ajanya ( cf. Pali ajañña), prob. ignoble, debased : ajanyasya brāhmaṇasya putro Mv i.319.12 ; 321.16 ; 323.7 ; said of Jyotipāla; since he was a friend of a potterʼs son, [Page007-b] his father may have been an outcaste brahman. Senart assumes mg. noble , on grounds which I find unconvincing The mg. I assume fits the Pali ajañña, Jāt. ii.437.17 . In Mv iii.119.23 prob. read with v.l. anajanyarathā, not ignoble chariots , for ajanya° of text. (Meter is bad in either case.) In Kv 42.10 for na jatyeṣu read perhaps nājanyeṣu, not among ignoble people ; see s.v. jatya .
ajanya a. Not fit to be produced; not favourable to mankind. — nyaM [ lOkikahetuBirna janyate; jan-Ric-yat ] A portentous phenomenon, inauspicious to mankind, such as earthquake.