# ज्ञा
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জ্ঞা (Assamese script)
* ᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
* জ্ঞা (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
* જ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
* ਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
* ជ្ញា (Khmer script)
* ຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
* ജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
* ꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ඥා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
* జ్ఞా (Telugu script)
* ชฺญา (Thai script)
* ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Latin gnōscō, Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō), Old English cnawan (English know), and Russian знать (znatʹ).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɲɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d͡ʑɲɑː/

### Root

ज्ञा • (jñā)
* to know

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* जानाति (jānā́ti, Present)
* ज्ञास्यति (jñāsyáti, Future)
* ज्ञाता (jñātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अज्ञासीत् (ájñāsīt, Aorist)
* जज्ञौ (jajñáu, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* ज्ञायते (jñāyáte, Passive)
* अज्ञायि (ájñāyi, Passive Aorist)
* ज्ञापयति (jñāpáyati, Causative)
* ज्ञपयति (jñapáyati, Causative)
* अजिज्ञपत् (ájijñapat, Causative Aorist)
* अजिज्ञिपत् (ájijñipat, Causative Aorist)
* ज्ञाप्यते (jñāpyáte, Passive of Causative)
* ज्ञप्यते (jñapyáte, Passive of Causative)
* जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate, Desiderative)
* जाज्ञायते (jājñāyate, Intensive)
* जाज्ञेति (jājñeti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* ज्ञात (jñātá, Past Participle)
* ज्ञातुम् (jñātum, Infinitive)
* ज्ञातोस् (jñātos, Infinitive)
* ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā́, Gerund)
* ज्ञेय (jñeya, Gerundive)
* ज्ञातव्य (jñātavya, Gerundive)
* ज्ञप्त (jñaptá, Causative Past Participle)
* ज्ञापनीय (jñāpanīya, Causative Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”)
* प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”)
* संज्ञा (saṃjñā, “noun, consciousness”)
* अज्ञ (ajña, “ignorant; inexperienced; unconscious; stupid”)
* ज्ञानी (jñānī, “knowledgeable, wise”)
* अज्ञानी (ajñānī, “ignorant, unwise”)
* अज्ञेय (ajñeya, “unknowable”)
* अज्ञेयवाद (ajñeyavāda, “agnosticism”)
* ज्ञाति (jñātí)
* ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ́)
* ज्ञात्र (jñā́tra)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुज्ञा (anujñā)
* अभिज्ञा (abhijñā)
* अवज्ञा (avajñā)
* आज्ञा (ājñā)
* निर्ज्ञा (nirjñā)
* परिज्ञा (parijñā)
* प्रज्ञा (prajñā)
* प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā)
* विज्ञा (vijñā)
* संज्ञा (saṃjñā)

#### Descendants
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 56
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “jñā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-601