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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Ajit''', variously spelled '''Ajith''', '''Agith''', or '''Ajeet''' ({{lang-sa|अजित}} ''{{IAST|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 (given name)|Ajay]].<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The name is derived from [[Sanskrit]], where its primary meaning is "invincible", "irresistible", "unsurpassed".<ref name="mwsd">{{MWSD}}</ref> The literal meaning is "unconquered", from the prefix ''a-'' "not", and ''jita'' "conquered". It has variously been used to refer to a number of ideological figures, including [[Shiva]] and [[Vishnu]] in [[Hinduism]], [[Maitreya]] in [[Buddhism]] and the second of the [[Arhat (Jainism)|Arhats]] in [[Jainism]] among others.<ref name="mwsd"/><br />
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== People ==<br />
* [[Ajit Agarkar]] (born 1977), Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Ajeet Bajaj]] (born 1965), Indian adventurer<br />
* [[Ajit Bandyopadhyay (actor)]], a Bengali actor<br />
* [[Ajit Bhattacharjea]] (1924–2011), newspaper editor, ''[[Hindustan Times|The Hindustan Times]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]''<br />
* [[Ajit Jain]] (born 1951), an Indian-born businessman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group<br />
* [[Ajit Jogi]] (born 1946), a member of the Indian parliament<br />
* [[Ajita Kesakambali]], ancient Indian philosopher<br />
* [[Ajith Kumar]] (born 1971), Tamil film actor<br />
* [[Ajit Khan]] (1922–1998), screen name of Indian film actor Hamid Ali Khan<br />
* [[Ajith C. S. Perera]] (born 1956), Sri Lankan disability activist, former cricket umpire<br />
* [[Ajeet Singh Kharkhari]] (born 1965), Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
* [[Ajit Singh (disambiguation)]], several people<br />
* [[Ajith Kumar Siriwardena]], [[Sri Lankan Briton]] professor of hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery <br />
* [[Ajit Pai]] (born 1973), American attorney and former chairman of the [[Federal Communications Commission]]<br />
* [[Ajit Pai (cricketer)]] (born 1945), Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Ajit Wadekar]] (born 1941), a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket tea<br />
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=== Fictional characters ===<br />
* [[Ajit Bandyopadhyay (character)]], fictional character in the detective series ''Byomkesh Bakshi''<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* {{Intitle|Ajit}}<br />
* {{Intitle|Ajith}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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