Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  None of the demons dared bring up Ravana’s ignominious defeat at the hands of Rama the previous day, but it was foremost in everyone’s minds as they prepared for the war.

Mahabharata:  For Duryodhana, being arrested by the Gandhavas and then released by Bhima and Arjuna in front of the Kuru royal ladies was so ignominious that he decided to end his life by fasting to death.

Bhagavad-gita:  Krishna warned Arjuna that if he left the battlefield, people would consider that act ignominious, which would eventually make Arjuna prefer death to the resulting dishonor.