As a deity name
Name 88 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 259 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 752 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
प्रज्ञा · noun · feminine
बुद्धि । ज्ञान । ज्ञप्ति । मति · एका- ग्रता · सरस्वती — Śabdasāgara
प्रज्ञा · pragyā · s.f.
Intelligence, understanding, wisdom, knowledge; a clever woman or girl (fem. of pragya) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 252
प्रज्ञा · feminine
a female given name, Pragya, from Sanskrit
प्रज्ञा · feminine
wisdom, discernment, intelligence, insight
Cited formation "प्रज्ञा" is प्र- + ज्ञा: ज्ञा means "जानकारी", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रज्ञा" is प्रज्ञ + -आ: प्रज्ञ means "(f. -ā), Wise, intelligent, learned, knowing", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi प्रज्ञा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom, insight”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pra-√ jñā P. -jānāti, to know, understand (esp. a way or mode of action), discern, distinguish, know about, be acquainted with (acc.), RV. &c. &c.; to find out, discover, perceive, learn, MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Caus. -jñāpayati or -jñapayati, to show or point out (the way), ŚBr.; to summon, invite, Lalit.
pra-jñā f. See col. 2
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, judgement, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prajñā" is the feminine form of "prajña" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
pra-√ jñā P. -jānāti, to know, understand (esp. a way or mode of action), discern, distinguish, know about, be acquainted with (acc.), RV. &c. &c.; to find out, discover, perceive, learn, MBh.; Kāv. &c.: Caus. -jñāpayati or -jñapayati, to show or point out (the way), ŚBr.; to summon, invite, Lalit.
pra-jñā f. See col. 2
pra-jñā f. wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, judgement, ŚBr. &c. &c.
device, design, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
a clever or sensible woman, W.
1. pra-jña mfn. = pra-jñu, L.
2. pra-jña mf(ā)n. (for 1. See above) wise, prudent, MāṇḍUp.
Alternative readings
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