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 (derived from meditation on the one Universal Spirit)
  2. "knowledge about anything cognizance" (cf. 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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  • 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