Jnanagni, Jñānāgni, Jnana-agni: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJñānāgni (ज्ञानाग्नि).—knowledge-fire; ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जन (jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute'rjana) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 4.37.
Derivable forms: jñānāgniḥ (ज्ञानाग्निः).
Jñānāgni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jñāna and agni (अग्नि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJñānāgni (ज्ञानाग्नि).—m. the flame of knowledge, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 246.
Jñānāgni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jñāna and agni (अग्नि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJñānāgni (ज्ञानाग्नि).—[masculine] the fire of knowledge.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJñānāgni (ज्ञानाग्नि):—[from jñāna > jñā] m. ‘knowledge-fire’, distinction between good and bad, [Garbha-upaniṣad]
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.
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Partial matches: Agni, Jnana, Ani.
Full-text: Dehatraya, Atmashuddhi.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.19 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 4.37 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.1.48 < [Chapter 1 - The Story of the Personified Vedas]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XVIII - Manners of the matrika goddesses < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Thirty minor Upanishads (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
2. The Path of Knowledge (jnana-yoga) < [Chapter 4 - Moral Action and Emancipation]
Gitartha Samgraha (critical Study) (by Partha Sarathi Sil)
9. Variations in Ślokas < [Chapter 4 - Critical Study of the Gītārthasaṅgraha]