Prajnahina, Prajñāhīna, Prajna-hina: 6 definitions

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Prajnahina means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Prajnahina in Shaktism glossary
Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Prajñāhīna (प्रज्ञाहीन) refers to “one who is foolish”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, while describing the signs of one who is not a Siddha: “He is excessively tall, bald, deformed, short, dwarfish, his nose is ugly or he has black teeth and is wrathful . Some of his limbs are missing and is deceitful, cripple and deformed, foolish [i.e., prajñāhīna], inauspicious, envious, deluded, badly behaved, and violent; without any teacher, he is devoid of the rites, he maligns the Krama without cause, he is not devoted to the Siddhas, he (always) suffers and is without wisdom. He is (always) ill and one should know that he is (always) attached (to worldly objects) and has no scripture. He has no energy and is dull and lazy. Ugly, he lives by cheating and, cruel, he is deluded, and devoid of (any) sense of reality. Such is the characteristic of one who is not accomplished (asiddha) in a past life”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prajnahina in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prajñāhīna (प्रज्ञाहीन).—a. void of wisdom, silly, foolish.

Prajñāhīna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prajñā and hīna (हीन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prajñāhīna (प्रज्ञाहीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Silly, unwise, ignorant. E. prajñā, and hīna void of.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prajñāhīna (प्रज्ञाहीन):—[=pra-jñā-hīna] mfn. destitute of w°, ignorant, silly, unwise, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prajñāhīna (प्रज्ञाहीन):—[prajñā-hīna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Silly.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prajnahina in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prajñāhīna (ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾಹೀನ):—[adjective] = ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾಶೂನ್ಯ [prajnashunya]1.

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Prajñāhīna (ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾಹೀನ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾಶೂನ್ಯ [prajnashunya]2.

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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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