Avajnana, Avajñāna: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvajñāna (अवज्ञान).—Disrespect, disregard, contempt; अवज्ञानसहस्रैस्तु दोषाः कष्टतरा धने (avajñānasahasraistu doṣāḥ kaṣṭatarā dhane) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.177.35. ईप्सितं तदवज्ञानात् विद्धि सार्गल्मात्मनः (īpsitaṃ tadavajñānāt viddhi sārgalmātmanaḥ) R.1.79.
Derivable forms: avajñānam (अवज्ञानम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvajñāna (अवज्ञान).—n.
(-naṃ) Disrespect. E. ava before jñāna knowledge.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvajñāna (अवज्ञान).—i. e. ava-jñā + ana, n. Contempt, [Hitopadeśa] 103, 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvajñāna (अवज्ञान):—[=ava-jñāna] [from ava-jñā] n. ([Pāṇini 3-3, 55]) = 2. ava-jñā, [Raghuvaṃśa i, 79; Hitopadeśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvajñāna (अवज्ञान):—[ava-jñāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Disrespect.
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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.
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Starts with: Avajnanagastotra.
Ends with: Anasravajnana, Asravajnana, Buddhyavajnana, Laghavajnana, Svabhavajnana.
Full-text: Buddhyavajnana, Garh.
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