जेतवन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জেতৱন (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬾᬢᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
• জেতবন (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰸𑰝𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁂𑀢𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဇေတဝန (Burmese script)
• જેતવન (Gujarati script)
• ਜੇਤਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍇𑌤𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦺꦠꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂵𑂞𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಜೇತವನ (Kannada script)
• ជេតវន (Khmer script)
• ເຊຕວນ (Lao script)
• ജേതവന (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡝᢠᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘹𑘝𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠧᢐᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧚𑦽𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐾𑐟𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଜେତଵନ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢾꢡꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆼𑆠𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖸𑖝𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ජෙතවන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩔𑩫𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚲𑚙𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஜேதவந (Tamil script)
• జేతవన (Telugu script)
• เชตวน (Thai script)
• ཛེ་ཏ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒹𑒞𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨄𑨙𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of जेत (jeta, “Jeta”, name of a prince) +‎ वन (vana, “grove”).

Proper noun

जेतवन • (jetavana) stem, n

1. (Buddhism) the name of a grove near Śrāvastī (where the Buddha promulgated his doctrines).

Descendants

• → Japanese: 祇園 (Gion) (calque)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जेतवन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 424/3.