Ajnana, Ajñāna, Ājñāna: 30 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAjñāna (अज्ञान):—1. (3. a + jñāna) n.
1) Nichtwissen: ajñānātkṣetrikasya ohne Wissen des Feldbesitzers [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 243.] jñānājñānakṛtam [11, 145. 160.] ajñānāt ohne Wissen, ohne es zu wissen [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 264. 11, 146. 150. 232.] [Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 18.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 12, 75.] = ajñānatas [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 69. 8, 288. 11, 175.] —
2) Unwissenheit [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1374.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 118. 121. 12, 26.] ajñānāvṛtacetasāṃ tiraścām [Pañcatantra II, 34.]
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Ajñāna (अज्ञान):—2. (3. a + jñāna) adj. ohne Kenntniss, unerfahren [Amaruśataka 14.]
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Ājñāna (आज्ञान):—(wie eben) n. das Erkennen, Wahrnehmen: saṃjñānamājñānaṃ vijñānaṃ prajñānam [Aitareyopaniṣad 5, 2.] [] : = ājñapti .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAjñāna (अज्ञान):—1. n. —
1) das Nichtwissen ; Unwissenheit , Unverstand [211,32.257,14.] [Indische sprüche 110.7853.] ajñānāt und ajñānatas ohne Wissen [43,9.153,25.28.] —
2) Bez. der Urmaterie als der letzten materiellen Ursache. Je nachdem sie als ein Gesammtoder als ein Einzelding betrachtet wird , steht ihr als ein von ihr bedingter Intellect der allwissende Gott oder der sogenannte Vernünftige ( prajña) gegenüber. [258,11.fgg.]
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Ajñāna (अज्ञान):—2. Adj. unklug , unerfahren [Indische sprüche 112.]
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Ājñāna (आज्ञान):—n. das Erkennen , Verstehen.
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Starts with (+24): Ajnanabandhana, Ajnanabhurarem, Ajnanabodhini, Ajnanabuddhi, Ajnanacetane, Ajnanadhana, Ajnanadhvantacandabhaskara, Ajnanadhvantadipika, Ajnanadhyapana, Ajnanagata, Ajnanaja, Ajnanajana, Ajnanajnana, Ajnanakaundinya, Ajnanaklesha, Ajnanakrita, Ajnanamdha, Ajnanamohita, Ajnananda, Ajnanandakrama.
Ends with (+249): Abhijnajnana, Abhinibodhikajnana, Acintyajnana, Adarshajnana, Adarshanajnana, Addajnana, Adhyatmajnana, Advayajnana, Adyajnana, Aharyajnana, Aishvaryajnana, Ajnanajnana, Akarajnana, Akhandajnana, Aksharajnana, Alpajnana, Anamtajnana, Anandajnana, Ananuprajnana, Anasravajnana.
Full-text (+66): Amuniya, Ayana, Ajnanabandhana, Ajanana, Rasajnana, Sparshajnana, Nasikavishayajnana, Gandhajnana, Ajnanin, Cuvaryoni, Samajnana, Ajnanatas, Anandajnana, Ajana, Annana, Ajnanatva, Ajnanata, Cakalar, Ajnanavidhvamsana, Aketu.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 14.16 < [Chapter 14 - Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Verse 16.4 < [Chapter 16 - Daivāsura-sampada-yoga]
Verses 13.8-12 < [Chapter 13 - Prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāga-yoga]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 18 - Rāmānujadāsa alias Mahācārya < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
Part 15 - Dialectical criticism against the Śaṅkara School < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
Part 2 - Refutation of Śaṅkara’s avidyā < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 2 - Nature of Knowledge < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Part 4 - A Refutation of the definition of Avidyā (nescience) < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Part 7 - The theory of Avidyā refuted < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 2.5 - Eighteen kinds of kṣāyopaśamika-bhāva < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Verse 9.13 - The afflictions caused by the knowledge-covering karmas < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]
Verse 2.6 - Twenty-one kinds of audāyika-bhāva < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 21 - Dialectic of Śaṅkara and Ānandajñāna < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 26 - Nṛsiṃhāśrama Muni (a.d. 1500) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 22 - Philosophy of the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa (a.d. 1200) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 17 - Vedānta Ethics and Vedānta Emancipation < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 11 - Locus and Object of Ajñāna, Ahaṃkāra, and Antaḥkaraṇa < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 15 - Ātman, Jīva, Īśvara, Ekajīvavāda and Dṛṣṭisṛṣṭivāda < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
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