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avajānāti

pr 3rd sg of avajānāti (verb)

1. denies; disagrees; does not accept; lit. knows down
2. despises; disdains; looks down (on); is condescending (to); lit. knows down

Etymology. ava + jānā + ti; from √ñā 'know'; Sanskrit avajānāti [avajñā]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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