आज्ञा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आज्ञा • (ājñā) f (Urdu spelling آجنا)

1. order, command

   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.

   Synonym: हुक्म (hukma)

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

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

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Sanskrit

Noun

आज्ञा • (ā-jñā) 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

• Telugu: ఆజ్ఞ (ājña)
• Thai: อาณา (aa-naa) (aanaa)

References

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