1. jYA cl. 9. P. Ā. jAnA/ti , °nIte/ ( cf. Pāṇ. i, 3, 76 ; Subj. °nA/t ; Impv. °nItA/t , 2. sg. °nIhi/ , once irr. jYa , BhP. x, 89, 46 ; [ fr. cl. 3.] jijAhi , MBh. xiii, 4493 ; 2. pl. irr. °nata , ii, 2397 ; 2. sg. Ā. irr. °nase , Divyāv. xviii ; p. °na/t , °nAna/ , irr. °namAna [ MBh. ]; pf. jajYO , °jYe [ Pass. Rājat. v, 481 ], 3. pl. °jYu/r , RV. vii, 79, 4 ; ŚBr. xi ; p. °jYAna/ , RV. x, 14, 2 ; fut. jYAsyati , °te ; aor. ajYAsIt , °sta Pass. a/jYAyi , vi, 65, 1 &c.; Pot. jYAyAt or jYey° , Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68 ; 2. sg. jYeyas = γνοίης RV. ii, 10, 6 ; inf. jYAtum ) to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with ( acc. ; rarely gen. MBh. iii, 2154 ; Hariv. 7095 ), perceive, apprehend, understand (also with inf. [ Pāṇ. iii, 4, 65 ] MBh. ii , v ; Daś. ), experience, recognise, ascertain, investigate, RV. &c.; to know as, know or perceive that, regard or consider as (with double acc. , e.g. tasya mAM tanayAM jAnIta , ‘know me to be his daughter’, MBh. iii, 2476 ; with mfzA , ‘to consider as untrue’, Ratnāv. ii, 18 ), Mn. &c.; to acknowledge, approve, allow, VS. xviii, 59 f. ; AV. ix, 5, 19 ; ŚBr. i , xi , xiv ; to recognise as one's own, take possession of SaddhP. ; to visit as a friend, AV. x, 1, 25 ; to remember (with gen. ), MBh. xii, 5169 ; Ā. to engage in ( gen. , e.g. sarpizo , ‘to make an oblation with clarified butter’), Pāṇ. i, 3, 45 ; ii, 3, 51 : Caus. jYapayati , to teach any one ( acc. ), ŚāṅkhŚr. xv ; jYAp° ( Pass. jYApyate ) to make known, announce, teach anything, MBh. ii , xii ; Kāty. & Pat. ; to inform any one ( gen. ) that (double acc. ), MBh. i, 5864 ; Ā. to request, ask, ChUp. ii, 13, 1 ( jYap° ), MBh. iii, 8762 ( jYAp° ) : Desid. jijYAsate ( Pāṇ. i, 3, 57 ; ep. also P. ) to wish to know or become acquainted with or learn, investigate, examine, Mn. ii, 13 ; MBh. &c.; to wish for information about ( acc. ), Kathās. xxii, 84 ; to conjecture, AV. xiv, 1, 56 : Caus. Desid. jijYapayizati (also °jYAp° , Siddh. ) and jYIpsati ( cf. °psyamAna ), to wish to make known or inform, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 49 & 4, 55 ; [ cf. γνῶ-θι &c.]
jYA 9 U. ( jAnAti, jAnIte, jajYO, jajYe , ajYAsIt-ajYAsta, jYAtuM, jYAta ) 1 To know (in all senses), to learn, become acquainted with; mA jYAsIstvaM suKI rAmo yadakArzItsa rakzasAM Bk. 15. 9. 2 To know, be aware of, be familiar or conversant with; jAne tapaso vIryaM Ś. 3. 1 ; jAnannapi hi meDAvI jaqavalloka Acaret Ms. 2. 110 , 123 ; 7. 148. 3 To find out, ascertain, investigate; jYAyatAM kaH kaH kAryArTIti Mk. 9. 4 To comprehend, apprehend, understand, feel, experience; as in duHKajYa, suKajYa &c. 5 To test, try, know the true character of; Apatsu mitraM jAnIyAt H. 1. 72 ; Chāṇ. 21. 6 To recognise; ma tvaM dfzwvA na punaralakAM jYAsyase kAmacArin Me. 63. 7 To regard, consider, know to be; jAnAmi tvAM prakftipuruzaM kAmarUpaM maGonaH Me. 6. 8 To act, engage in (with gen. of the instrument); sarpizo jAnIte Sk. ‘he engages in sacrifice with clarified butter ( sarpi zaH = sarpizA ). 9 Ved. To ( pb ) acknowledge, approve, allow. 10 To recognise as one's own, take possession of. — Caus. ( jYApayati, jYapayati ) 1 To announce, inform, make acquainted with, make known, notify. 2 To request, ask ( Atm. ). 3 To sharpen. 4 To satisfy. 5 To praise. 6 To immolate, kill (as an animal). — Desid. ( jijYAsate ) 1 To desire to know, investigate, ascertain; R. 2. 26 ; Bk. 8. 33 ; 14. 91. 2 To conjecture, suppose, guess.