As a deity name
Name 482 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अविज्ञाता · noun · masculine
विष्णु · परमेश्व — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अविज्ञाता" is अविज्ञात + -आ: अविज्ञात means "Not understood, not known, not famous or celebrated", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अविज्ञाता" is अविज्ञात + -आ: अविज्ञात means "Not understood, not known, not famous or celebrated", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अविज्ञाता" is अ- + विज्ञाता: विज्ञाता means "(base vijṅātr̤i", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
not perceiving
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member jYAtA unglossed)Multiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "avijñātā" is the nominative of "avijñātṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "avijñātā" is the feminine form of "avijñāta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
a-vijñātṛ mfn. not perceiving, ChUp.
ignorant, Nir. ii, 3
a-vijñāta mfn. unknown, ŚBr. xiv; KenUp.; Mn.
indistinct, doubtful, VS.; ŚBr. &c.
Alternative readings
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