Buddhyavajnana, Buddhyavajñāna, Buddhi-avajnana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBuddhyavajñāna (बुद्ध्यवज्ञान).—contempt or low opinion for one's understanding; अप्राप्तकालं वचनं बृहस्पतिरपि ब्रुवन् । प्रोप्नोति बृद्ध्यवज्ञानमपमानं च पुष्कलम् (aprāptakālaṃ vacanaṃ bṛhaspatirapi bruvan | propnoti bṛddhyavajñānamapamānaṃ ca puṣkalam) || Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.63.
Derivable forms: buddhyavajñānam (बुद्ध्यवज्ञानम्).
Buddhyavajñāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms buddhi and avajñāna (अवज्ञान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBuddhyavajñāna (बुद्ध्यवज्ञान).—n.
(-naṃ) Disregard of or contempt for one’s understanding. E. buddhi, and avajñāna disrespect.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBuddhyavajñāna (बुद्ध्यवज्ञान):—[=buddhy-avajñāna] [from buddhi > budh] n. disregard or contempt of any one’s understanding, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBuddhyavajñāna (बुद्ध्यवज्ञान):—[buddhya+vajñāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Contempt of another’s undestanding.
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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