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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 10, col. 1.
    ajā ajā, f. a goat; Prakṛti; Māyā. See s.v.

    1. aja, where the compounds of ajā will also be found.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 113, col. 1.
    ajā́, f. she-goat. [see aja.]

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 23, col. 3.
    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 goat-herd, See ajajīva &c.

    — taulvaliḥ [śāka° gaṇa] N. of a sage who lived on the milk of goats (ajādugdhena vartamānaḥ).

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 5, col. 1.
    ajā ajā́, f. goat.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 9, col. 2.
    ajā a (ā), f. N. of Prakṛti, of Māyā or Illusion See a-jā (s.v. 2. a-jā)
    ☞ p. 9, col. 2.
    a she-goat
    ☞ p. 9, col. 2.
    N. of a plant whose bulbs resemble the udder of a goat, Suśr.
    ☞ p. 9, col. 3.
    a-jā b (ā), f. N. of Prakṛti, Māyā or Illusion (See also 1. ajá and 1. ajana).
    ☞ p. 10, col. 1.
    ajā c f. a she-goat. See 1. ajá.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 31.
    ajā [na jāyate ityajā] 1 (According to Sāṅkhya Philosophy) Prakṛti or Māyā, the verse which refers to ajā, (ajāmekāṃ lohitaśuklakṛṣṇām &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; dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yasyaiko'pi na vidyate | ˚stanasyeva tasya janma nirarthakam || stanavadavalambate yaḥ kaṇṭhe 'jānāṃ maṇiḥ sa vijñeyaḥ Bṛ. S.65.3. -jīvaḥ, -pālakaḥ a goat-herd, See ajajīva &c. -taulvaliḥ [śāka ˚gaṇa] N. of a sage who lived on the milk of goats (ajādugdhena vartamānaḥ).

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 11, col. 2.
    ajā ajā f. de aja, chèvre.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 4, col. 1.
    ajā f. (fem. aja) capra (gr. lith. oszkà, russ.

    praefixo sicut in kostj = asthi ).

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 18.
    ajā , strī, (na jāyate notpadyate api tu utpadyate
    na + jan + karttari ḍa nañ samāsaḥ . atra nañ-
    śabdaḥ śiraścālane . ādyāśaktipakṣe nañniṣe-
    dhārthaḥ, ajāmekāṃ lohitaśuklakṛṣṇāṃ namāma iti
    sāṅkhyatattvakaumudyāṃ .) chāgī . ityamaraḥ .. māyā .
    ādyā śaktiḥ . iti purāṇaṃ .. (“ajāmekāṃ lo-
    hitakṛṣṇaśuklāṃ bahvīḥ prajāḥ sṛjamānāṃ sarū-
    pām ajo hyeko juṣamāṇo'nuśete jahātyenāṃ
    bhuktabhogyāmajo'nyaḥ” — iti śvetāśvataropani-
    ṣad ..) oṣadhibhedaḥ . (yathā suśrute, —
    “ajā mahauṣadhī jñeyā śaṅkhakundendupāṇḍurā” .)

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 31.
    Ajā — born of Yaśodā — Māyā (s.v);1 the energy of the

    Creator — through her, Hari is spoken of in nine forms.2 [Footnote] 1) Bhā. X. 3. 47; 13. 52. [Footnote] 2) Ib., XI. 9. 28; XII. 11. 31.