आज्ञाājñā

आज्ञा (ājñā) is a Sanskrit word meaning to perceive, notice, or understand, to order, command, or direct, to assure, authority, unlimited power, the tenth lunar mansion, without permission. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Order, Command, Direction, Derivatives and Related Concepts: Obedience, Disobedience, Servant, Permission, Allowance.

Root: ज्ञा (jñā)
Etymology: E. आङ्, ज्ञा to know, and अङ् aff
Definitions: 22

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Meanings by context

Order, Command, Direction

10 definitions

order, command

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An order, command

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

command, order

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An order or command

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An order, command, or direction.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Order, command

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An order or command.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An order. 2. Authority.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Command, order, permission

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An order or command. 2. Allowance or permission.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Permission, Allowance

2 definitions

without permission

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Permission or allowance

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Nomenclatures (Proper Names, Technical/Mystical Terms)

2 definitions

the tenth lunar mansion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a name of Lalita

— The Purana Index

Verbal Root and Etymology (Knowing, Perceiving; Ordering)

2 definitions

1. To perceive, notice, or understand. 2. To order, command, or direct. 3. To assure.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. To know, understand, or perceive. 2. To publish, order, command, direct, or assure.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Authority, Power

1 definition

authority, unlimited power

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.