- अज्ञान _ajñāna
- अज्ञान a. [न. ब.] Ignorant, unwise.-नम् [न. त.] Ignorance, unconsciousness; especially, spirtual igno- rance (अविद्या) which makes one consider his self as distinct from the Supreme spirit and the material world as a reality. According to the Vedāntins, अज्ञान is not merely a negative principle; (ज्ञानस्य अभावः), but a distinct positive principle; oft. identified with माया, प्रकृति &c. See अविद्या aiso In compounds अज्ञान may be translated by 'unawares,' 'inadvertently', 'unconscious- ly'; ˚आचरित, ˚उच्चारित &c.; ˚नतः, -˚नेन, ˚नात् unawares, inadvertently, unconsciously, unwillingly ˚तः स्वचरितं नृपतिः शशंस R.9.77. committed unintentionally or unconsciously.-परीक्षा See अज्ञातवस्तुशास्त्र.
Sanskrit-English dictionary. 2013.