अभिज्ञान

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí

Sanskrit अभि- (abhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā)

Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna)

Sanskrit अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna)

From अभि- (abhi-) + ज्ञान (jñāna).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अभिज्ञान • (abhijñāna) stem, n

recognition, remembrance, recollection
sign or token of remembrance
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.74:
  निवेदयित्वा ऽभिज्ञानं प्रवृत्तिं च निवेद्य च ।
  समाश्वास्य च वैदेहीं मर्दयामास तोरणम् ॥
  nivedayitvā ʼbhijñānaṃ pravṛttiṃ ca nivedya ca.
  samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṃ mardayāmāsa toraṇam.
  Having delivered the token of remembrance [ring] and telling the happenings, having consoled Sītā, he crushed the gate.
any sign or token serving as a proof for (locative case or with प्रति (prati))

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अभिज्ञान
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अभिज्ञानम् (abhijñānam)	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानानि (abhijñānāni) अभिज्ञाना¹ (abhijñānā¹)
vocative	अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna)	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानानि (abhijñānāni) अभिज्ञाना¹ (abhijñānā¹)
accusative	अभिज्ञानम् (abhijñānam)	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानानि (abhijñānāni) अभिज्ञाना¹ (abhijñānā¹)
instrumental	अभिज्ञानेन (abhijñānena)	अभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (abhijñānābhyām)	अभिज्ञानैः (abhijñānaiḥ) अभिज्ञानेभिः¹ (abhijñānebhiḥ¹)
dative	अभिज्ञानाय (abhijñānāya)	अभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (abhijñānābhyām)	अभिज्ञानेभ्यः (abhijñānebhyaḥ)
ablative	अभिज्ञानात् (abhijñānāt)	अभिज्ञानाभ्याम् (abhijñānābhyām)	अभिज्ञानेभ्यः (abhijñānebhyaḥ)
genitive	अभिज्ञानस्य (abhijñānasya)	अभिज्ञानयोः (abhijñānayoḥ)	अभिज्ञानानाम् (abhijñānānām)
locative	अभिज्ञाने (abhijñāne)	अभिज्ञानयोः (abhijñānayoḥ)	अभिज्ञानेषु (abhijñāneṣu)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

प्रत्यभिज्ञान (pratyabhijñāna)

Descendants

Pali: abhiññāṇa
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡 (ahiṇṇāṇa)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अभिज्ञान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 62.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “abhijñāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अभिज्ञान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 172
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अभिज्ञान”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 23
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “abhijñāna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 23