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The Sanskrit Ja means “born” “produced” “race” “tribe” “birth” “offspring”, Jan means “generate” “beget” “cause” “create” “grow”, Jana means “birth” “tribe” “people” “race” “man” “origin”, Janus means “birth” “descent” “class”, Jani means “wife” “mother” woman”, […]

The Sanskrit “jam” means “to eat” “to continually consume”, the Sanskrit “jambha” means “swallowing” “tooth” “set of teeth” “tusk” “jaws” “mouth” we have “jambhaka” meaning “crushing” “devouring” “yawning” and we have “jambuka” meaning “jackal” We […]

The Sanskrit jan has been described as “that which comes ( J ) from the waters ( AN )” the dictionary defines jan as “generate” “beget” “cause” “create” “take birth” and “grow”. It seems to […]

The Sanskrit word for knee is “janu” meaning “that which causes forward motion”. We see “janu” in the Latin “genu” the Greek “gony” the French “genou” the Romanian “genunchi” and the Lithuanian “jungti” meaning knee […]

Auspicious endeavours require auspicious “beginnings” hence the most popular Roman god was “Janus” the god of “beginnings”. His wise old face looks to the past, a book one can easily read, his youthful face seeks […]

In the great Srimad Bhagavatam composed over 5000 years ago we find the story of the great Asura “Jarasandha”. Jarasandha took birth in two halves which were subsequently dumped in a forest. An old witch […]