Ajnatavasa, Ajñātavāsa, Ajnata-vasa: 5 definitions
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Ajnatavasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryajñātavāsa (अज्ञातवास).—m (S ajñāta Unknown, vāsa Abiding or abode.) Living in concealment or seclusion.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishajñātavāsa (अज्ञातवास).—m Living in concealment.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAjñātavāsa (अज्ञातवास).—remaining incognito (said of the Pāṇḍavas); हंसाः संप्रति पाण्डवा इव वनादज्ञातचर्यां गताः (haṃsāḥ saṃprati pāṇḍavā iva vanādajñātacaryāṃ gatāḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.6. Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.185.89.
Derivable forms: ajñātavāsaḥ (अज्ञातवासः).
Ajñātavāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ajñāta and vāsa (वास). See also (synonyms): ajñātacaryā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjñātavāsa (अज्ञातवास):—[=a-jñāta-vāsa] [from a-jñāta > a-jña] mfn. whose dwelling is unknown.
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 corpusAjñātavāsa (ಅಜ್ಞಾತವಾಸ):—
1) [noun] a living without being identified.
2) [noun] a place of living not known to others;3) [noun] ಅಜ್ಞಾತವಾಸದಲ್ಲೂ ಅಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳ ಕಾಟ ತಪ್ಪಲಿಲ್ಲ [ajnatavasadallu ajnanigala kata tappalilla] ajñātavāsadallu ajnānigaḷa kāṭa tappalilla (prov.) despite one’s efforts to avoid botheration, botheration never leaves him.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Ajnata, Vasa, Vaca.
Full-text: Ajnata, Ajnatacarya, Bharatayuddha, Uttara, Vasa.
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