आज्ञा

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskrit आज्ञा (ā-jñā, “order, command, authority”)

Noun

आज्ञा • (āggyā) f, Urdu spelling آجنا

1. order, command

   उसकी आज्ञा नहीं टल सकती।

   His order cannot be reverted.

   अपने पिता की आज्ञा का पालन करो।

   Obey the commands of your father.

   आपकी आज्ञा सिर आँखों पर।

   I shall obey your orders with deference.

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

Synonyms

• हुक्म (hukm)

Derived terms

• आज्ञा चक्र (ājña chakra, “third eye”), chakra at the eyebrow junction.

Descendants

• Agia Pneuma (Holy Spirit in Gnosticism).

References

• The Oxford Hindi/English Dictionary published by Oxford University Press 1995, edited by R.S. McGregor.
• Mudrashram Institute of Spiritual Studies - Glossary
• Sikhi-Wiki

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Sanskrit

Noun

आज्ञा (ā-jñā) 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

	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

• Thai: อาณา (aanaa)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0133