जातक

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Alternative scripts

জাতক (Assamese script)
ᬚᬵᬢᬓ (Balinese script)
জাতক (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰯𑰝𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ဇာတက (Burmese script)
જાતક (Gujarati script)
ਜਾਤਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦴꦠꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂰𑂞𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಜಾತಕ (Kannada script)
ជាតក (Khmer script)
ຊາຕກ (Lao script)
ജാതക (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘰𑘝𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᢗᢐᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧑𑦽𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐵𑐟𑐎 (Newa script)
ଜାତକ (Odia script)
ꢙꢵꢡꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆳𑆠𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖯𑖝𑖎 (Siddham script)
ජාතක (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩛𑩫𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚭𑚙𑚊 (Takri script)
ஜாதக (Tamil script)
జాతక (Telugu script)
ชาตก (Thai script)
ཛཱ་ཏ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒰𑒞𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨊𑨙𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː.tɐ.kɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɑː.t̪ɐ.kɐ/

Adjective edit

जातक • (jātaka) stem

(at the end of compounds) engendered by, born under (an asterism) (Mn. ix, 143; Cāṇ.)

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of जातक (jātaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जातकः jātakaḥ	जातकौ / जातका¹ jātakau / jātakā¹	जातकाः / जातकासः¹ jātakāḥ / jātakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	जातक jātaka	जातकौ / जातका¹ jātakau / jātakā¹	जातकाः / जातकासः¹ jātakāḥ / jātakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जातकम् jātakam	जातकौ / जातका¹ jātakau / jātakā¹	जातकान् jātakān
Instrumental	जातकेन jātakena	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकैः / जातकेभिः¹ jātakaiḥ / jātakebhiḥ¹
Dative	जातकाय jātakāya	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Ablative	जातकात् jātakāt	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Genitive	जातकस्य jātakasya	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकानाम् jātakānām
Locative	जातके jātake	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकेषु jātakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of जातका (jātakā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जातका jātakā	जातके jātake	जातकाः jātakāḥ
Vocative	जातके jātake	जातके jātake	जातकाः jātakāḥ
Accusative	जातकाम् jātakām	जातके jātake	जातकाः jātakāḥ
Instrumental	जातकया / जातका¹ jātakayā / jātakā¹	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकाभिः jātakābhiḥ
Dative	जातकायै jātakāyai	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकाभ्यः jātakābhyaḥ
Ablative	जातकायाः / जातकायै² jātakāyāḥ / jātakāyai²	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकाभ्यः jātakābhyaḥ
Genitive	जातकायाः / जातकायै² jātakāyāḥ / jātakāyai²	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकानाम् jātakānām
Locative	जातकायाम् jātakāyām	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकासु jātakāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of जातक (jātaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जातकम् jātakam	जातके jātake	जातकानि / जातका¹ jātakāni / jātakā¹
Vocative	जातक jātaka	जातके jātake	जातकानि / जातका¹ jātakāni / jātakā¹
Accusative	जातकम् jātakam	जातके jātake	जातकानि / जातका¹ jātakāni / jātakā¹
Instrumental	जातकेन jātakena	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकैः / जातकेभिः¹ jātakaiḥ / jātakebhiḥ¹
Dative	जातकाय jātakāya	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Ablative	जातकात् jātakāt	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Genitive	जातकस्य jātakasya	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकानाम् jātakānām
Locative	जातके jātake	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकेषु jātakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun edit

जातक • (jātaka) stem, m

a newborn child (Kauś.)
a mendicant (L.)

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of जातक (jātaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जातकः jātakaḥ	जातकौ / जातका¹ jātakau / jātakā¹	जातकाः / जातकासः¹ jātakāḥ / jātakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	जातक jātaka	जातकौ / जातका¹ jātakau / jātakā¹	जातकाः / जातकासः¹ jātakāḥ / jātakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	जातकम् jātakam	जातकौ / जातका¹ jātakau / jātakā¹	जातकान् jātakān
Instrumental	जातकेन jātakena	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकैः / जातकेभिः¹ jātakaiḥ / jātakebhiḥ¹
Dative	जातकाय jātakāya	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Ablative	जातकात् jātakāt	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Genitive	जातकस्य jātakasya	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकानाम् jātakānām
Locative	जातके jātake	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकेषु jātakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun edit

जातक • (jātaka) stem, n

Abbreviation of जातकर्मन् (jātakarman). (MBh. i, 949; BhP. v, 14, 33)
nativity, astrological calculation of a nativity (VarBṛ. xxvi, 3; BhP. i; Kathās. lxxii, 192; Rājat. vii, 1730)
jataka, the story of previous reincarnations of Gautama Buddha (Buddh.; Kathās. lxxii, 120)
(at the end of compounds, after numerals) an aggregate of similar things
चतुर्जातक ― caturjātaka ― an aggregate of four substances

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of जातक (jātaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जातकम् jātakam	जातके jātake	जातकानि / जातका¹ jātakāni / jātakā¹
Vocative	जातक jātaka	जातके jātake	जातकानि / जातका¹ jātakāni / jātakā¹
Accusative	जातकम् jātakam	जातके jātake	जातकानि / जातका¹ jātakāni / jātakā¹
Instrumental	जातकेन jātakena	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकैः / जातकेभिः¹ jātakaiḥ / jātakebhiḥ¹
Dative	जातकाय jātakāya	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Ablative	जातकात् jātakāt	जातकाभ्याम् jātakābhyām	जातकेभ्यः jātakebhyaḥ
Genitive	जातकस्य jātakasya	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकानाम् jātakānām
Locative	जातके jātake	जातकयोः jātakayoḥ	जातकेषु jātakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants edit

→ English: jataka
→ Hindi: जातक (jātak)
→ Khmer: ជាតក (ciədɑk)
→ Lao: ຊາດົກ (sā dok)
→ Mongolian: цадиг (cadig)
→ Old Javanese: jātaka
- → Indonesian: jataka
→ Tamil: ஜாதகம் (jātakam)
→ Thai: ชาดก (chaa-dòk)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “जातक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 418, column 1.