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Jnana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Alternative spellings of this word include Gyan.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Jñāna (ज्ञान):—(wie eben) n.

1) das Kennen, Erkennen, Verstehen von, Kennenlernen, Kunde; Kenntniss, Wissen, Wissenschaft; insbes. die Erkenntniss der höheren Wahrheiten auf dem Gebiete der Religion und Philosophie [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 15.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 77. 310.] dharma [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 13.] ātma [12, 85. 92.] jñānaṃ paramaguhyaṃ me (obj.) yadvijñānasamanvitam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 9, 30.] atīndriyajñānā adj. [Mahābhārata 2, 2602.] sīmā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 249.] āntaratamya [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 9,] [Scholiast] dyūtamekamukhaṃ kāryaṃ taskarajñānakāraṇāt [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 203.] puruṣa [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 211.] haya [Nalopākhyāna 20, 22. 25, 13.] vraṇa [Suśruta 1, 8, 15.] lakṣaye jñānaṃ bāhukasya nalasya ca [Nalopākhyāna 19, 26.] naikatra pariniṣṭhāsti jñānasya puruṣe kvacit [20, 6.] yathājñānam [GOBH. 3, 9, 18.] pṛthagevaitasya jñānasyādhyāyo bhavati [1, 5, 13.] jñānaviṣaye vidviṣāṇayoḥ [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 5, 1.] saṃpanna [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 14.] sujñānā [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,1,54.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik.4,17.] jñāne maunam [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 22.] durbhagābharaṇaprāyo jñānaṃ bhāraḥ kriyāṃ vinā [Hitopadeśa I, 16.] tapaḥ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ jñānamucyate . dvāpare yajñamevāhurdānamekaṃ kalau yuge .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 86.] brāhmaṇasya tapo jñānaṃ tapaḥ kṣatrasya rakṣaṇam [11, 235.] jñānāgninā pāpaṃ sarvaṃ dahati vedavit [246.] buddhirjñānena śudhyate [5, 109.] sattvaṃ jñānaṃ tamo jñānam [12, 26.] laikikam, vaidikam, ādhyātmikaṃ jñānam [2, 117.] karma jñānapūrvam [12, 89.] jñānayoga, karmayoga (kriyāyoga) [Bhagavadgītā.3,3.] [Oxforder Handschriften 10,b.] [Colebrooke] [?I,416.] jñānānmuktiḥ [Kapila 3, 23.] dīpti [Yogasūtra 2, 28.] saṃbhāra [BURN. Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 795.] Häufig in Verb. mit vijñāna [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 41.] [Bhagavadgītā 3, 41.] [Mahābhārata 14, 600.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 24, 16. 3, 11, 12.] das Wissen um Etwas, das Bewusstsein mit dem man bei einer That zu Werke geht: ajñānātkṣetrikasya ohne Wissen des Besitzers des Feldes [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 243.] ajñānādyadi vā jñānātkṛtvā karma vigarhitam [11, 232.] jñānato jñānato pi vā [8, 288.] jñānājñānakṛtam [145.] [Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 2. 23.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 60, 26. 5, 64, 6.] [Pañcatantra II, 181. III, 120.] (vadha) jñānapūrvakṛta [Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 22.] —

2) Besinnung, Bewusstsein: suṣvāpa vigatajñānā mṛtakalpā [Mahābhārata 1, 5827.] [Arjunasamāgama 8, 16.] kalināpahṛtajñānaḥ [Nalopākhyāna 10, 25.] —

3) Erkenntnissorgan, Sinnesorgan (vgl. jñānendriya)ḥ yadā pañcāvatiṣṭhante jñānāni manasā saha . buddhiśca na viceṣṭate tāmāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim .. [Kaṭhopaniṣad 6, 10.] —

4) sarpiṣaḥ, madhuno jñānam [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 2, 10], Vārtt., [Scholiast]; vgl. jñā [4.]

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Jñāna (ज्ञान):—

1) das Annehmen, Statuiren: sarvatrotsṛja bhedajñānam [Spr. 4155.] pl. (verdächtig) Kenntnisse [409.] jñāna als Śakti [Oxforder Handschriften 149,b,43.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 323. fg. 326.] jñānā f. ebend. [PAÑCAR. 3, 2, 30.]

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Jñāna (ज्ञान):—

1) pl. [Mahābhārata 12, 1860.] vier bei den Jaina [Spr. (II) 2461.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Jñāna (ज्ञान):——

1) n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) das Erkennen , Kennenlernen , Kennen , Verstehen , Kunde , Kenntniss , Wissen , Wissenschaft ; insbes. die Erkenntniss der höheren Wahrheiten auf dem Gebiete der Religion und Philosophie Auch Pl. [79,11.] — b) das Wissen um Etwas , das Bewusstsein , mit dem man bei einer That zu Werke geht. — c) das Annehmen , Statuiren. — d) Besinnung , Bewusstsein. — e) Erkenntniss- , Sinnesorgan. — f) *vielleicht das Zuthunhaben — , Sichabgeben mit (Gen.). — g) ein best. Śakti. —

2) f. ā eine best. Śakti.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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