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Etymology
Sanskrit अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna)
From अभि- (abhi-) + ज्ञान (jñāna).
Pronunciation
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 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))
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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