As a deity name
Name 817 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 263 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
विज्ञान · noun · masculine
ज्ञान । जानकारी · किसी विशिष्ट विषय के तत्वों या सिद्धांतों आदि का विशेष रूप से प्राप्त किया हुआ ज्ञान जो ठीक क्रम से एकत्र या संगृहीत हो । किसी विषय की जानी हुई बातों का ठीक तरह से किया हुआ संग्रह जो एक अलग शास्त्र के रूप में हो । शास्त्र । जैसे,—पदार्थ विज्ञान, राजनीति विज्ञान, शरीर विज्ञान, ज्योतिर्विज्ञान, समाज- विज्ञान आदि · किसी विषय का अनुभवजन्य, पूरा और अच्छा ज्ञान । कार्यकुशलता — Śabdasāgara
विज्ञान · vi-jṅān · s.m.
Distinguishing, perceiving, recognizing, discerning, understanding; distinction, perception, discernment, intelligence, knowledge, comprehension; science, learning, worldly knowledge of any kind (including all subjects except that understanding of the true nature of God or Brahma which is acquirable only by abstract meditation and the study of the Vedas); wisdom — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1181
विज्ञान · masculine
knowledge; understanding; science, study of
Cited formation "विज्ञान" is विज्ञ + -आन: विज्ञ means "(f. -ā), Knowing, intelligent", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "विज्ञान" is वि- + ज्ञान: ज्ञान means "knowledge", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विज्ञान — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit विज्ञान (vijñāna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vi-jñāna n. (ifc. f(ā). ) the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge, AV. &c. &c.
skill, proficiency, art, Uttamac.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge, &c. &c.
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vi-jñāna n. (ifc. f(ā). ) the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge, AV. &c. &c.
skill, proficiency, art, Uttamac.
science, doctrine, Suśr.
worldly or profane knowledge (opp. to jñāna, ‘kn˚ of the true nature of God’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
the faculty of discernment or of right judgement, MBh.; R. &c.
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