Talk:Janapada
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Janas?
[edit]It seems like someone took the word jana and appended an s to pluralise it, but I don't know Sanskrit so I am not sure whether this is actually the case. --Joshua Issac (talk) 20:37, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- I know some basic Sanskrit.
- the word Jana actually refers to people, it is actually written janaH. Pada has multiple meanings, the primary of them referring to foot.It could also refer to a site or abode or home.So janapada translated correctly would mean "people's abode". Janapadas were what we call districts today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquariangospel (talk • contribs) 03:05, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- I know that jana means people because it appears in other Indic languages, but I am not sure whether janas is valid, as the Etymology section of the article treats it as. --Joshua Issac (talk) 18:50, 7 June 2014 (UTC)