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jñāज्ञाcl. 9. P. Ā. jānā́ti, °nīté (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 76]; Subj. °nat; Impv. °nītat, 2. sg. °nīhí, once irr. jña, [BhP. x, 89, 46]; [fr. cl. 3.] jijāhi, [MBh. xiii, 4493]; 2. pl. irr. °nata, [ii, 2397]; 2. sg. Ā. irr. °nase, [Divyāv. xviii]; p. °nát, °nāná irr. °namāna [[MBh.]]; pf. jajñau, °jñe [Pass. [Rājat. v, 481]], 3. pl. °jñúr, [RV. vii, 79, 4]; [ŚBr. xi]; p. °jñāná, [RV. x, 14, 2]; fut. jñāsyati, °te; aor. ajñāsīt, °sta Pass. ájñāyi, [vi, 65, 1] &c.; Pot. jñāyāt or jñey°, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68] ; 2. sg. jñeyas = γνοίης [RV. ii, 10, 6]; inf. jñātum) to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with (acc.; rarely gen. [MBh. iii, 2154]; [Hariv. 7095]), perceive, apprehend, understand (also with inf. [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 65]] [MBh. ii], [v]; [Daś.]), experience, recognise, ascertain, investigate, [RV.] &c.; to know as, know or perceive that, regard or consider as (with double acc., e.g. tasya māṃ tanayāṃ jānīta, ‘know me to be his daughter’, [MBh. iii, 2476]; with mṛṣā, ‘to consider as untrue’, [Ratnāv. ii, 18]), [Mn.] &c.; to acknowledge, approve, allow, [VS. xviii, 59 f.]; [AV. ix, 5, 19]; [ŚBr. i], [xi], [xiv]; to recognise as one's own, take possession of [SaddhP.]; to visit as a friend, [AV. x, 1, 25]; to remember (with gen.), [MBh. xii, 5169]; Ā. to engage in (gen., e.g. sarpiṣo, ‘to make an oblation with clarified butter’), [Pāṇ. i, 3, 45]; [ii, 3, 51] : Caus. jñapayati, to teach any one (acc.), [ŚāṅkhŚr. xv]; jñāp° (Pass. jñāpyate) to make known, announce, teach anything, [MBh. ii], [xii]; [Kāty.] & [Pat.]; to inform any one (gen.) that (double acc.), [MBh. i, 5864]; Ā. to request, ask, [ChUp. ii, 13, 1] (jñap°), [MBh. iii, 8762] (jñāp°) : Desid. jijñāsate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 57]; ep. also P.) to wish to know or become acquainted with or learn, investigate, examine, [Mn. ii, 13]; [MBh.] &c.; to wish for information about (acc.), [Kathās. xxii, 84]; to conjecture, [AV. xiv, 1, 56] : Caus. Desid. jijñapayiṣati (also °jñāp°, [Siddh.]) and jñīpsati (cf. °psyamāna), to wish to make known or inform, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 49] & [4, 55]; [cf. γνῶ-θι &c.]
(ā), f. N. of a woman, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 163]; [Pat.];
mfn. ifc. ‘knowing, familiar with’, see ṛta-, pada- and pra-jñā́, á-saṃ-.
f. for ā-j° (by irr. Sandhi after e and o), [MBh. i, 3168]; [iii, 16308.]
jñāsज्ञास्jñā́s m. a near relative, [RV. i, 109, 1]
cf. á-.
jñānāज्ञानाf. id., [Pañcar. iii, 2, 30]; [Rāmapūjās.]
jñānaज्ञानn. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (derived from meditation on the one Universal Spirit), [ŚāṅkhŚr. xiii]; [Gobh.]; [Mn.] &c.
‘knowledge about anything, cognizance’, see -tas & a- (jñānād a-jñānād vā, knowingly or ignorantly, [xi, 233])
conscience, [MBh.]
= °nendriya, [KaṭhUp. vi, 10]
engaging in (gen., e.g. sarpiṣas, ‘in sacrifice with clarified butter’), [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 10], Vārtt., [Pat.]
N. of a Śakti, [Rasik. xiv, 36]; [RāmatUp. i, 90], Sch.
jñātaज्ञातjñātá mfn. known, ascertained, comprehended, perceived, understood, [AV. xix, 15, 6]; [ŚBr.] &c. (āṃ jñātam ‘Ah! I know’, [Mṛcch. i, 6/7]; [Śak.] &c.)
meant (mayā jñātam, ‘I meant’), [Kād. vi, 995]
taken for (nom.), [Pañcat. i, 2, 2]
known as (nom.) to (gen.), [Vop. v, 27]
jñātá m. pl. N. of Mahā-vīra's family, [Jain.]
jñātṛज्ञातृjñātṛ́ mfn. one who knows or understands, a knower, [ChUp. viii, 5, 1]; [KaṭhUp.] &c.
an acquaintance, (hence) a surety (cf. γνωστήρ), [AV. vi, 32, 3]; [viii, 8, 21]
a witness, [Mn. viii, 57] (v.l. sākṣin).
jñātiज्ञातिjñātí m. ‘intimately acquainted’ (cf. Goth. knōdi), a near relation (‘paternal relation’, [L.] and Sch.; cf. sam-bandhin), kinsman, [RV.]; [AV. xii, 5, 44]; [TBr. i] &c.
jñāninज्ञानिन्mfn. knowing, endowed with knowledge or intelligence, wise, (opposed to vi-) knowing the higher knowledge or knowledge of spirit ([Kathās. lxxix]), [Mn. xii, 103]; [Hariv.] &c.
m. a fortune-teller, astrologer, [R. vi, 23, 4]; [Kathās. xviii, 60]; [xix, 77]; [Vet.]
‘possessing religious wisdom’, a sage, [W.]
jñāptiज्ञाप्तिf. for jñapti, [Buddh.]; [L.]
jñāpyaज्ञाप्यmfn. to be made known, [Sāh. iii, 20.]
jñātraज्ञात्रjñā́tra n. the intellectual faculty, [VS. xviii, 7]; [TS. vii, 2, 4, 2]; [MaitrS. iv, 2, 8]; [TāṇḍyaBr. v, 7.]
jñānīyaज्ञानीयNom. P. to wish for knowledge, [Vop.]
jñānadaज्ञानदjñāna—da m. an imparter of knowledge, [W.]
jñāpakaज्ञापकmf(ikA)n. causing to know, teaching, designing, informing, suggesting, [Hariv. 6518]; [Kāty.] & [Kāś.]; [BhP. ix, 6, 10]; [Sāh.] &c.
m. a master of requests (particular officer at a Hindū court), [Pañcat. iii, 67/68]
n. an expression or rule giving particular information (as a rule of [Pāṇ.] Implying some other grammatical law than that resulting from the mere words of the rule itself), precept, [MBh. i, 5846]; [Pat.], [Kāś.] & [Siddh.]
jñāpanaज्ञापनn. making known, suggesting, [Pat.] & [Kāś.]; [Rājat. iv, 180.]
jñāpitaज्ञापितmfn. informed, [ĀśvGṛ. iv, 7, 2]
made known, known by (in comp.), [Sarvad.]
taught, [Jaim. i, 1, 2], Sch.
instructed in (acc.), [MBh. xiv, 415]; [Hariv. 10038.]
jñātakaज्ञातकmfn. known, &c. g. yāvādi.
jñātatāज्ञातताjñāta—tā f. the being known or understood, [Sarvad.]
jñāteyaज्ञातेयn. ([Pāṇ. v, 1, 127]) affinity, kindred sentiments, [Hcar. i, 534.]
jñānāgniज्ञानाग्निm. ‘knowledge-fire’, distinction between good and bad, [GarbhUp.]
jñānaśrīज्ञानश्रीjñāna—śrī m. N. of a Buddh. author, [Sarvad. ii, 84.]
jñānatasज्ञानतस्jñāna—tas ind. knowingly, [Mn. viii, 288.]
jñānatvaज्ञानत्वjñāna—tva n. the being knowledge, [Sarvad. iii f.]
jñānavatज्ञानवत्jñāna—vat mfn. ([Pāṇ. viii, 2, 9], Sch.) knowing (that, iti), [Vedāntas.]; [Tattvas.]
endowed with knowledge or science, intelligent, wise, having spiritual knowledge, [MBh.]; [R. vi, 102, 7]; [Laghuj.] &c.
possessing knowledge (loka), [ChUp. vii, 7, 2]
jñāna—vat m. N. of a Bodhi-sattva, [Buddh.]; [L.]
jñānitvaज्ञानित्वjñāni-tva n. fortune-telling, [Kathās. xix, 75.]
jñānolkāज्ञानोल्काf. ‘knowledge-meteor’, N. of a Samādhi, [Buddh.]
jñātavyaज्ञातव्यmfn. to be known or understood or investigated or inquired after, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
perceptible, 11143
to be considered as, [Cāṇ.]; [Mn.], Sch.
jñātṛtvaज्ञातृत्वjñātṛ—tva n. knowledge, [Sarvad. ix, 49]; [xv, 127.]
jñātimatज्ञातिमत्jñāti—mat mfn. having near relations, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 9.]
jñātitvaज्ञातित्वjñāti—tva n. consanguinity, relationship, [Mn. xi, 173.]
jñātividज्ञातिविद्jñāti—vid mfn. having or making near relations, [Kauś. 78.]
jñānākaraज्ञानाकरm. ‘knowledge-mine’, N. of a son of a Buddha
of a Buddha.
jñānāmṛtaज्ञानामृतn. ‘knowledge-nectar’, N. of a grammar.
jñānātmanज्ञानात्मन्m. the intellectual soul, [VP. vi, 4, 42]; [RāmatUp. i, 89]; [ii, 5]
mfn. all-wise, [W.]
jñānaghanaज्ञानघनjñāna—ghana m. pure or mere knowledge or intellect, [viii, 3, 12]; [ix, 8, 23]
jñānadīpaज्ञानदीपjñāna—dīpa m. the lamp of knowledge, [W.]
jñānadevaज्ञानदेवjñāna—deva m. N. of a man, [W.]
jñānagūhaज्ञानगूहjñāna—gūha mf(A)n. concealing the understanding, [BhP. iii, 26, 5.]
jñānaketuज्ञानकेतुjñāna—ketu m. ‘having marks of intelligence’, N. of a man, [Lalit. xiii, 156]
jñānamālāज्ञानमालाjñāna—mālā f. N. of wk. [Smṛtit.]; [Vratapr.]
jñānamayīज्ञानमयीjñāna—mayī f. with mudrā = °na-mudrā, [RāmatUp. i, 49.]
jñānamayaज्ञानमयjñāna—maya mfn. consisting of knowledge, [MuṇḍUp.] &c. (sarva-, [Mn. ii, 7])
jñānameruज्ञानमेरुjñāna—meru m. ‘knowledge-Meru’, N. of a man, [Lalit. xiii, 159.]
jñānanidhiज्ञाननिधिjñāna—nidhi m. N. of the teacher of Bhavabhūti, [Mālatīm.], Introd.
jñānaparaज्ञानपरjñāna—para mfn. wholly devoted to knowledge of Spirit.
jñānapataज्ञानपतjñāna—°pata mf(I)n. fr. -pati, g. aśvapaty-ādi.
jñānapatiज्ञानपतिjñāna—pati m. the lord of knowledge, [ib.]
N. of a man, [W.]
jñānarādhaज्ञानराधjñāna—rādha m. pl. N. of a family, [Pravar. v, 1],
jñānarājaज्ञानराजjñāna—rāja m. ‘king of knowledge’, N. of the author of Siddhāntasundara.
jñānavāpīज्ञानवापीjñāna—vāpī f. ‘knowledge-pool’, N. of a Tīrtha, [KāśīKh. xxxiii f.]
jñānayogaज्ञानयोगjñāna—yoga m. the Yoga as based on the acquisition of true knowledge (opposed to karma-y° or the Yoga as based on performance of ceremonial rites), [Bhag. iii, 3]; [VP. vi, 4, 42]; [NārP.]; [MatsyaP.]
jñāpanīyaज्ञापनीयmfn. to be made known as (nom.), [Kād. vi, 891.]
jñātibhāvaज्ञातिभावjñāti—bhāva m. relationship, [Hit. ii, 5, 8.]
jñātibhedaज्ञातिभेदjñāti—bheda m. dissension among relatives, [Hariv. 7304.]
jñātidāsīज्ञातिदासीjñāti—dāsī f. a female house-slave, [R. ii, 7, 1.]
jñātimukhaज्ञातिमुखjñāti—mukhá mfn. having the appearance of a relative, [AV. xviii, 2, 28.]
jñānānandaज्ञानानन्दm. ‘joy of knowledge’, N. of an author.
jñānārṇavaज्ञानार्णवm. ‘knowledge-ocean’, a wise man, [BṛNārP. i, 23]
N. of a Tantra
of a work (by Śubha-candra), [Nirṇayas. i, 515]
of a manual on med. by Yama-rāja, [BrahmaP. i, 16, 17.]
jñānakhaṇḍaज्ञानखण्डjñāna—khaṇḍa N. of part of [ŚivaP.]
jñānaśaktiज्ञानशक्तिjñāna—śakti f. ‘intellectual faculty’
jñānadīrghaज्ञानदीर्घjñāna—dīrgha mfn. far knowing, far-seeing (the eye, cakṣus), [MBh. xii, 6742.]
jñānadattaज्ञानदत्तjñāna—datta m. ‘given by knowledge’, N. of scholar, [Buddh.]; [L.]
jñānagamyaज्ञानगम्यjñāna—gamya mfn. attainable by the understanding (Śiva).
jñānagarbhaज्ञानगर्भjñāna—garbha m. ‘filled with knowledge’, N. of a Bodhi-sattva, [Buddh.]; [L.]
of a scholar, [ib.]
jñānahastiज्ञानहस्तिjñāna—hasti m. N. of a man, [Pravar. v, 1.]
jñānakāṇḍaज्ञानकाण्डjñāna—kāṇḍa n. (opposed to karma-k°) that portion of the Veda which relates to knowledge of the one Spirit, [TĀr. x, 1, 19]; [Sāy.] (v.l. khila-k°).
jñānakīrtiज्ञानकीर्तिjñāna—kīrti m. N. of a Buddh. teacher.
jñānakandaज्ञानकन्दjñāna—kanda m. N. of a pupil of Śaṃkarācārya, [Śaṃkar. iv.]
jñānamārgaज्ञानमार्गjñāna—mārga m. the way of knowledge (one of the 3 roads to salvation; cf. karma- and bhakti-m°), [RTL. 63]
jñānamūrtiज्ञानमूर्तिjñāna—mūrti f. knowledge personified, [VP. vi, 4, 42.]
jñānamudrāज्ञानमुद्राjñāna—mudrā f. a kind of Mudrā, [Hcat. ii, 1, 765]; [Vratar.] ([AgSaṃh.])
jñānamudraज्ञानमुद्रjñāna—mudra mfn. having the impress of wisdom, wise, [W.]
jñānaniṣṭhaज्ञाननिष्ठjñāna—niṣṭha mfn. engaged in cultivating true knowledge, [Mn., iii, 134.]
jñānapātraज्ञानपात्रjñāna—pātra n. ‘knowledge-vessel’, a man famous through knowledge, [Siṃhās. iii, 5/6].
jñānapūrvaज्ञानपूर्वjñāna—pūrva mfn. preceded by knowledge, well considered, [Mn. xii, 89]; [Car. i, 18]
jñānapaṇyaज्ञानपण्यjñāna—paṇya m. a dealer in knowledge, [Mālav.]
jñānaprabhaज्ञानप्रभjñāna—prabha m. ‘brilliant with knowledge’, N. of a Bodhi-sattva, [Buddh.]; [L.]
of a man, [Buddh.]
jñānasiddhiज्ञानसिद्धिjñāna—siddhi m. N. of a man, [Kathās. liv, 18.]
jñānatīrthaज्ञानतीर्थjñāna—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [W.]
jñānatapasज्ञानतपस्jñāna—tapas n. penance consisting in striving to attain knowledge, [W.]
jñānavajraज्ञानवज्रjñāna—vajra m. ‘knowledge-thunderbolt’, N. of a Buddh. author
jñānavṛddhaज्ञानवृद्धjñāna—vṛddha mfn. advanced in knowledge, [R. ii, 45, 8.]
jñānayajñaज्ञानयज्ञjñāna—yajña m. ‘sacrifice of knowledge’, N. of Bhāskara-miśra's Comm. on [TS.] & [TĀr.]
jñānottamaज्ञानोत्तमm. N. of an author, [W.]
jñātānvayaज्ञातान्वयm. = °ta-nandana, [W.]
jñātamātreज्ञातमात्रेjñāta—mātre loc. ind. on its being merely ascertained, [Nal. xvi, 4.]
jñātaputraज्ञातपुत्रjñāta—putra m. id., [ib.]
jñātikāryaज्ञातिकार्यjñāti—kārya n. id., [Mn. xi, 188]; [Hariv. 9085.]
jñātiprāyaज्ञातिप्रायjñāti—prāya mfn. chiefly destined for kinsmen, [Mn. iii, 264.]
jñātiputraज्ञातिपुत्रjñāti—putra m. the son of a relative, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 133]
for °ta-p°, [Buddh.]
jñānāvaraṇaज्ञानावरणn. ‘knowledge-cover’, error, [Sarvad. iii] ([Jain.])
jñānaśāstraज्ञानशास्त्रjñāna—śāstra n. the science of fortune-telling, [Vet. v, 4/5.]
jñānaśreṣṭhaज्ञानश्रेष्ठjñāna—śreṣṭha mfn. pre-eminent in wisdom, [W.]
jñānabodhinīज्ञानबोधिनीjñāna—bodhinī f. ‘awakening knowledge’, N. of a Vedāntic treatise.
jñānacakṣusज्ञानचक्षुस्jñāna—cakṣus n. the eye of intelligence, inner eye, intellectual vision, [Mn. ii, 8]; [iv, 24]; [MBh. xiii, 2284] (cf. dīrgha)
jñāna—cakṣus mfn. seeing with the inner eye, [CūlUp. 16.]
jñānacandraज्ञानचन्द्रjñāna—candra m. N. of a man.
jñānapāvanaज्ञानपावनjñāna—pāvana n. ‘purifying knowledge’, N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh. iii, 7081.]
jñānasāgaraज्ञानसागरjñāna—sāgara m. ‘knowledge-ocean’, N. of a Jain Sūri (author of a Comm. on Ogha-niryukti, A.D. 1383).
jñānatattvaज्ञानतत्त्वjñāna—tattva n. true knowledge, [W.]
jñānavarmanज्ञानवर्मन्jñāna—varman m. N. of a poet, [ŚārṅgP. lviii, 1],