f. [jan-ktin] 1 Birth, pro- duction; Pt. 1. 38; Ms. 2. 148.

2 The form of existence fixed by birth.

3 Race, family, lineage, rank.

4 A caste, tribe or class (of men); are mūḍha jātyā cedavadhyo'haṃ eṣā sā jātiḥ parityaktā Ve. 3; (the primary castes of the Hindus are only four: brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra).

5 A class, genus, kind, species; paśujātiḥ, puṣpajātiḥ &c.

6 The properties which are...