# जाग्रत् (jāgrat)

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जाग्रत् (jāgrat) is a Sanskrit word meaning waking, awake, watchful, watching, being awake, attentive, careful, watchful, clear, bright, a daydream or dreaming in a waking state, watching or being awake. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Grammar & General Adjectival/Participial Meaning, The Waking State (as Noun/Substantive), Daydreaming & Specific Waking Consciousness Phenomena.

- **Root:** जागृ (jāgṛ)
- **SLP1:** `jAgrat`  **IAST:** jāgrat  **Devanagari:** जाग्रत्
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jagrat/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Grammar & General Adjectival/Participial Meaning (5 definitions)
- waking, awake, watchful  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 417,1] जाग्रत् (jāgrat) mfn. pr. p. √ जागृ (jāgṛ), q.v. [ ID=78460 ]
- Being awake  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 0510-c ] 1 Watching, being awake. [ ID=13856 ]
- attentive, careful, watchful  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 0510-c ] 2 Attentive, careful, watchful. [ ID=13856 ]
- Watching or being awake  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 346 ] जाग्रत् (jāgrat) mfn. ( - ग्रन् - ग्रती - ग्रत् (-gran-gratī-grat) ) Watching, being awake. E. जागृ (jāgṛ) to wake, Uṇādi affix शतृ (śatṛ). [ ID=16172 ]
- Watching, being awake  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 287-a ] जाग्रत् (jāgrat) mfn. ( - ग्रन् - ग्रती - ग्रत् (-gran-gratī-grat) ) Watching, being awake. E. जागृ (jāgṛ) to wake, Unadi affix शतृ (śatṛ). [ ID=16143 ]

### The Waking State (as Noun/Substantive) (3 definitions)
- waking  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) m. waking, Vedāntasāra (Title) 105; 108; 132; 305. [ ID=78461 ]
- 1. Watching. 2. Waking.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 100-2 ] जाग्रत् (jāgrat) jāgr-at, pr. pt. watching; n. waking: -svapná, m. du. waking and sleep. [ ID=7976 ]
- 1. Waking. 2. The state of waking.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 184 ] जाग्रत् (jāgrat) a. waking; s. the state of waking. [ ID=11223 ]

### Daydreaming & Specific Waking Consciousness Phenomena (2 definitions)
- 1. Clear, bright. 2. A daydream or dreaming in a waking state.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 0510-c ] 3 Clear, bright. — m. Ved. Dreaming in a waking state, daydream. [ ID=13856 ]
- watching, being awake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > जाग्रत् (jāgrat) [Printed book page 0343-c ] Jāgrat, at, atī, at, watching, being awake. —Jā- grat-svapna, au, m. du. a state of waking and sleep; ( as ), m. Ved. dreaming in a waking state, day-dream, hallucination; ( as, ā, am ), occurring in a state of waking and sleep (?). —Jāgrad-avasthā or jāgrad- daśā, f. a state of wakefulness. —Jāgrad-duḥṣvap- nya, am, n., Ved. a disagreeable dream or vision while in a waking state. [ ID=19489 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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