The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Jayati
Jayati (jeti, jin!ti) [Sk. jayati, ji to have power, to con- quer, cp. jaya=bi/ a; trans. of which the intrans. is
jin!ti to lose power, to become old (see j"rati)] to conquer, surpass; to pillage, rob, to overpower, to defeat. -
- Pres. [jayati] jeti J ii.3; jin!ti Sn 439; Dh 354; J i.289; iv.71. -- Pot. jeyya Com. on Dh 103; jine Dh 103=J
ii.4=VvA 69; 3rd pl. jineyyu' S i.221 (opp. par!jeyyu'). -- Ppr. jaya' Dh 201. -- Fut. jessati Vv 332;
jayissati ib.; jinissati J ii.183. -- Aor. jini J i.313; ii.404; ajini Dh 3; pl. jini'su S i.221 (opp. par!ji'su), 224
(opp. par!ji'su, with v. l. ˚jini'su); A iv.432 (opp. ˚jiyi'su, with v. l. ˚jini'su). Also aor. ajesi DhA i.44
(=ajini). -- Proh. (m!) j"yi J iv.107. -- Ger. jetv! Sn 439; jetv!na It 76. -- Inf. jinitu' J vi.193; VvA 69. --
Grd. jeyya Sn 288 (a˚); jinitabba VvA 69 (v. l. jetabba). -- Pass. j"yati (see par!˚), j"yati is also Pass. to
jarati -- Caus. 1. jay!peti to wish victory to, to hail (as a respectful greeting to a king) J ii.213, 369, 375;
iv.403. -- 2. j!payati to cause to rob, to incite, to plunder M i.231; It 22=J iv.71 (v. l. h!payati)= Miln 402; J
vi.108 (to annul); Miln 227. -- Des. jigi'sati (q. v.). -- pp. jina & jita (q. v.).
Jay!
Jay! f. [Vedic j!y!] wife only in cpd. jayampatik!, the lady of the house and her husband, the two heads of
the household. That the wife should be put first might seem suggestive of the matriarchate, but the
expression means just simply "the pair of them," and the context has never anything to do with the
matriarchate. husband & wife, a married couple S ii.98; J i.347; iv.70, of birds. See also j!yampatik!.
Jara
Jara (adj.) (˚ -- ) [See jarati] old, decayed (in disparaging sense), wretched, miserable; -- ûdap!na' a spoilt
well J iv.387; -- gava=˚go*a Pv i.81; -- go*a [cp. Sk. jaradgava] a decrepit, old bull J ii.135; -- sakka "the
old S." J iv.389; -- s!l! a tumble -- down shed PvA 78.
Jarat!
Jarat! (f.) [see jarati] old age Dhs 644# (r(passa j. decay of form); Vism 449.
Jarati
Jarati [Vedic jarati & j"ryati, *ger! to crush, to pound, overcome (cp. jayati); as intrs. to become brittle, to
be consumed, to decay, cp. Lat. granum, Goth kaúrn, E. etc. corn] to suffer destruction or decay, to become
old, in two roots, viz. 1. jar [jarati] in Caus. jarayati to destroy, to bring to ruin J v.501=vi.375. -- 2. j"r [Sk.
j"ryati] see j"yati, j"rati, j"rayati, j"r!peti. -- Pp. ji**a. -- Cp. also jara, jar!, jajjara, j"ra*at!.
Jar!
Jar! (f.) & (older) jaras (nt.) [of the latter only the instr. jaras! in use: Sn 804, 1123 (=jar!ya Nd2 249). --
Sk. jar! & jara1 to *ger!: see jarati; cp. Gr. gh_ras, ge/ras, grau_s old age, etc. See also j"ra*a(t!)] decay,
decrepitude, old age Vin i.10, 34; A i.51, 138 (as Death's messenger); v.144 sq. (bhabbo jara' pah!tu'); Sn
311 (cp. D iii.75); J i.59; Th 2, 252 sq.; Vism 502 (def. as twofold & discussed in its valuation as dukkha).
Defined as "y! tesa' satt!na' tamhi tamhi sattanik!ye jar! j"ra*at! kha*.icca' p!licca' valittacat! !yuno
sa'h!ni indriy!na' parip!ko" D ii.305=M i.49= S ii.2=Nd2 252= Dhs 644, cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 195. --
Frequently combd with mara*a (maccu, etc.) "decay & death" (see under j!ti as to formulas): ˚mara*a, D
ii.31 sq.; M i.49; Sn 575; ˚maccu Sn 581, 1092, 1094. ajar!mara not subject to decay & death (cp. ajajjara)
Th II, 512; Pv ii.611; Vv 6311; J iii.515. -- ghara the house of age (adj.) like a decayed house Th 2, 270 (=
ji**agharasadisa ThA 213). -- jajjara feeble with age J i.59; -- ji**a decrepit with age PvA 148; -- dhamma
subject to growing old A i.138, 145; ii.172, 247; iii.54 sq., 71 sq.; -- patta old J iii.394; iv.403; -- bhaya fear
of old age A i.179; ii.121; -- vata the wind of age DhA iv.25. -- sutta the Suttanta on old age, N. of Sutta
Nip!ta iv.6 (p. 157 sq.; beginning with "appa' vata j"vita' ida'"), quoted at DhA iii.320.