ind. A particle meaning:- 1 At all, ever, at any time, possibly; kiṃ tena jātu jātena māturyauvanahāriṇā Pt. 1. 26; na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati Ms. 2. 94; Ku. 5. 55.

2 Perhaps, sometimes; R. 19. 7.

3 Once, once upon a time, sometime, at some day.

4 Used with the po- tential mood jātu has the sense of ‘not allowing or putting up with’; jātu tatrabhavānvṛṣalaṃ yājayennāvakalpayāmi (na marṣayāmi) Sk....

ind. (jan? cf. jan/uṣā, s.v. n/us) at all, ever RV. x, 27, 11; S3Br. ii, 2, 2, 20 (t/u) MBh. v, 7071; Pan5cat. i, 1, 6 (kiṃ tenajātena, what is the use at all of him born?) 418,2 78760 ind. ([ when j/ātu stands at the beginning of a sentence the verb which follows retains its accent Pa1n2. 8-1, 47; in connection with the Pot. and nāvakalpayāmi &c (iii, 3, 147) or with the pr. (iii, 3, 142) jātu expresses censure...