Pāli Dictionary

jānāti

ñārootjānāstemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

pajānāti, ājānāti, aññāti, vedeti, dhārayati, pacceti, pekkhati, munāti,

mind

  • knows; understands; is aware of

  • AN 8.30

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu app'iccho samāno app'iccho'ti maṃ jāneyyun'ti na icchati

  • DN 9

    tam'enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, ambho purisa, yassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya vā disāya dakkhiṇāya vā disāya pacchimāya vā disāya uttarāya vā disāya ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā'ti?

  • finds out; learns; comes to know

  • MN 91

    ehi tvaṃ, tāta uttara, yena samaṇo gotamo ten'upasaṅkama, upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ jānāhi yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathā santaṃ'y'eva saddo abbhuggato, yadi vā no tathā

  • MN 81

    atha khv'āhaṃ, mahārāja, bhikkhū āmantesiṃ, gacchatha, bhikkhave, ghaṭikārassa kumbhakārassa nivesane tiṇaṃ jānāthā'ti.

  • believes; assumes; regards or considers as

  • MN 24

    evaṃ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṃ puṇṇaṃ mantāṇiputtaṃ etadavoca, konāmo āyasmā, kathañ'ca pan'āyasmantaṃ sabrahmacārī jānantī'ti? puṇṇo'ti kho me, āvuso, nāmaṃ, mantāṇiputto'ti ca pana maṃ sabrahmacārī jānantī'ti.

  • SN 7.2

    tav'ev'etaṃ, brāhmaṇa, hoti, tav'ev'etaṃ, brāhmaṇa, hotī'ti. bhavantaṃ kho gotamaṃ sarājikā parisā evaṃ jānāti, arahaṃ samaṇo gotamo'ti. atha ca pana bhavaṃ gotamo kujjhatī'ti.

jānanta

approximate

jānārootntasuffix

via inflected form jānatī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ñā5to know

Synonyms

lakkhika

Antonyms

ajānanta

general

  • knowing; being aware of; one who knows

  • MN 7

    tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato kām'āsavā'pi cittaṃ vimuccati, bhav'āsavā'pi cittaṃ vimuccati, avijj'āsavā'pi cittaṃ vimuccati.

  • DN 9

    te ce me evaṃ puṭṭhā, āmā'ti paṭijānanti, ty'āhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi, api pana tumhe āyasmanto ek'antasukhaṃ lokaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ viharathā'ti? iti puṭṭhā, no'ti vadanti.

Compound structure

analyses: 4

jānaṃiti
  1. jānaṃ

    knowing; understanding; being aware of (present participle)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

janāiti
  1. janājana

    person, man, individual; (collectively or in plural) people, population, beings

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

jiṃanatī
  1. jiṃji

    winning; victorious; conquering

  2. anatīanati

    non-inclination; absence of bending

jiṃanati
  1. jiṃji

    winning; victorious; conquering

  2. anati

    breathes; lives

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