As a deity name
Name 816 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 935 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 264 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
ज्ञान · noun · masculine
वस्तुओं और विषयों की वह भावना जो मन या आत्मा को हो । बोध । जानकारी । प्रतीति · यथार्थ ज्ञान । सम्यक् ज्ञान । तत्वज्ञान । आत्मज्ञान । प्रमा । केवलज्ञान — Śabdasāgara
ज्ञान · jnān · s.m.
Knowledge; understanding, intellect, intelligence; sacred or religious knowledge (such as is derived from meditation on the higher truths of religion and philosophy, and which teaches man his own nature, and how he may be reunited to the supreme spirit); cognizance — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 390
ज्ञान · masculine
knowledge
Cited formation "ज्ञान" is ज्ञ + -आन: ज्ञ means "In Hindi, an irregular ligature of ज (ja) and ञ (ña)", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ज्ञान" is ज्ञा + -न: ज्ञा means "जानकारी", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ज्ञान — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna), from the root verb ज्ञा (jñā, “to know, be aware of”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
jñāna n. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (derived from meditation on the one Universal Spirit), ŚāṅkhŚr. xiii; Gobh.; Mn. &c.
‘knowledge about anything, cognizance’, see -tas & a- (jñānād a-jñānād vā, knowingly or ignorantly, xi, 233)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (derived from meditation on the one Universal Spirit), &c.
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M1 · same meaning "jñāna" is the vocative of "jñānā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jñāna n. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (derived from meditation on the one Universal Spirit), ŚāṅkhŚr. xiii; Gobh.; Mn. &c.
‘knowledge about anything, cognizance’, see -tas & a- (jñānād a-jñānād vā, knowingly or ignorantly, xi, 233)
conscience, MBh.
= ˚nendriya, KaṭhUp. vi, 10
engaging in (gen., e.g. sarpiṣas, ‘in sacrifice with clarified butter’), Pāṇ. ii, 2, 10, Vārtt., Pat.
Alternative readings
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