आज्ञा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आज्ञा (ājñā, “order, command, authority”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɡ.jɑː/, [äːɡ.jäː]

Noun

आज्ञा • (ājñā) f (Urdu spelling آجنا)

1. order, command

   Synonym: हुक्म (hukma)

   उसकी आज्ञा नहीं टल सकती। ― uskī ājñā nahī̃ ṭal saktī. ― His order cannot be reverted.

   अपके पिता की आज्ञा का पालन करो।

   apke pitā kī ājñā kā pālan karo.

   Obey the commands of your father.

2. (Hinduism, Sikhism) an order or commandment of a spiritual master or guru to a disciple

Declension

Declension of आज्ञा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आज्ञा ājñā	आज्ञाएँ ājñāẽ
oblique	आज्ञा ājñā	आज्ञाओं ājñāõ
vocative	आज्ञा ājñā	आज्ञाओ ājñāo

Derived terms

• आज्ञा करना (ājñā karnā)
• आज्ञा चक्र (ājñā cakra, “third eye, chakra at the eyebrow junction.”)
• आज्ञाकारी (ājñākārī)
  • आज्ञाकारिता (ājñākāritā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आज्ञा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আজ্ঞা (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
• আজ্ঞা (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• အာဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
• આજ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
• ਆਜੑਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
• អាជ្ញា (Khmer script)
• ອາຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
• ആജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଆଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
• ꢃꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ආඥා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஆஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
• ఆజ్ఞా (Telugu script)
• อาชฺญา (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

आ- (ā-) +‎ ज्ञा (jñā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/

Noun

आज्ञा • (ājñā) stem, f

1. order, command (Mn. X, 56, MBh. etc.)
2. authority, unlimited power (Bālar.)
3. name of the tenth lunar mansion (VarBṛ.)
4. permission (Mn. IX, 199)

   अनाज्ञया (an-ā-jñayā) - without permission of (+genitive)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of आज्ञा
Nom. sg.	आज्ञा (ājñā)
Gen. sg.	आज्ञायाः (ājñāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आज्ञा (ājñā)	आज्ञे (ājñe)	आज्ञाः (ājñāḥ)
Vocative	आज्ञे (ājñe)	आज्ञे (ājñe)	आज्ञाः (ājñāḥ)
Accusative	आज्ञाम् (ājñām)	आज्ञे (ājñe)	आज्ञाः (ājñāḥ)
Instrumental	आज्ञया (ājñayā)	आज्ञाभ्याम् (ājñābhyām)	आज्ञाभिः (ājñābhiḥ)
Dative	आज्ञायै (ājñāyai)	आज्ञाभ्याम् (ājñābhyām)	आज्ञाभ्यः (ājñābhyaḥ)
Ablative	आज्ञायाः (ājñāyāḥ)	आज्ञाभ्याम् (ājñābhyām)	आज्ञाभ्यः (ājñābhyaḥ)
Genitive	आज्ञायाः (ājñāyāḥ)	आज्ञयोः (ājñayoḥ)	आज्ञानाम् (ājñānām)
Locative	आज्ञायाम् (ājñāyām)	आज्ञयोः (ājñayoḥ)	आज्ञासु (ājñāsu)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀆𑀡𑀸 (āṇā)
• Pali: āṇā
  • → Tamil: ஆணை (āṇai)
  • → Thai: อาณา (aa-naa)
  • → Sinhalese: අණ (aṇa), ඇණය (æṇaya)
• Punjabi: ਅੱਗਾਯਾ (aggāyā)
• → Assamese: আজ্ঞা (agga)
• → Bengali: আজ্ঞা (ajna), আগ্গাঁ (aggã)
• → Gujarati: આજ્ઞા (ājñā)
• → Hindi: आज्ञा (ājñā)
• → Malayalam: ആജ്ഞ (ājña)
• → Marathi: आज्ञा (ājñā)
• → Nepali: आज्ञा (āgyā), आग्ग्याँ (āggyā̃)
• → Old Javanese: ājñā
• → Odia: ଆଜ୍ଞା (ajña)
• → Sinhalese: ආඥාව (āgnāwa)
• → Tamil: ஆஞ்ஞை (āññai)
• → Telugu: ఆజ్ఞ (ājña)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0133/1.