जनति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“give birth”)

Verb

जनति (janati)

1. to give birth to, beget, create, cause, produce (RV., AV., etc.)
2. to assign, procure (RV., VS.)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0410