ज्ञा
See also: ज्ञ
Sanskrit
Etymology
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).
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्ञा (0 c, 17 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Verbal Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
- ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”)
- अज्ञान (ajñāna, “ignorance”)
- विज्ञान (vijñāna, “cognitive capacity, discernment, intelligence; proficiency; consciousness”)
- प्रज्ञान (prajñāna, “knowledge, wisdom, intelligence”)
- प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”)
- संज्ञा (saṃjñā, “noun, consciousness”)
- अज्ञ (ajña, “ignorant; inexperienced; unconscious; stupid”)
- ज्ञानी (jñānī, “knowledgeable, wise”)
- अज्ञानी (ajñānī, “ignorant, unwise”)
- ज्ञेय (jñeya, “knowable”)
- अज्ञेय (ajñeya, “unknowable”)
- अज्ञेयवाद (ajñeyavāda, “agnosticism”)
Descendants
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (13 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 56
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-601
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