अभिज्ञान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna, “recognition”). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) +‎ ज्ञान (jñān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪɡ.jɑːn/, [ɐ.bʱɪɡ.jä̃ːn]

Noun

अभिज्ञान • (abhijñān) m

recognition, remembrance, recollection
identification
Synonym: पहचान (pahcān)

Declension

Declension of *अभिज्ञान* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अभिज्ञान abhijñān	अभिज्ञान abhijñān
oblique	अभिज्ञान abhijñān	अभिज्ञानों abhijñānõ
vocative	अभिज्ञान abhijñān	अभिज्ञानो abhijñāno

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अभिज्ञान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 48
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अभिज्ञान”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 37
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अभिज्ञान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 272

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit अभि- (abhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna)

Sanskrit अभिज्ञान

From अभि- (abhi-) + ज्ञान (jñāna).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अभिज्ञान • (abhijñāna) stem, n

recognition, remembrance, recollection
sign or token of remembrance
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.74:
  निवेदयित्वा ऽभिज्ञानं प्रवृत्तिं च निवेद्य च ।
  समाश्वास्य च वैदेहीं मर्दयामास तोरणम् ॥
  nivedayitvā ʼbhijñānaṃ pravṛttiṃ ca nivedya ca.
  samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṃ mardayāmāsa toraṇam.
  Having delivered the token of remembrance [ring] and telling the happenings, having consoled Sītā, he crushed the gate.
any sign or token serving as a proof for (locative case or with प्रति (prati))

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अभिज्ञान
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अभिज्ञानम् (abhijñānam)	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानानि (abhijñānāni) अभिज्ञाना¹ (abhijñānā¹)
accusative	अभिज्ञानम् (abhijñānam)	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानानि (abhijñānāni) अभिज्ञाना¹ (abhijñānā¹)
instrumental	अभिज्ञानेन (abhijñānena)	अभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (abhijñānābhyām)	अभिज्ञानैः (abhijñānaiḥ) अभिज्ञानेभिः¹ (abhijñānebhiḥ¹)
dative	अभिज्ञानाय (abhijñānāya)	अभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (abhijñānābhyām)	अभिज्ञानेभ्यः (abhijñānebhyaḥ)
ablative	अभिज्ञानात् (abhijñānāt)	अभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (abhijñānābhyām)	अभिज्ञानेभ्यः (abhijñānebhyaḥ)
genitive	अभिज्ञानस्य (abhijñānasya)	अभिज्ञानयोः (abhijñānayoḥ)	अभिज्ञानानाम् (abhijñānānām)
locative	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानयोः (abhijñānayoḥ)	अभिज्ञानेषु (abhijñāneṣu)
vocative	अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna)	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानानि (abhijñānāni) अभिज्ञाना¹ (abhijñānā¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

प्रत्यभिज्ञान (pratyabhijñāna)

Descendants

Pali: abhiññāṇa
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡 (ahiṇṇāṇa)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अभिज्ञान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 62.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “abhijñāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “अभिज्ञान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 172
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अभिज्ञान”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 23
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “abhijñāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 23