Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Jijñāsanā (जिज्ञासना).—(compare Sanskrit °na, nt., and jijñāsā, f.; perhaps a blend of these two), test, trial: yūyaṃ kanyakā (Māra speaks to his daughters)…bodhisattvasya jijñāsanāṃ (no v.l.) kuruta Lalitavistara 320.2 (prose).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jijñāsana (जिज्ञासन).—i. e. jijñāsa, desider of jñā, + ana, n. Wish to know, examination, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 5, 136.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jijñāsana (जिज्ञासन).—[neuter] wish to know, investigation.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jijñāsana (जिज्ञासन):—[from jijñāpayiṣu] n. desire of knowing, investigation, [Kathāsaritsāgara v, 136.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Jijnasana in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jijñāsana (ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸನ):—[noun] = ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸೆ [jijnase].

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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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Full-text: Jijnasaniya.

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