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जानकि (jAnaki)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जा॑नकि
m.
 patr. of Kratu-jit,
TS.
 ii, 3, 8, 1
of Āyasthūṇa,
ŚBr.
 xiv (once °कि॑)
of a king,
MBh.
 i, 2675
v, 83
pl.
N.
 of a subdivision of the Tri-garta people,
Pāṇ.
 v, 3, 116,
Kāś.
 (v.l. जालकि).
Monier Williams 1872
English
जानकि, इस्, m. a patronymic of Kratu-jit
also of
Āya-sthūṇa.
Mahabharata
English
Jānaki, a prince. § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2675 (incarnation of the Asura Vināśanaḥ Candrasya).--§ 554 (Sainyodyogap): V, 4, 83 (among the princes to whom the Pāṇḍavas ought to send messengers).
Vedic Reference
English
Jānaki, ‘descendant of Janaka, ’ is the patronymic of
Kratujit in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ^1 of Kratuvid in the Aitareya
Brāhmaṇa, ^2 and of Āyasthūṇa in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, ^3
where he is mentioned as a pupil of Cūḍa Bhāgavitti, and as
teacher of Satyakāma Jābāla.
1) ii. 3, 8, 1
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xi. 1.
2) vii. 34.
3) vi. 3, 10 (Kāṇva = vi. 3, 18. 19, Mādhyaṃdina).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
जानकि
पु०
 जनकस्यापत्यम् इञ् । भारतप्रसिद्धे नृपभेदे ।“विनाशनस्तु चन्द्रस्य य आख्यातो महामुरः । जानकिर्नाम विख्यातः सोऽभवन्मनुजाधिपः” भा० आ० ६७ अ० ।“जानकिश्च सुशर्म्भा च मणिमान् पोतिमत्सकः” भा० उ० ३ अ० ।