Vijna, Vijñā, Vijña, Vijnate: 13 definitions
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Vijna has 13 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vigya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVijña (विज्ञ):—(von 1. jñā mit vi) adj. kundig, eine richtige Einsicht habend, gelehrt [Amarakoṣa.3,1,4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 341.] [Mahābhārata.2,2353. 14885] [?(Śiva). Spr. 660. 1678, v. l. (Th. III, S. 372). 2042, v. l. 2935, v. l. Oxforder Handschriften 257,a, Nalopākhyāna 3. Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 90,9. PAÑCAR.1,1,81.] ati [Oxforder Handschriften 141,a,20.] vijñābhimānin sich für gelehrt haltend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 16, 61.] nītyartha [Mahābhārata 2, 2609.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 17, 33.] prabodhayati māvijñam (māmajñam ed. Bomb.) [4, 28, 20.] avijñatā Dummheit [Spr. 2206.] — Vgl. candra, mahā .
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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Starts with (+122): Vijnabhimanin, Vijnabuddhi, Vijnamba, Vijnana, Vijnana-katha, Vijnanabhairava, Vijnanabhairavoddyota, Vijnanabhairavoddyotasamgraha, Vijnanabharata, Vijnanabhattaraka, Vijnanabhava, Vijnanabhavatva, Vijnanabhikshu, Vijnanabija, Vijnanabodha, Vijnanacarya, Vijnanadeshana, Vijnanadrishti, Vijnanadvaita, Vijnanadvaitavada.
Ends with: Abhivijna, Avijna, Brahmavijna, Candravijna, Chandravijna, Dhatuvijna, Mahavijna, Nirvijna, Prativijna, Pravijna, Rasayanavijna, Samvijna, Suvijna, Vedavijna, Vishanuvijna, Vivijna.
Full-text (+102): Avijna, Vijnanika, Vijanat, Vijnabuddhi, Vijnapaka, Vijnatva, Vijnaraja, Vijnata, Vijnatri, Vijnapta, Vijnabhimanin, Mahavijna, Vijnin, Vijnapana, Vinnu, Vijnanavida, Vijja, Vijnasara, Avijnaptika, Prativijna.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.77 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 2 - On monks (nirgrantha) < [Chapter 1]
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā (by Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Chapter 3 < [Appendix - Sanskrit Text]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.2 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 4.89 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II.1. Dharma skillfully presented < [II. Recollection of the Dharma (dharmānusmṛti)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3501-3502 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]