Jaghanyaguna, Jaghanyaguṇa, Jaghanya-guna: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJaghanyaguṇa (जघन्यगुण):—[=jaghanya-guṇa] [from jaghanya > jaghana] m. the lowest of the 3 Guṇas (tamas), [Bhagavad-gītā xiv, 18; Mahābhārata xiv, 999.]
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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Partial matches: Jaghanya, Guna.
Starts with: Jaghanyagunavrittistha.
Full-text: Jaghanyagunavrittistha, Jaghanya, Vrittita.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 5.34 - Atoms of the lowest degrees of attributes (jaghanya-guṇa) < [Chapter 5 - The Non-living Substances]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 14.18 < [Chapter 14 - Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga]