Jnanajnana, Jñānajñāna, Jnana-jnana: 1 definition
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Jnanajnana means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Jñānajñāna (ज्ञानज्ञान) refers to “knowing a (particular) knowledge”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva appear to many beings performing the deeds of a Buddha (buddhakārya) even when the Buddhas do not appear? Son of good family, (1) the Bodhisattva has perfected the purification of the ten powers by knowing what is proper and what is improper; (2) he has perfected the purification of the four fearlessness by knowing the cessation of impurities; (3) he has perfected the purification of the eighteen special qualities of the Tathāgata by knowing the unattached knowledge of the three times (tryadhvāsaṅga-jñānajñāna); [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Partial matches: Jnana.
Starts with: Jnanajnanakrita.
Full-text: Jnanajnanakrita, Hui.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 101 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 3]
Page 66 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 1]
Page 100 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 3]
Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
4. Ajnana is Jivasrita < [Critical exposition (2) Suddhisaurabha]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 245 < [Volume 12 (1898)]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.44 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.50 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 1.1 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Carya, Kriya,Yoga and Jnana < [Chapter 6 - Means to Release]
Kena upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)