Jana
Jana,[*genē: see janati.Cp.Gr.gQnos,gόnos; Lat.genus=Fr.gens,to which also similar in meaning] a creature,living being:(a) sg.an individual,a creature,person,man Sn.121,676,807,1023 (sabba everybody).Usually collectively:people,they,one (=Fr.on),with pl.of verb Dh.249 (dadanti); often as mahājana the people,the crowd S.I,115; J.I,167,294; PvA.6; lokamahājana=loka DhA.III,175; or as bahu(j)jana many people,the many A.I,68; Dh.320; DhA.III,175.See also puthujjana.-- (b) pl.men,persons,people,beings:nānā° various living beings Sn.1102 (expld at Nd2 248 as khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā suddā gahaṭṭhā pabbajitā devā manussā.) dve janā J.I,151; II,105; tayo j.J.I,63; III,52; keci janā some people PvA.20.See also Sn.243,598,1077,1121.
--âdhipa a king of men J.II,369; --inda=prec.J.III,280,294; --esabha the leader of men,the best of all people Dh.255; --kāya a body or group of people J.I,28; DhA.I,33 (dve j.:micchā & sammā-diṭṭhikā); Dpvs.I,40; --pada country see sep.; --majjhe (Loc.) before (all) the people J.I,294; Th.2,394; --vāda people’s talk,gossip Sn.973.(Page 278)