ज्ञान

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[edit] Hindi

[edit] Noun

ज्ञान  (gyān) m.

  1. knowledge

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[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Noun

ज्ञान (jñāna) n.

  1. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality)
  2. "knowledge about anything cognizance" (compare ज्ञानतस् (jñānatas) and अज्ञान (ajñāna))
    jñānād a-jñānād vā — knowingly or ignorantly
  3. conscience
  4. = ज्ञानेन्द्रिय (jñāne*ndriya)
  5. engaging in (+ genitive, e.g. सर्पिषस् (sarpiṣas), "in sacrifice with clarified butter")
  6. name of a shakti

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[edit] References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0426
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