jijñāsā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] [jñā san bhāve a] 1 De- sire of knowing, curriosity, inqui- sitiveness. --2 Search, investiga- tion, test, examination.

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Appears in 29 texts

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[jñā san bhāve a] 1 De- sire of knowing, curriosity, inqui- sitiveness. --2 Search, investiga- tion, test, examination.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

56

Texts Appeared In

23

DCS: name of the wife of Prastāva and mother of Vibhu

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 16 28.6%
2. Sāṃkhyakārikābhāṣya 6 10.7%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4 7.1%
4. Carakasaṃhitā 4 7.1%
5. Kāmasūtra 4 7.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: jijñāsayā

  vedāntavidāṃ mateṣūpaniṣadādiśāstreṣu ṣaṣṭitantrādiṣu sadasadvādinām arhatāṃ ca

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: jijñāsāyāṃ

  jijñāsāyāṃ sampravṛtto nādriyet karmacodanām

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: jijñāsayā

  tasmāj jijñāsayātmānam ātmasthaṃ kevalaṃ param