जातक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

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

Adjective

जातक • (jātaka) stem

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जातक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जातकः (jātakaḥ)	जातकौ (jātakau) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकाः (jātakāḥ) जातकासः¹ (jātakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	जातक (jātaka)	जातकौ (jātakau) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकाः (jātakāḥ) जातकासः¹ (jātakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	जातकम् (jātakam)	जातकौ (jātakau) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकान् (jātakān)
instrumental	जातकेन (jātakena)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकैः (jātakaiḥ) जातकेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of जातका

	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 (jātakayā) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकाभिः (jātakābhiḥ)
dative	जातकायै (jātakāyai)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकाभ्यः (jātakābhyaḥ)
ablative	जातकायाः (jātakāyāḥ) जातकायै² (jātakāyai²)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकाभ्यः (jātakābhyaḥ)
genitive	जातकायाः (jātakāyāḥ) जातकायै² (jātakāyai²)	जातकयोः (jātakayoḥ)	जातकानाम् (jātakānām)
locative	जातकायाम् (jātakāyām)	जातकयोः (jātakayoḥ)	जातकासु (jātakāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of जातक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जातकम् (jātakam)	जातके (jātake)	जातकानि (jātakāni) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)
vocative	जातक (jātaka)	जातके (jātake)	जातकानि (jātakāni) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)
accusative	जातकम् (jātakam)	जातके (jātake)	जातकानि (jātakāni) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)
instrumental	जातकेन (jātakena)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकैः (jātakaiḥ) जातकेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

जातक • (jātaka) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जातक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जातकः (jātakaḥ)	जातकौ (jātakau) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकाः (jātakāḥ) जातकासः¹ (jātakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	जातक (jātaka)	जातकौ (jātakau) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकाः (jātakāḥ) जातकासः¹ (jātakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	जातकम् (jātakam)	जातकौ (jātakau) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)	जातकान् (jātakān)
instrumental	जातकेन (jātakena)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकैः (jātakaiḥ) जातकेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

जातक • (jātaka) stem, n

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

   चतुर्जातक ― caturjātaka ― an aggregate of four substances

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of जातक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जातकम् (jātakam)	जातके (jātake)	जातकानि (jātakāni) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)
vocative	जातक (jātaka)	जातके (jātake)	जातकानि (jātakāni) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)
accusative	जातकम् (jātakam)	जातके (jātake)	जातकानि (jātakāni) जातका¹ (jātakā¹)
instrumental	जातकेन (jātakena)	जातकाभ्याम् (jātakābhyām)	जातकैः (jātakaiḥ) जातकेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → 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

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