As a deity name
Name 26 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 69 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 133 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 95 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अज़
from, by
Śabdasāgara also records: जिसका जन्म न हो । जन्म के बंधन से रहित । अजन्मा । स्वयंभू
Cited formation "अज" is अ- + ज: ज means "the eighth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अज" is अ- + ज: ज means "the eighth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian از (az).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a he-goat, ram [cf. Gk. αἴξ,αἰγός; Lith. oẓys]
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aja" is the vocative of "ajā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. aja m. a drove, troop (of Maruts), AV.
a driver, mover, instigator, leader
N. of Indra, of Rudra, of one of the Maruts [aja eka-pā, RV., and aja eka-pāda, AV.], of Agni, of the sun, of Brahmā, of Viṣṇu, of Śiva, of Kāma (cf. 2. a-ja)
the leader of a flock
a he-goat, ram [cf. Gk. αἴξ,αἰγός; Lith. oẓys]
ajā (ā), f. N. of Prakṛti, of Māyā or Illusion See a-jā (s.v. 2. a-jā)
a she-goat
Alternative readings
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