jnana
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jnana
First recorded in 1820–30, from Sanskrit jñāna “knowledge,” equivalent to jñā- “to know” + -na noun suffix; know 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Manisha Shete, 51, a female priest who has been working as the coordinator at Jnana Prabodhini, a Hindu reformist school in Pune in western India that trains men and women to perform rituals, first began to officiate at religious ceremonies in 2008.
From Seattle Times
The doctrines informing us that virtue and purity, or the states of jnana or sunyata, can be achieved, in some interpretations, by detachment from the physical senses and the material world hold little appeal for me, whether classical, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist.
From The Guardian
The Tulsa girl clinched her place in the national bee after spelling spelling “jnana” correctly at the Scripps Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Oklahoma in March.
From The Guardian
Jnana is a Sanskrit word for "knowledge" in Indian philosophy and religion.
From BBC
Edith Fuller correctly spelled "jnana" to beat more than 50 contestants in the Scripps Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Tulsa.
From BBC
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