ज्ञा

See also: ज्ञ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্ঞা (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
• জ্ঞা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
• જ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
• ជ្ញា (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
• ജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඥා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
• జ్ఞా (Telugu script)
• ชฺญา (Thai script)
• ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Latin gnōscō, Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō), Old English cnawan (English know), and Russian знать (znatʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/

Root

ज्ञा • (jñā)

1. to know

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्ञा (0 c, 27 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (19 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जानाति (jānā́ti) (Present)
• ज्ञास्यति (jñāsyáti) (Future)
• ज्ञाता (jñātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अज्ञासीत् (ájñāsīt) (Aorist)
• जज्ञौ (jajñáu) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• ज्ञायते (jñāyáte) (Passive)
• अज्ञायि (ájñāyi) (Passive Aorist)
• ज्ञापयति (jñāpáyati) (Causative)
• ज्ञपयति (jñapáyati) (Causative)
• अजिज्ञपत् (ájijñapat) (Causative Aorist)
• अजिज्ञिपत् (ájijñipat) (Causative Aorist)
• ज्ञाप्यते (jñāpyáte) (Passive of Causative)
• ज्ञप्यते (jñapyáte) (Passive of Causative)
• जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate) (Desiderative)
• जाज्ञायते (jājñāyate) (Intensive)
• जाज्ञेति (jājñeti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• ज्ञात (jñātá) (Past Participle)
• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) (Infinitive)
• ज्ञातोस् (jñātos) (Infinitive)
• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā́) (Gerund)
• ज्ञेय (jñeya) (Gerundive)
• ज्ञातव्य (jñātavya) (Gerundive)
• ज्ञप्त (jñaptá) (Causative Past Participle)
• ज्ञापनीय (jñāpanīya) (Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”)
• प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”)
• संज्ञा (saṃjñā, “noun, consciousness”)
• अज्ञ (ajña, “ignorant; inexperienced; unconscious; stupid”)
• ज्ञानी (jñānī, “knowledgeable, wise”)
• अज्ञानी (ajñānī, “ignorant, unwise”)
• अज्ञेय (ajñeya, “unknowable”)
• अज्ञेयवाद (ajñeyavāda, “agnosticism”)
• ज्ञाति (jñātí)
• ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ́)
• ज्ञात्र (jñā́tra)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुज्ञा (anujñā)
• अभिज्ञा (abhijñā)
• अवज्ञा (avajñā)
• आज्ञा (ājñā)
• निर्ज्ञा (nirjñā)
• परिज्ञा (parijñā)
• प्रज्ञा (prajñā)
• प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā)
• विज्ञा (vijñā)
• संज्ञा (saṃjñā)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (19 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “ज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 56

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “jñā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.