Ajaneya, ĀԱⲹ, Աⲹ: 15 definitions
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Ajaneya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaĀԱⲹ (आजानेय).—A species of good horses. (Śloka 10, Chapter 270, Vana Parva, Ѳٲ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexĀԱⲹ (आजानेय).—The country noted for horses.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 16. 17.
Ajaneya (अजने�) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. VIII.4.96) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning Ajaneya) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraĀԱⲹ (आजानेय, “well-trained�) is a title given to the Bhikṣus that accompanied the Buddha when he went to Gṛdhrakūṭaparvata at RᲹgṛha according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter VI). Accordingly, “fools () do not know how to watch over the sense organs. Not having cut wrong views (ṛṣṭi) inspired by passion (岵), hatred (屹ṣa) and delusion (moha), they are untamed like a bad horse. That is why the Arhats are called ĀԱⲹ�.
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā1) ĀԱⲹ (आजानेय) refers to a “noble birth�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva collect all qualities of the Buddha by thorough practice (DzԾś-Dz)? [...] The meditation is the cause of happiness and noble birth (Աⲹ); the Bodhisattva completes the accumulations for peaceful meditation with happiness and noble birth (pramuditacitta-Աⲹ); he, having transferred the accumulations of peaceful meditation into omniscience, fulfils the perfection of meditation. [...]�.
2) ĀԱⲹ (आजानेय) refers to “good (well-bred) (horses)�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā.—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva Apāyajaha addressed himself to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pacify three evil existences�. [...] Then, the rain of gifts, such as [...] chariots drawn by four cattle, sixteen cattle, and a thousand of good horses (aśva-Աⲹ), poured down from the open space. [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryԱⲹ (अजानेय).�a. Of high breed, powerful, fearless, undaunted (as a horse).
-ⲹ� A horse of high breed. See आजानेय (Աⲹ).
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ĀԱⲹ (आजानेय).�a. (-ī f.)
1) Of good breed (as a horse); आजानेय� दन्तिनस्त्रस्यति स्� (ājāneyo dantinastrasyati sma) Śiśupālavadha 18.23.
2) Of noble birth, fearless, undaunted.
-ⲹ� A well-bred horse; शक्तिभ�- र्भिन्नहृदया� स्खलन्तोऽप� पद� पद� � आजानन्ति यत� संज्ञामाजानेयास्तत� स्मृता� (śaktibhi- rbhinnahṛdayā� skhalanto'pi pade pade | ājānanti yata� saṃjñāmājāneyāstata� smṛtā�) || Śabdak.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀԱⲹ (आजानेय) or Ājāniya or Ājānya.—see Ჹnya.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀԱⲹ (आजानेय).—m.
(-ⲹ�) A horse of a good breed. E. aja to go, ñ affix, Ჹ going: Աⲹ to be taken: who carries the rider through all opposition, &c.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀԱⲹ (आजानेय).—i. e. -Ჹ + i + eya, I. adj. f. ī, Of good race, Ѳٲ 2, 1733. Ii. m. A horse of good breed, draup. 7, 10.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ĀԱⲹ (आजानेय):—[from -Ჹ] a mf(ī)n. of noble origin, of good breed (as a horse), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Ѳٲ]
2) [v.s. ...] originating or descending from (in [compound]), [Buddhist literature]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a well-bred horse, [Ѳٲ iii, 15704.]
4) b and neyya See -√j.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryԱⲹ (अजानेय):—I. m.
(-ⲹ�) A horse of a good breed. See Աⲹ. Ii. m. f. n.
(-ⲹ�-yā-yam) Fearless, undaunted. E. See Աⲹ, the initial being made short.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀԱⲹ (आजानेय):�(ⲹ�) 1. m. A horse of a good breed, high-mettled.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAjānēya (ಅಜಾನೇಯ):—[noun] a horse of high breed.
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Ājānēya (ಆಜಾನೇಯ):—[adjective] (said of horses) of good breed; of a good family.
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Ājānēya (ಆಜಾನೇಯ):—[noun] a well-bred horse.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Ashvajaneya, Ajanaya, Ajaniya, Shushrushana, Ajanya, Pramuditacitta, Pramudita, Khadukata, Prapta, Ajanati, Khatuka, Purushadamyasarathi.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section 7 < [Karna Parva]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
Section 7.5 - pancami devadatta-kathanika < [Sanskrit text]
List of Mahabharata tribes (by Laxman Burdak)
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XII(a) - The Jātaka of the female elephant (hastin or hastinī) (prose) < [Volume III]
Chapter XXII - Enlightenment of Dīpaṃkara < [Volume I]
Chapter XXXI - Ghatikāra and Jyotipāla < [Volume I]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 5 - Pañcamātra Bhikṣusahasra (section of five thousand arhats) < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
IV. The perfections are causes and conditions of the thirty-two marks < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]
6. Birth and the thirty-two marks (lakṣaṇa) < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]