श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in
ApteAll dictionariesSanskrit dictionaryDhātuPāṇiniConjugationDeclensionInflected formsParts of speechWord frequencyTree diagramAnalyzerRootsQuarter-verse indexMemorable linesNames

कोशःDictionaries

Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for संज्ञा

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संज्ञाsaṃjñā9 Ā.
    1. 9 Ā.
    2. To know, understand, be aware of.
    3. To recognize.
    4. To live in harmony, agree together (with Accusative or Instrumental); पित्रा पितरं वा संजानीते Sk.
    5. To watch, be on the alert; संजानानान् परिहरन् रावणानुचरान् बहून् Bk.8.27.
    6. To accede or agree to.
    7. To remember, think of (Paras); मातुः मातरं वा संजानाति Sk.
    8. To direct, appoint. Causal
    9. To inform.
    10. To appease, gratify, console.
    11. (a) To quiet, pacify (a sacrificial animal). (b) To kill.
    12. To command, enjoin.
    13. To animate.
    14. To make intelligible, cause to be understood, inform.
    15. To make a sign to (any one), communicate by signs.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • संज्ञा sañjñā

      1. 1 Consciousness, अकरुण पुनः संज्ञाव्याधिं विधाय किमीहसे Māl.9.42; रतिखेदसमुत्पन्ना निद्रा संज्ञाविपर्ययः Ku.6.44. संज्ञा लभ्, आपद् or प्रतिपद् 'to regain or recover one's consciousness, come to one's senses'.
      2. Knowledge, understanding; नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान् व्रवीमि ते Bg.1.7; Mb.12.153.63.
      3. Intellect, mind; लोकतन्त्रं हि संज्ञाश्च सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम् Mb.13.63.5.
      4. A hint, sign, token, gesture; मुखापिंतैकाङ्गुलिसंज्ञयैव मा चापलायेति गणान् व्यनैषीत् Ku.3.41; उपलभ्य ततश्च धर्मसंज्ञाम् Bu. Ch.5.21; Bhāg. 6.7.17.
      5. A name, designation, an appellation; Often times at the end of comp. in this sense; द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः Bg.15.5.
      6. (In Grammar) Any name or noun having a special meaning, a proper name.
      7. The technical name for an affix.
      8. The Gāyatrī Mantra; see गायत्री.
      9. A track, footstep.
      10. Direction.
      11. A technical term.
      12. Name of the daughter of Viśvakarman and wife of the sun, and mother of Yama, Yamī, and the two Aśvins. [A legend relates that संज्ञा on one occasion wished to go to her father's house and asked her husband's permission, which was not granted. Resolved to carry out her purpose, she created, by means of her superhuman power, a woman exactly like herself who was, as it were, her own shadow (and was therefore called Chhāyā), and putting her in her own place, went away without the knowledge of the sun. Chhāya bore to the sun three children (see छाया), and lived quite happily with him, so that when Saṁjñā returned, he would not admit her. Thus repudiated and disappointed, she assumed the form of a mare and roamed over the earth. The sun, however, in course of time, came to know the real state of things, and discovered that his wife had assumed the form of a mare. He accordingly assumed the form of a horse, and was united with his wife, who bore to him, two sonsthe Aśvinīkumāras or Aśvins quod vide, which see]-Compound

    • -अधिकारः a leading rule which gives a particular name to the rules falling under it, and which exercises influence over them.

    • -विपर्ययः loss of consciousness; रतिखेदसमुत्पन्ना निद्रा संज्ञाविपर्ययः Ku.6.44.

    • -विषयः an epithet, an attribute.

    • -सुतः an epithet of Saturn.

    • -सूत्रम् any Sūtra which teaches the meaning of a technical term.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संज्ञाsaṃjñāP. A1. -जानाति, -जानीते, (A1.) to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with (loc.; accord. to…
    1. Parasmaipada Atmane-pada -जानाति, -जानीते, (Atmane-pada) to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with (locative case; according to to Pa1n2. 2-3, 22, also instrumental case or accusative) fg-veda AV. VS. S3Br.; (A.) to obey (dative case) AitBr.; (Atmane-pada) to appoint, assign, intend (for any purpose), destine ibidem; (only indeclinablepage and participle -ज्ञाय) to direct, order, command Hariv.; to acknowledge, recognize, own Pa1n2. 1-3, 46 Scholiast or Commentator; (Parasmaipada) to acknowledge or claim as one's own, take possession of SaddhP.; (Parasmaipada) to think of. recollect sorrowfully (with accusative or genitive case) Pa1n2. Vop.; Atmane-pada to know well, understand R.; to watch for Bhat2t2. : Causal -ज्ञापयति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते, to cause to be of the same opinion or agree together AV. AitBr.; to cause to acquiesce or agree in (euphemistically said of a sacrificial victim, which ought not to be led forcibly to its death but made to resign itself) S3Br. Gr2S3rS. MBh. BhP.; to appease, satisfy MBh. Ka1lid.; to make to be understood or known, cause to understand S3Br.; to make signs to (accusative), communicate or make anything known by signs Mr2icch. Hcar.; to command, enjoin, instruct Hariv.
    2. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) agreement, mutual understanding, harmony TBr. S3Br. Katha1s.
    3. feminine consciousness, clear knowledge or understanding or notion or conception S3Br. etc.
    4. feminine a sign, token, signal, gesture (with the hand, eyes etc.; संज्ञाम्-√कृ or दा, "to give a signal") MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    5. feminine direction (in अ-कृतस्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "one who has received no d direction") MBh.
    6. feminine a track, footstep BhP.
    7. feminine a name, appellation, title, technical term (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to "called, named") Nir. Mn. MBh. etc.
    8. feminine (in gram.) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself, any noun having a special meaning (संज्ञायाम् therefore denotes "[used] in some peculiar sense rather than in its strictly etymological meaning" exempli gratia, 'for example' as a proper name) Pa1n2. 1-1, 34; 2, 53 etc.
    9. feminine a technical expression in grammar (see -सूत्र)
    10. feminine (with Buddhists Buddhists) perception (one of the 5 Skandhas स्कन्धस् quod vide) Dharmas. 22 MWB. 109
    11. feminine Name of the Ga1yatri1 गायत्री (quod vide) Lexicographers
    12. feminine of a particular high number Buddh.
    13. feminine Name of a daughter of Tvasht2r2i त्वष्टृ or Vis3va-karman विश्व-कर्मन् (the wife of the Sun and mother of Manu मनु, Yama यम and Yami1 यमी) Hariv. Pur.
    14. feminine see below
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · संज्ञा

morphology by sanskrit_parser

Analysis unavailable: the morphological analyzer is not running on this server.