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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

विज्ञानvijñāna[vi-gñấna] n. V., C.: discernment, knowledge (--˚=of, rarely = by means of); C.: skill, proficiency, art…
[vi-gñấna] neuter Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: discernment, knowledge (--˚Equivalent toof, rarely Equivalent to by means of); Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: skill, proficiency, art; artifice, trick; doctrine; profane knowledge (opposite gñâna); faculty of knowing, judgment; organ of know ledge (Equivalent toManas); understanding to mean, regarding as: -tâ, feminine; also equal for proficiency in (locative); -pati, masculine lord of knowledge (one who has arrived at a certain stage of emancipation); -máya, adjective consisting of knowledge, intelli gent; -vat, adjective possessed of knowledge; -vâda, masculine doctrine of knowledge alone (and not ex ternal phenomena) having a real existence; -vâdin, adjective maintaining that knowledge only has real existence; - ͜ astitva-mâtra-vâdin, adjective the same
In the Gita18·42

ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥

jñānaṁ vijñānamāstikyaṁ brahmakarma svabhāvajam. — Calm, self-control, askesis, purity, long-suffering, candour, knowledge, acceptance of spiritual truth are the work of the Brahmin, born of his… 18·42
- विज्ञानम्vijñānamnominative singular of the neuter noun vijñāna (the comprehensive knowledge).
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अधिविज्ञानadhivijñāna[adhi-vigñâna] n. highest know ledge.

[adhi-vigñâna] neuter highest know ledge.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विज्ञानvijñānan. (ifc. f(आ).) the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing…
1. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge AV. etc.
2. neuter gender skill, proficiency, art Uttamac.
3. neuter gender science, doctrine Sus3r.
4. neuter gender worldly or profane knowledge (opp. to ज्ञान, "kn knowledge of the true nature of God") Mn. MBh. etc.
5. neuter gender the faculty of discernment or of right judgement MBh. R. etc.
6. neuter gender the organ of kn knowledge (Equivalent to मनस्) BhP.
7. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') the understanding of (a particular meaning), regarding as Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 2-3, 17; 66 etc.
8. neuter gender (with Buddhists Buddhists) consciousness or thought-faculty (one of the 5 constituent elements or Skandhas स्कन्धस्, also considered as one of the 6 elements or Dha1tus धातु s, and as one of the 12 links of the chain of causation) Dharmas. 22; 42; 58 (confer, compare MWB. 102; 109)
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अधिविज्ञानadhivijñānan. the highest knowledge.

neuter gender the highest knowledge.

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अपहृतविज्ञानapahṛtavijñānamfn. bereft of sense.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective bereft of sense.

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अर्थविज्ञानarthavijñānan. comprehension of meaning (one of the six or eight exercises of the understanding) L.

neuter gender comprehension of meaning (one of the six or eight exercises of the understanding) Lexicographers

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अविज्ञानavijñānamfn. not having any information Katha1s.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not having any information Katha1s.
2. neuter gender "no knowledge"
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अविज्ञानत्वavijñānatvan. undiscernibleness Nr2isUp.

neuter gender undiscernibleness Nr2isUp.

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अविज्ञानवत्avijñānavatmfn. not possessing knowledge Kat2hUp.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not possessing knowledge Kat2hUp.

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अविज्ञानात्avijñānātind. abl. without knowing, unawares Mn. ii, 220 MBh. v, 5443 Hariv. R.

indeclinable ablative without knowing, unawares Mn. ii, 220 MBh. v, 5443 Hariv. R.

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