Ajit (given name)
Ajit, variously spelled Ajith, Agith or Ajeet (Sanskrit: अजित ajita) is a common male given name. It is used in its various forms throughout India and also in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. A related name is Ajay.
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Etymology
The name is derived from Sanskrit, where its primary meaning is "invincible", "irresistible", "unsurpassed".[1] The literal meaning is "unconquered", from the prefix a- "not", and jita "conquered". It has variously been used to refer to a number of mythological figures, including Shiva and Vishnu in Hinduism, Maitreya in Buddhism and the second of the Arhats in Jainism among others.[1]
People
- Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer
- Ajeet Bajaj, Indian adventurer
- Ajit Bandyopadhyay (character), fictional character in the detective series Byomkesh Bakshi
- Ajit Bandyopadhyay (actor), a Bengali actor
- Ajit Bhattacharjea (1924 – 2011), newspaper editor, The Hindustan Times, The Times of India and The Indian Express
- Ajit Jain, an Indian-born businessman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group
- Ajit Jogi, a member of the Indian parliament
- Ajita Kesakambali, ancient Indian philosopher
- Ajith Kumar, Tamil film actor
- Ajit Khan, screen name of Indian film actor Hamid Ali Khan
- Ajith C. S. Perera, Sri Lankan disability activist, former cricket umpire
- Ajeet Singh Kharkhari (born 1965), Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Ajit Wadekar, a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team
- Chaudhary Ajit Singh, member of Indian parliament from Uttar Pradesh
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