Ajneya, Ajñēya, Ajñeya: 12 definitions
Introduction:
Ajneya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Agyey.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAjñeya (अज्ञेय) refers to “unknowable”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 2).—Accordingly, “Even if all beings in heaven and on earth and all substances (dravya) are not created by time, nevertheless time is immutable (avyaya). That is why it truly exists. But as the Dharma ‘time’ is subtle (sūkṣma), it is invisible (adṛṣya) and unknowable (ajñeya). It is by its effects, flowers (puṣpa), fruits (phala), etc., that its existence may be known and its characteristics (lakṣaṇa) may be seen, such as the past year or present year, long ago or recently, slowly or quickly. Although time is not seen, it is possible to know its existence; for it is by seeing the effect (phala) that one knows the existence of the cause (hetu). That is why a Dharma ‘time’ exists, and as this Dharma ‘time’ is immutable (avyaya), it is eternal (nitya)”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryajñēya (अज्ञेय).—a S Incomprehensible, unintelligible.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishajñēya (अज्ञेय).—a Incomprehensible, unintelligi- ble.
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 dictionaryAjñeya (अज्ञेय).—a. unknowable, unfit to be known. °बादः (bādaḥ) Agnosticism.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀjñeya (आज्ञेय).—f. °yā, adj. (= Pali aññeya, of dhamma), understandable, comprehensible: Mahāvastu i.172.14 °yā vijñeyā…, of Buddha's voice (vācā); iii.342.16 °yaś ca hṛdayaṃ- gamaś ca…, of Buddha's voice (svaraḥ). The opposite is dur-ājñeya (-vihāra-vihāriṇāṃ) Gaṇḍavyūha 471.6, incompre- hensible.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjñeya (अज्ञेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Incomprehensible. E. a neg. jñeya to be known.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjñeya (अज्ञेय).—[adjective] inconceivable, incomprehensible.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjñeya (अज्ञेय):—[=a-jñeya] [from a-jña] mfn. unknowable, unfit to be known.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjñeya (अज्ञेय):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-yaḥ-yā-yam) Incomprehensible. E. a neg. and jñeya.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAjñeya (अज्ञेय) [Also spelled agyey]:—(a) unknowable; ~[tā] unknowability; ~[vāda] agnosticism; ~[vādī] agnostic.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAjñēya (ಅಜ್ಞೇಯ):—[adjective] not knowable; that is beyond one’s cpmprehensive power; incomprehensible.
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Ajñēya (ಅಜ್ಞೇಯ):—[noun] an object which the mind cannot comprehend; an incomprehensible thing.
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)
Starts with: Ajneyatavada, Ajneyatavadi, Ajneyate, Ajneyavada, Ajneyavadi.
Ends with: Aprajneya, Avajneya, Durajneya, Jnatajneya, Kleshajneya, Sarvajneya.
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