Hindi

Noun

आज्ञा • ‎(āggyā) f ‎(Urdu spelling آجنا)

1. order, command

   उसकी आज्ञा नहीं टल सकती।‎

   uskī ājñā nahī̃ ṭal saktī.

   His order cannot be reverted.

   अपने पिता की आज्ञा का पालन करो।‎

   apne pitā kī ājñā kā pālan karo.

   Obey the commands of your father.

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.

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

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

Descendants

• Thai: อาณา ‎(aa-naa) (aanaa)

References

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