Where does “अज्ञान” come from?
अज्ञान (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
अज्ञान (Sanskrit): ignorance, illusion, incognizance
Definitions
- ignorance, illusion, incognizance
Ancestry of “अज्ञान”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ज्ञान | knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality) |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |