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जनक
जनक
Sanskrit
Noun
जनक • (janaka) m
- a progenitor, father.
- (music) a kind of measure.
Proper noun
जनक • (janaka)
- Name of a king of विदेह or मिथिला (son of मिथि and father of उदावसु)
- Name of another king of मिथिला (son of ह्रस्व-रोमन् and father of Sita).
- Name of another king Rājat.
- Name of a disciple of भगवत्.
- Name of several official men Rājat.
- (plural) the descendants of जनक.
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899