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

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

Primary verbal forms

• जा॒नाति॑ (jānā́ti, present)
• ज्ञा॒स्यति॑ (jñāsyáti, future)
• ज्ञा॒ता (jñātā́, periphrastic future)
• अज्ञा॑सीत् (ájñāsīt, aorist)
• ज॒ज्ञौ (jajñáu, perfect)

Secondary forms

• ज्ञा॒यते॑ (jñāyáte, passive)
• अज्ञा॑यि (ájñāyi, passive aorist)
• ज्ञा॒पय॑ति (jñāpáyati, causative)
• ज्ञ॒पय॑ति (jñapáyati, causative)
• अजि॑ज्ञपत् (ájijñapat, causative aorist)
• अजि॑ज्ञिपत् (ájijñipat, causative aorist)
• ज्ञा॒प्यते॑ (jñāpyáte, passive of causative)
• ज्ञ॒प्यते॑ (jñapyáte, passive of causative)
• जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate, desiderative)
• जाज्ञायते (jājñāyate, intensive)
• जाज्ञेति (jājñeti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• ज्ञा॒त (jñātá, past participle)
• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum, infinitive)
• ज्ञातोस् (jñātos, infinitive)
• ज्ञा॒त्वा (jñātvā́, gerund)
• ज्ञेय (jñeya, gerundive)
• ज्ञातव्य (jñātavya, gerundive)
• ज्ञ॒प्त (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”)
• ज्ञा॒ति (jñātí)
• ज्ञा॒तृ (jñātṛ́)
• ज्ञात्र॑ (jñā́tra)

Prefixed root forms

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

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्ञा (0 c, 26 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (21 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (21 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 (2010–2026), “jñā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.