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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/

Root

ज्ञा • (√jñā)

1. to know

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्ञा‎ (0 c, 13 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जानाति (jānā́ti, Present)
• ज्ञास्यति (jñāsyáti, Future)
• ज्ञाता (jñātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अज्ञासीत् (ájñāsīt, Aorist)
• जज्ञौ (jajñáu, Perfective)

Secondary Verbal Forms

• ज्ञायते (jñāyáte, Passive)
• अज्ञायि (ájñāyi, Passive)
• ज्ञापयति (jñāpáyati, Causative)
• अजिज्ञपत् (ájijñapat, Causative)
• जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate, Desiderative)
• जाज्ञायते (jājñāyate, Intensive)
• जाज्ञेति (jājñeti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum, Infinitive)
• ज्ञातोस् (jñātos, Infinitive)
• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā́, Gerund)
• ज्ञात (jñātá, Past Passive Participle)

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