जेतवन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জেতৱন (Assamese script)
ᬚᬾᬢᬯᬦ (Balinese script)
জেতবন (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰸𑰝𑰪𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑁂𑀢𑀯𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဇေတဝန (Burmese script)
જેતવન (Gujarati script)
ਜੇਤਵਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑍇𑌤𑌵𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦺꦠꦮꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂵𑂞𑂫𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಜೇತವನ (Kannada script)
ជេតវន (Khmer script)
ເຊຕວນ (Lao script)
ജേതവന (Malayalam script)
ᡯᡝᢠᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘹𑘝𑘪𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠽᠧᢐᠠᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧚𑦽𑧊𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐾𑐟𑐰𑐣 (Newa script)
ଜେତଵନ (Odia script)
ꢙꢾꢡꢮꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆼𑆠𑆮𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖸𑖝𑖪𑖡 (Siddham script)
ජෙතවන (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩔𑩫𑩾𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚲𑚙𑚦𑚝 (Takri script)
ஜேதவந (Tamil script)
జేతవన (Telugu script)
เชตวน (Thai script)
ཛེ་ཏ་ཝ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒹𑒞𑒫𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨄𑨙𑨭𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of जेत (jeta, “Jeta”, name of a prince) +‎ वन (vana, “grove”).

Proper noun

जेतवन • (jetavana) stem, n

(Buddhism) the name of a grove near Śrāvastī (where the Buddha promulgated his doctrines).

Descendants

→ Japanese: 祇園 (Gion) (calque)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “जेतवन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 424/3.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.