जनस्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γένος (génos) and Latin genus.
Noun[edit]
जनस् • (jánas) n
- race, class of beings
- RV 2.2.4
- तमुक्षमाणं रजसि सव आ दमे चन्द्रमिव सुरुचं हवार आ दधुः |
- पर्श्न्याः पतरं चितयन्तमक्षभिः पाथो न पायुं जनसी उभे अनु ||
- tamukṣamāṇaṃ rajasi sva ā dame candramiva surucaṃ hvāra ā dadhuḥ |
- pṛśnyāḥ pataraṃ citayantamakṣabhiḥ pātho na pāyuṃ janasī ubhe anu ||
- Him have they set in his own dwelling, in the vault, like the Moon waxing, fulgent, in the realm of air.
- Bird of the firmament, observant with his eyes, guard of the place as ’twere, looking to Gods and men.
- RV 2.2.4