ajā अजा – female Unborn; unborn female

Original text · English · substantive feminine

ajā ajā, f. a goat; Prakṛti; Māyā. See s.v. 1. aja, where the compounds of ajā will also be found.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

ajā f. ein best. Spruch ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 18,4,1. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 18,5,1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Original text · English · substantive feminine

ajā [na jāyate ityajā] 1 (According to Sāṃkhya philosophy) Prakṛti or Māyā; the verse which refers to ajā, (ajāmekāṃ lohitaśuklakṛṣṇāṃ &c.) is interpreted by the Vedāntins as referring to the prakṛti consisting of tejas, ap and anna, See Ś. B. 2 A she-goat. Comp. — galastanaḥ the fleshy protuberance or nipple hanging down from the neck of goats; (fig.) an emblem of anything worthless or useless; dharmārtha kāmamokṣāṇāṃ yasyaikopi na vidyate . ˚stanasyeva tasya janma nirarthakaṃ .. stanavadavalaṃbate yaḥ kaṃṭhe 'jānāṃ maṇiḥ sa vijñeyaḥ Bṛ. S. 65. 3. — jīvaḥ, -pālakaḥ a goatherd, See ajajīva &c. — taulvaliḥ [śāka˚ gaṇa] N. of a sage who lived on the milk of goats (ajādugdhena vartamānaḥ).

Original text · French · substantive feminine

ajā ajā f. de aja, chèvre.