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Jatu, ٳ, ū, Jāṭu: 17 definitions

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Jatu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Jatu (जत�).—A son of Sudhanvan (Jantu.).*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 82.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Vastushastra (architecture)

: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama

Jatu (जत�) or “shellac� refers to one of the ingredients of the Aṣṭabandha type of Mortar (used for fixing together the Liṅga to its Pedestal), as discussed in the Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama.�(Original source: Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens).—The ṣṭԻ or “mortar with eight ingredients� is well known but its method of preparation and the nature of the eight components sometimes vary slightly from one text to another. The ingredients of ṣṭԻ are as follows according to the Ajita-āgama (18.216-218): shellac (jatu), hematite, beeswax, sarja resin, agalloch / agarwood resin, molasses, sesame oil and limestone powder; these different products must be mixed and cooked so as to obtain a fluid substance to which an equal quantity of sarja resin , limestone powder and lime as well as buffalo butter will then be added.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Jatu in Borneo is the name of a plant defined with Durio zibethinus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cullenia ceylanica (Gardn.) K. Schum. (among others).

2) Jatu in India is also identified with Pleconax conoidea It has the synonym Silene conoidea Huds. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1980)
· Flora Anglica (Hudson), ed. 2 (1778)
· Oesterreichische botanische Zeitschrift (1972)
· Lagascalia (1974)
· Thaiszia (1995)
· Annales de la Société Linneenne de Lyon (1868)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

jatu : (nt.) the lac; sealing wax. || ٳ (ind.) surely; undoubtedly.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Jatu, (Sk. jatu; cp. Lat. bitumen pitch; Ags. cwidu. resin, Ohg. quiti glue) lac. As medicine Vin. I, 201. °ṭṭ󲹰첹 a decking with lac. used by women to prevent conception Vin. IV, 261; consisting of either jatu, kaṭṭha (wood), piṭṭha (flour), or mattikā (clay). (Page 278)

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ٳ, (indeel.) (Vedic ٳ, particle of affirmation. Perhaps for jānātu one would know, cp. Gr. oi)μai, Lat. credo, P. maññe. But BR. and Fausböll make it a contraction of jāyatu “it might happen. � Neither of these derivations is satisfactory) surely, undoubtedly (ekaṃsavacana� SnA 348) usually in negative (& interrog.) sentences as na ٳ, not at all, never (cp. also sādhu); mā ٳ Vin. II, 203; Sn. 152, 348 (no ce hi ٳ); J. I, 293, 374; IV, 261; V, 503. Na ٳcca at J. VI, 60 is apparently for na ٳ ca. (Page 282)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jatu (जत�).�n. [jan-ḍa to'ntādeśa� Uṇādi-sūtra 1.18]

1) Lac; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.17.

2) A kind of red dye.

-tu�, -tū� f. A bat.

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ٳ (जातु).�ind. A particle meaning :-

1) At all, ever, at any time, possibly; नान्तरज्ञा� श्रियो जातु� प्रियैरासा� � भूयत� (nāntarajñā� śriyo ٳ� priyairāsā� na bhūyate) Kirātārjunīya 11.24; कि� ते� जातु जाते� मातुर्यौवनहारिणा (ki� tena ٳ jātena māturyauvanahāriṇ�) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.26; � जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यत� (na ٳ kāma� kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati) Manusmṛti 2.94; Kumārasambhava 5.55.

2) Perhaps, sometimes; गौरवाद्यदप� जातु मन्त्रिणां दर्शनं (gauravādyadapi ٳ mantriṇāṃ darśana�) ... दद� (dadau) R.19.7.

3) Once, once upon a time, sometime, at some day.

4) Used with the potential mood जातु (ٳ) has the sense of 'not allowing or putting up with'; जातु तत्रभवान� वृषल� याजयेन्नावकल्पयामि (ٳ tatrabhavān vṛṣala� yājayen屹첹貹峾) (na marṣayāmi) Sk.

5) Used with a present indicative it denotes censure (); जातु तत्रभवान� वृषल� याजयति (ٳ tatrabhavān vṛṣala� yājayati) ibid.

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ū (जातू).�m. A thunderbolt.

Derivable forms: ū� (जातू�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳ (जातु).—ind. 1. Sometimes, occasionally. 2. A particle of prohibition. 3. Of doubt, 4. Of contempt or abuse. E. jai to waste or decay, ktun aff. jai kṣaye jana vā ktun .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jatu (जत�).—m. Lac, the red animal dye, Mahābhārata 1, 5725.

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ٳ (जातु).—i. e. jan + tu, adv. 1. Ever, Mahābhārata 5, 7071. 2. Perhaps, Mahābhārata 12, 6739. 3. Once, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 6, 89. 4. With preceding na, Never, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 94. 5. With preceding na, and following cid, Nevermore, never, Mahābhārata 1, 1936.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jatu (जत�).—[neuter] lac. gum.

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ū (जत�).—[feminine] a bat.

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ٳ (जातु).�(ٳ) [adverb] at all, ever, once, possibly, perhaps; [with] na not at all, never.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jatu (जत�):�n. lac, gum, [Kauśika-sūtra 13; Mahābhārata i, xii; Suśruta]

2) f(ū). ([Pāṇini 4-1, 71; Patañjali]) a bat, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxiv, 25 and 36; Atharva-veda ix, 2, 22;]

3) cf. [Latin] bitumen; [German] Kitt.

4) ū (जत�):—[from jatu] f. See tu.

5) ٳ (जातु):�ind. (�jan? cf. ᲹԳṣ�, s.v. nus) at all, ever, [Ṛg-veda x, 27, 11; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, 2, 2, 20] (tu), [Mahābhārata v, 7071; Pañcatantra i, 1, 6] (ki� tenajātena, what is the use at all of him born?)

6) ([when ٳ stands at the beginning of a sentence the verb which follows retains its accent, [Pāṇini 8-1, 47]; in connection with the [Potential] and 屹첹貹峾 etc. ([iii, 3, 147]) or with the pr. ([iii, 3, 142]) ٳ expresses censure e.g. ٳ vṛṣala� yājayen na marṣayāmi ‘I suffer not that he should cause an outcast to sacrifice� [Kāśikā-vṛtti]; ٳ yājayati vṛṣalam ‘ought he to cause an outcast to sacrifice?� [ib.]])

7) possibly, perhaps, [Mahābhārata xii, 6739] (with api preceding), [Kathāsaritsāgara] (also with cid following)

8) some day, once, once upon a time, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī] (also with cid following). naٳ, not at all, by no means, never, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (also with cid following).

9) ū (जातू):—[from ٳ] in [compound] for tu = śԾ, [Ṛg-veda i, 103, 3; Sāyaṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jatu (जत�):�(tu) 2. n. Lac.

2) ٳ (जातु):�adv. Sometimes; a particle of prohibition, doubt, contempt.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Jatu (जत�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jau, .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jatu (ಜತ�):—[noun] a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees by the female of the lac insect (as Laccifer lacca), used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red colouring matter; lac.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Jāṭu (ஜாடு) [ṭuٲ] 5 transitive verb cf. Hindustain ḍn. To strike, beat. See சாடு¹-. [¹-.] அவனை நன்றாக ஜாடி விட்டான். [avanai nanraga jadi vittan.] Tanjore usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Jaadu is another spelling for जादु [].—n. 1. magic; conjury; 2. charm; enchantment; spell;

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