जिज्ञासाjijñāsā

जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā) is a Sanskrit word meaning desire to know, inquiry, investigation, the desire to know or inquire, investigation, examination, or test, desire of knowing, curiosity, search, asking or inquiring. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Act of investigation or inquiry, Desire for knowledge or curiosity.

Root: ज्ञा (jñā)
Etymology: E. ज्ञा to know, desider. form, अङ् and टाप् affs
Definitions: 11

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Meanings by context

Act of investigation or inquiry

8 definitions

desire to know, inquiry, investigation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Search. 2. Investigation. 3. Examination.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Asking or inquiring. 2. Search or investigation.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asking, search

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Asking or inquiring. 2. Search or investigation.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wish to know. 2. Wish to test. 3. Examination.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

investigation

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. The desire to know or inquire. 2. Investigation, examination, or test.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Desire for knowledge or curiosity

3 definitions

Desire of knowing, curiosity

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Desire to know, curiosity.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a desire to know

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.