saṃjñā (f)
Meanings
- (in gramm.) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself
- (with Buddhists) perception (one of the 5 Skandhas)
- a name
- a sign
- a technical expression in grammar
- a track
- agreement
- any noun having a special meaning (saṃjñāyām therefore denotes "[used] in some peculiar sense rather than in its strictly etymological meaning")
- appellation
- clear knowledge or understanding or notion or conception
- consciousness
- direction
- footstep
- gesture
- harmony
- mutual understanding
- name of a daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ or Viśvakarman
- name of a particular high number
- name of the Gāyatrī
- signal
- technical term
- title
- token
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