म (-nma) (-nmā-nmā-nma) ) Re-born, born again. n. ( - न्म (-nma) ) Regeneration. E. पुनर् (punar), and जन्म (janma) birth. [ ID=25050 ]
- 1. Born again or regenerated. 2. Regeneration.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुनर्जन्मन् (punarjanman) [Printed book page 485-b ] पुन - र्जन्मन् (puna-rjanman) ( न्मा - न्मा - न्म ) ((nmā-nmā-nma)) a. Born again, regenerated. n. Regeneration. [ ID=24529 ]
- 1. Reborn, born again. 2. Regeneration.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पुनर्जन्म (janma) न् (punarjanman) [Printed book page 457-b ] पुनर्जन्म (janma) न् (punarjanman) mfn. ( - न्म (-nma) ा - न्म (-nma) ा - न्म (-nma) (-nmā-nmā-nma) ) Re-born, born again. n. ( - न्म (-nma) ) Regeneration, E. पुनर्, (punar,) and जन्म (janma) birth. [ ID=25237 ]

### Born again / Regenerated (as an Adjective) (1 definition)
- born again, regenerated  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पुनर् (punar) — जन्मन् (—janman) mfn. born ag° (°), regenerated ( अ - पुनर् (punar)- ज् (a-punar-j) ° (°) ), Kathās. [ ID=125739 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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