Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
9 A. 1 To ascertain; to know.
2 To invent, find out, hit upon: (upajñātaṃ=vinopadeśena jñātaṃ); see upajñā below.
upajñā
Dictionary meanings for upajñā from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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upajñā
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[upajñāyate ityupajñā karmaṇyaṅ] 1 Knowledge acquired by oneself and not handed down by tradition, in- vention, primitive or untaught knowledge; usually in comp. which is treated as a neuter noun (P. II. 4. 21); pāṇinerupajñā pāṇinyupajñaṃ graṃthaḥ Sk.; prācetasopajñaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ R. 15. 63.
2 Undertaking or commencing a thing not done before; loke'bhūdyadupa- jñameva viduṣāṃ saujanyajanyaṃ yaśaḥ Malli. on...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A1. -jānīte (3. pl. -jānate AV.) to ascertain, excogitate, invent, find out, hit upon AV. iv, 36, 8; S3Br. 023872 198,2 34598 mfn. (fr. Desid.), wishing to know or to become acquainted with MBh. xii, 3884. 023873 198,2 34599 mfn. to be excogitated or found out 198,2 34600 mfn. enigmatical S3Br. iii, 2, 1, 24. 023874 198,2 34601