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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry ज्ञा

  1. ज्ञाjñāTo announce, inform, make acquainted with, make known, notify.
    1. To announce, inform, make acquainted with, make known, notify.
    2. To request, ask (Ātm.).
    3. To sharpen.
    4. To satisfy.
    5. To praise.
    6. To immolate, kill (as an animal). -Desid. (जिज्ञासते)
    7. To desire to know, investigate, ascertain; R.2.26; Bk.8.33;14.91.
    8. To conjecture, suppose, guess.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • ज्ञा jñā

      1. 9 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (जानाति, जानीते, जज्ञौ, जज्ञे, अज्ञासीत्-अज्ञास्त, ज्ञातुम्, ज्ञात)
      2. To know (in all senses), to learn, become acquainted with; मा ज्ञासीस्त्वं सुखी रामो यदकार्षीत् स रक्षसाम् Bk.15.9.
      3. To know, be aware of, be familiar or conversant with; जाने तपसो वीर्यम् Ś.3.1; जानन्नपि हि मेधावी जडवल्लोक आचरेत् Ms.2.11,123;7.148.
      4. To find out, ascertain, investigate; ज्ञायतां कः कः कार्यार्थीति Mk.9.
      5. To comprehend, apprehend, understand, feel, experience; as in दुःखज्ञ, सुखज्ञ etc.
      6. To test, try, know the true character of; आपत्सु मित्रं जानीयात् H.1.72; Chāṇ.21.
      7. To recognise; न त्वं दृष्ट्वा न पुनरलकां ज्ञास्यसे कामचारिन् Me.63.
      8. To regard, consider, know to be; जानामि त्वां प्रकृतिपुरुषं कामरूपं मघोनः Me.6.
      9. To act, engage in (with Genitive of the instrument); सर्पिषो जानीते Sk. 'he engages in sacrifice with clarified butter (सर्पिषः Equivalent to सर्पिषा).
      10. Vedic To acknowledge, approve, allow.
      11. To recognise as one's own, take possession of. -Causal (ज्ञापयति, ज्ञपयति)

    In the Gita2·194·44·147·137·2518·554·154·164·324·35+18

    य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्

    ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaścainaṁ manyate hatam — He who regards this (the soul) as a slayer, and he who thinks it is slain, both of them fail to perceive the truth. It does not slay, nor is it slain. 2·19
    • विजानीताःvijānītaḥpresent 3rd person dual of the verbal root jñā (to know) with the prefix vi (to know or perceive the truth, to comprehend).
    • विजानीयम्vijānīyampotential 1st person singular of the verbal root jñā (to know) with the prefix vi (to know or perceive the truth, to comprehend).
    • अभिजानातिabhijānātipresent3rd personsingular of the verbal root jñā (to know) with the prefix abhi.
    • ज्ञात्वाjñātvāindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root jñā (to know).
    • ज्ञास्यसिjñāsyasifut. 2nd person singular of the verbal root jñā (to know).
    • अवजानन्तिavajānantipresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root jñā (to know) with the prefix ava (to despise).

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Headwords under ज

Part 4 of 5 जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठAll parts
  1. ज – जम्व
  2. जय – जानान
  3. जानि – जीवित
  4. जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठ
  5. ज्यैष्ठिनेय – ज्वालिन्