jnana

American  

[juh-nah-nuh] / dʒəˈnɑ nə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. knowledge acquired through meditation and study as a means of reaching Brahman.

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Etymology

Origin of jnana

First recorded in 1820–30, from Sanskrit jñāna “knowledge,” equivalent to jñā- “to know” + -na noun suffix; see origin at know ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

So I thought, instead, about jnana yoga master Sri Yukteswar, whose disciple, Paramahansa Yogananda, wrote the popular Autobiography of a Yogi.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot

The attempt to make religion consist of emotion without thought, of bhakti without jnana, had disastrous issues.

From Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans by Mitchell, J. Murray (John Murray)