Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prājña प्राज्ञ – Prājña; the cognizing one

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

Prājña; the cognizing one

Derived from

  1. prajñā प्रज्ञा substantive feminine — insight; wisdom; discernment
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

prājñá ·a. intellectual; intelligent, wise, clever (abstr. °tvaÅ n.). m. a wise man.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

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prājña prājña, as, ā or ī, am (fr. pra-jñā), intellectual, (opposed to śārīra, taijasa); intelligent, wise, clever; patient in investigation; (Ved.) having no deep insight; (as), m. a wise or learned man, a Paṇḍit, a skilful or clever man; a kind of parrot with red stripes on the neck and wings; (ā or ī), f. a clever or intelligent woman; (ī), f. the wife of an intellectual man, wife of a Paṇḍit; (ā), f. intelligence, understanding.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

prājñá (von prajñā) 1〉 adj. f. ā und ī P. 5,2,101. P. 5,4,38. VOP. 7,32. fg. a〉 intellectuell (Gegens. śārīra, taijasa): ātman ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,21. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,42. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,10. NIR. 12,37. MĀṆḌ. UP. 5. Ind. St. 1,420. klug, verständig, einsichtsvoll; von Personen AK. 2,7,5. AK. 3,4,14,65. H. 341. HALĀY. 2,177. KAṬHOP. 3,13. M. 2,123. M. 3,11. M. 4,187. M. 7,26. M. 7,60. M. 7,141. M. 7,210. M. 9,41. BHAG. 17,14. DRAUP. 4,19. DRAUP. 7,17. MBH. 3,2735. R. 3,68,55. SUŚR. 1,104,12. SUŚR. 1,134,15. SUŚR. 2,513,2. Spr. 32. Spr. 1297. Spr. 1877. Spr. 2228. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,42. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,58. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,16. ˚vādika MBH. 2,2288. f. prājñā und prājñī AK. 2,6,1,12. TRIK. 3,1,24. H. 522. prājñī die Frau eines einsichtsvollen Mannes BHĀNUD._zu_AK. ŚKDR. aprājña R. 3,68,55. aprājñatā M. 4,167. mahāprājña MBH. 3,2117. R. 1,4,1. R. 1,52,17. R. 2,29,8. R. 2,34,4. — b〉 geringe Einsicht habend: etadupahitaṃ caitanyamajñatvānīśvaratvādiguṇakaṃ prājña ityucyate . ekājñānāvabhāsakatvādasya prājñatvam VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 31. — 2〉 m. eine Papageienart mit rothen Streifen an Hals und Flügeln NIGH. PR. — 3〉 f. ā = prajñā Einsicht, Verstand ŚABDĀRṆAVA_bei_RĀYAM._zu_AK. 1,1,4,10. ŚKDR.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

prājñá — 1〉 Adj. (*f. ā und ī) — a〉 intellectuell. — b〉 klug, verständig, einsichtsvoll (von Personen). — 2〉 m. — a〉 ein kluger, verständiger Mann. — b〉 im Vedānta der durch das Einzelding bedingte Intellect Chr. 260,1. Chr. 260,17. — c〉 *eine Pagageienart mit rothen Streifen an Hals und Flügeln RĀJAN. 19,113. — 3〉 *f. ā Einsicht, Verstand. — 4〉 *f. ī [Page4-183-a] die Frau eines klugen Mannes.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

prājña a. (jñā or jñī f.) [prajña eva svārthe aṇ] 1 Intellectual. 2 Wise, learned, clever; kimucyate prājñaḥ khalu kumāraḥ U. 4. — jñaḥ 1 A wise or learned man; tebhyaḥ prājñā na bibhyati Ve. 2. 14; Bg. 17. 14. 2 A kind of parrot. — jñā 1 Intelligence, understanding. 2 A clever or intelligent woman. — jñī 1 A clever or learned woman. 2 The wife of a learned man. 3 N. of a wife of the sun (sūryapatnī). Comp. — kathā a story about a wise man. — manya, -mānin or prājñaṃmāmin a. ([Page 0771-c]) fancying oneself to be wise, conceited.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prājñá geistig, klug, verständig. m. ein [Page282-1] Kluger, Weiser; der durch das Einzelding bedingte Intellekt (ph.), Abstr. prājñatva n.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

prājña prājña a. (prajñā) savant; habile; sage.

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MandUp 2 occurrences
MandUp 3-7: Four modes of awareness 1 occurrence

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MandUp 8-11: The measures of Om 1 occurrence

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