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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Ājanya (आजन्य) refers to “well-bred horses”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “The great vehicle (mahāyāna) is made with four wheels (cakra), namely with the means of attraction, the spokes (ara) are well fitted as the roots of good have been transformed with intention, [...] it is powered by the power of understanding four holy truths, it has the power of a thousand well-bred horses (ājanya), it goes to all buddha-fields by four magical feet (ṛddhipāda), the horns (śṛṅga) of recollection are bound with the string of a jewel necklace (ratnamālā), it roams widely and broadly since it contains all living beings, it fulfills its function as it subdues enemies and the Māras, [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ajanya (अजन्य).—a. Not fit to be produced; not favourable to mankind.

-nyam [laukikahetubhirna janyate; jan-ṇic-yat] A portentous phenomenon, inauspicious to mankind, such as earth-quake.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ajanya (अजन्य).—(compare Pali ajañña), probably ignoble, debased: ajanyasya brāhmaṇasya putro Mahāvastu i.319.12; 321.16; 323.7; said of Jyotipāla; since he was a friend of a potter's son, [Page007-b+ 71] his father may have been an outcaste brahman. Senart assumes meaning noble, on grounds which I find unconvincing The meaning I assume fits the Pali ajañña, Jāt, ii.437.17 In Mahāvastu iii.119.23 probably read with v.l. anajanyarathā, not ignoble chariots, for ajanya° of text. (Meter is bad in either case.) In Kāraṇḍavvūha 42.10 for na jatyeṣu read perhaps nājanyeṣu, not among ignoble people; see s.v. jatya.

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Ājanya (आजन्य).—also ājaniya, ājānya, ājāniya, ājāneya, adj. (= Pali ājañña, ājāniya, ājānīya, ājāneyya), of noble race, blooded, primarily of animals, especially horses; by extension used of men, especially Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and very rarely (meaning noble) of other, inanimate entities. Tibetan (e.g. Mahāvyutpatti 1080, 4769, etc.) regularly renders caṅ śes (pa), omniscient, falsely interpreting the word as derived from jñā know. In composition, the word in all its forms regu- larly (not always) follows the noun, e.g. aśvājāneya, a blooded horse (orig. perhaps a thoroughbred of a horse?), below. As separate word: of animals, yo aśvavaraṃ damayed ājāneyan (= °yaṃ) va saindhavaṃ Udānavarga xix.7; ājāneyā hayottamāḥ Mahāvastu ii.487.20; iii.22.11; compare yuktāni ājānyarathāni Mahāvastu iii.441.10 chariots of (drawn by) blooded (horses), all hitched up; ājāneyau dvau balīvardhāv Lalitavistara 381.7; ājăniyo hastipoto Mahāvastu iii.130.7 (prose, no v.l.); of men, ājāneyānāṃ sattvānāṃ Gaṇḍavyūha 322.8; °neyaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 1080, of śrāvakas; °neya ity ucyate Lalitavistara 425.19, of the Tathāgata; ājāneyo kahin ti nāma (so Senart em., mss. kāma) bhoti Mahāvastu iii.397.14, answered by…ājāneyo (v.l. °ya) tam (Senart em. ti tam) āhu bhūriprajñā (mss. °jño) 398.12; voc. ājanya, addressed to Buddha, namas te muktā- yājanya (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 4.22; compare Divyāvadāna 617.16 ājāneya-mānā, paying reverence to the Noble One (the Buddha); in Kāśyapa Parivarta 9.5 and 10.5 dāntājāneya-prāpta; 9.14; 10.17 and 20 ājanya- prāpta, all of Bodhisattvas (compare 10.1 ājāneyā bodhisattvāḥ), become noble (steeds), see s.v. prāpta; the figure of a horse is surely intended here, since there is contrast with Kāśyapa Parivarta 9.1 bodhisattva-khaḍuṅkāḥ, the latter (q.v.) being a term pertaining in its literal sense to horses; here may also belong Mahāvastu ii.264.14 ājāneya-vikrāntaṃ vikramantam, said of the Bodhisattva, striding with the stride of a blooded horse, or of a noble person (compare the next following mahāpuru- ṣavikrāntaṃ vikr°), but possibly striding with a noble stride (compare the preceding aparājitavikrāntaṃ vikr°), as in the next example; as prior member of karmadhāraya cpds. or bahuvrīhis based on them, occasionally noble, distinguished, in application to other than animate beings: catasra imā…ājāneya-gatayo bodhisattvenānugantavyāḥ Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 14.13, noble procedures (listed as sugatipratilābha, guruśuśrūṣaṇā, prāntaśayyāsanābhirati, pratibhānapra- tilābha; is the literal meaning gaits of a blooded horse?); ājāneya-svaraḥ Mahāvastu iii.343.5 could, then, also be taken as having a noble sound (epithet of the Buddha's voice), but in view of the preceding vṛṣabhasvaraḥ and the following krauñcasvaraḥ it probably means having the sound of a blooded (horse) and belongs above; once, at least, this adj. precedes in composition the name of the animal to which it is applied, ājāneya-hasty-upetān Śikṣāsamuccaya 26.14; but regularly this order is reversed (as in such cpds. as nara-śārdūla) and we find aśvājāneya, m. (lit. thoroughbred of a horse) Mahāvyutpatti 4773 (misunderstood [Boehtlingk] s.v. ājāneya); Divyāvadāna 510.21, 22; 511.1 ff.; Mahāvastu ii.270.11 (mss.); Gaṇḍavyūha 400.13; Śikṣāsamuccaya 28.3 (ms. aśvāyāneyān); bhadrāśvājāneya- Sukhāvatīvyūha 60.8—9; hastyājāneya Mahāvyutpatti 4771; Gaṇḍavyūha 400.12; Śikṣāsamuccaya 27.21; siṃhājāneya Mahāvyutpatti 4769; and (compare above, and Pali puri- sājāneyya) by extension puruṣājāneya (the corruptions puruṣăjāneya and °ṣajāna occur in mss. and sometimes in edd.) Lalitavistara 350.11, corresponds to Mahāvastu i.229.8; Mahāvastu ii.133.8; 284.18; in Mahāvastu i.316.4 ed. em. puruṣājāniyam, mss. cor- [Page090-b+ 71] rupt, reading doubtful; puruṣājanya Mahāvastu iii.109.5 (verse); Bodhisattvabhūmi 50.6 (voc., to the Buddha).

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Ājānya (आजान्य) or Ājāniya or Ājāneya.—see ājanya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ajanya (अजन्य).—n.

(-nyaṃ) A portent, an omen; any natural phenomenon, as an earthquake, &c. so considered. mfn.

(-nyaḥ-nyā-nyaṃ) Not to be born or produced. E. a neg. and janya birth.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ajanya (अजन्य):—[=a-janya] [from a-jana] mfn. improper to be produced or born

2) [v.s. ...] unfit for mankind

3) [v.s. ...] n. any portent unfavourable to mankind, as an earthquake.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ajanya (अजन्य):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.

(-nyaḥ-nyā-nyam) 1) Not to be born or produced.

2) Not fit for or favourable to men. Ii. n.

(-nyam) A portent, an omen, any natural phenomenon as an earthquake &c. so considered. E. a neg. and janya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ajanya (अजन्य):—[a-janya] (nyaṃ) 1. n. A portent, omen.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ajanya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ajanya (ಅಜನ್ಯ):—[adjective] not fit to be born or produced.

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Ajanya (ಅಜನ್ಯ):—[adjective] not favourable to mankind.

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Ajanya (ಅಜನ್ಯ):—[noun] a portentous phenomenon, foreboding evil to mankind; a portent.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Janya, A.

Ends with (+11): Ajivajanya, Anubhavajanya, Arajanya, Asamprajanya, Brahmarajanya, Camatkarajanya, Gamvajanya, Karmajanya, Pancajanya, Panchajanya, Parajanya, Rajanya, Sahajanya, Sajanya, Samanajanya, Samanushyarajanya, Samprajanya, Samyogajanya, Sapitrirajanya, Sarshirajanya.

Full-text: Ajaniya, Ajaneya, Janeya, Shushrushana, Prapta, Jatya, Ratnamala, Riddhipada, Mala, Shringa, Janyavyavahara, Janya.

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