Abhijnana, Abhijñāna: 15 definitions
Introduction:
Abhijnana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Abhigyan.
India history and geography
Abhijñāna.—(LP), a token by which the identity of a person is recognised. Note: abhijñāna is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान).—n S Thorough or deep knowledge of.
abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान).—n Thorough knowledge of.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान).—
1) Recognition; तदभिज्ञानहेतोर्हि दत्तं तेन महात्मना (tadabhijñānahetorhi dattaṃ tena mahātmanā) Rām. (abhijñāna is a combination of anubhava or direct perception and smṛti or recollection; a sort of direct perception assisted by the memory; as when we say 'this is the same man I saw yesterday' so'yaṃ hyo dṛṣṭo naraḥ, anubhava or direct perception leading to the identification expressed by ayam and the memory leading to the reference to past action expressed by saḥ).
2) Remembrance, recollection; knowledge, ascertainment.
3) (a) A sign or token of recognition (person or thing); वत्स योगिन्यस्मि मालत्यभिज्ञानं च धारयामि (vatsa yoginyasmi mālatyabhijñānaṃ ca dhārayāmi) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9; Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.118,124; R.12. 62; Meghadūta 114; उपपन्नेरभिज्ञानैर्दूतं तमवगच्छत (upapannerabhijñānairdūtaṃ tamavagacchata) Rām.
4) The dark portion in the dise of the moon. cf. अभिज्ञानं स्मृतावपि । गर्वे ज्ञाने च हिंसायां प्रणवे च समीरितम् (abhijñānaṃ smṛtāvapi | garve jñāne ca hiṃsāyāṃ praṇave ca samīritam) Nm.
Derivable forms: abhijñānam (अभिज्ञानम्).
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. A mark, a spot or stain. 2. A sing, a token. 3. Ascrtaining, knowledge. E. abhi before jñā to know, and lyuṭ aff.
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान).—i. e. abhi-jñā + ana, n. 1. Remembrance, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5. 68, 1. 2. Recognition, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान).—[neuter] = [preceding] [feminine]; recognition or sign of recognition. śakuntala [neuter] T. of a drama (the Token or Ring-Śakuntala).
1) Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान):—[=abhi-jñāna] [from abhi-jñā] n. remembrance, recollection
2) [v.s. ...] knowledge, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] ascertainment
4) [v.s. ...] a sign or token of remembrance
5) [v.s. ...] any sign or token serving as a proof for ([locative case] or prati), [Rāmāyaṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] = abhijñāna-śakuntala q.v., [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) 1) Recollection, remembrance.
2) Recognition.
3) A sign or token of recognition; e. g. in the Anukram. of the Rāmāyaṇa: saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ ca maithilyā abhijñānasya cārpaṇam; or Bhaṭṭik.: abhijñānaṃ gṛhītvā te (scil. vānarāḥ) samutpeturnabhastalam; or ayaṃ maithilyabhijñānaṃ kākutsthasyāṅgurīyakaḥ.
4) The dark portion in the moon’s disk. [A nom. plur. masc. abhijñānāḥ is mentioned by Langlois in his tranel. of the Harivaṃśa as a v. 1. of abhiglāna q. v.] E. jñā with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान):—[abhi-jñāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A mark, a sign; ascertaining; knowledge.
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Wiedererkennen: rāmanāmāṅkitaṃ cedaṃ pragṛhāṇāṅgurīyakam . tadabhijñānahetorhi dattaṃ tena mahātmanā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 32, 44.] tayā ca tasya prāptasya tatrābhijñānasiddhaye . putrakasya prasuptasya nyastaṃ vāsasyalaktakam (so ist zu lesen für vāsasya la) .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 71.] —
2) das Gedenken, Erinnerung: pūrvavṛttamabhijñānaṃ bhūyaḥ saṃpratyabhāṣata [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 68, 1.] etāvadāryā abhijñānamuvāca [43.] —
3) Kenntniss: lakṣaṇaṃ tvanabhijñānāṃ tadabhijñānasūcakam [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 219.] —
4) woran man Jmd oder Etwas erkennt, wobei man sich Jmdes oder Etwas erinnert, Erkennungszeichen, Erinnerungsmahl: rāmasya dadarśāśramameyuṣaḥ . kṛtaṃ vṛkṣeṣvabhijñānaṃ kuśacīraiḥ kvacitkvacit .. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 100, 6.] upapannairabhijñānairdūtaṃ tamavagacchata [5, 33, 14. 6, 8, 3.] cihnabhūtaṃ tvabhijñānaṃ tvamaṅge kartumarhasi . yena tvāmabhijānīyāṃ dvandvayuddhamupāgatam .. [4, 12, 44.] tasyai bharturabhijñānamaṅgulīyaṃ dadau [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 62.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 72. 6, 110, 51.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 3, 72.] ityuktā śaktidevena sābhijñānam [?26, 102. Meghadūta 111. zu 112, v. l.] Zeichen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 106.] Zeichen, Beweis für Etwas mit prati oder mit dem loc.: paryāptaṃ cāpyabhijñānamiha svādhīnatāṃ prati . yat u. s. w. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 81, 24.] paryāptaṃ cāpyabhijñānaṃ dharmasya parirakṣaṇe . yat u. s. w. [86, 7.]
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Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान):—
1) füge das Erkennen (Jmdes) und tvadabhijñānacihna [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 192, 11] hinzu. —
4) [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 196, 15.] dāna [Oxforder Handschriften 138,a, No. 270.] maṇi [344,b,4.] —
5) = śakuntalābhijñāna [Sāhityadarpana 138, 13.]
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान):—n. —
1) das Erkennen , Wiedererkennen Jmdes. —
2) Kenntniss. —
3) Erkennungszeichen , Erkennungsmahl. —
4) Zeichen , Beweis für ( prati oder Loc.). —
5) Erinnerungen [Rāmāyaṇa 5,68,1,4.] —
6) = abhijñānaśakuntala.
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Abhiṇṇāṇa, Ahiṇṇāṇa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Abhijñāna (अभिज्ञान) [Also spelled abhigyan]:—(nm) recognition; recollection; identification; anagnorisis.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Abhijñāna (ಅಭಿಜ್ಞಾನ):—
1) [noun] the act, fact or state of knowing well; deep knowledge.
2) [noun] the act or the process of remembering; the act of recollecting; a calling back to mind; remembrance.
3) [noun] a sign, indication, symbol or a thing that helps recollecting the past.
4) [noun] something presented in a legal proceeding, as a statement of a witness, an object, etc., which bears on or establishes a point in question; an evidence; a proof.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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