ප්රඥා
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰজ্ঞা (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
- প্রজ্ঞা (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ပြဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
- प्रज्ञा (Devanagari script)
- પ્રજ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
- ប្រជ្ញា (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
- പ്രജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᠽᡛᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
- ப்ரஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
- ప్రజ్ఞా (Telugu script)
- ปฺรชฺญา (Thai script)
- པྲ་ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Adjective
ප්රඥා • (prajñā)
- Sinhalese script form of प्रज्ञा, feminine singular nominative of ප්රඥ (prájña)
- (vedic) Sinhalese script form of प्रज्ञा, feminine singular instrumental of ප්රඥ (prájña)
- (vedic) Sinhalese script form of प्रज्ञा, neuter nominative/vocative/accusative instrumental of ප්රඥ (prájña)
- Sinhalese script form of प्रज्ञा, masculine plural sandhi form of nominative/vocative of ප්රඥ (prájña)
Noun
ප්රඥා • (prájñā) stem, f
- Sinhalese script form of प्रज्ञा (“wisdom”)
- (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
- 8. ප්රමාදමප්රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ්ඩිතඃ
ප්රඥාප්රසාදමාරුහ්ය ත්වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්රජාම්
පර්වතස්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්ෂතෙ- 8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ
Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām
Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate - 8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below. - (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)
- 8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ප්රඥා (prajñā) | ප්රඥෙ (prajñe) | ප්රඥාඃ (prajñāḥ) |
| accusative | ප්රඥාම් (prajñām) | ප්රඥෙ (prajñe) | ප්රඥාඃ (prajñāḥ) |
| instrumental | ප්රඥයා (prajñayā) ප්රඥා¹ (prajñā¹) |
ප්රඥාභ්යාම් (prajñābhyām) | ප්රඥාභිඃ (prajñābhiḥ) |
| dative | ප්රඥායෛ (prajñāyai) | ප්රඥාභ්යාම් (prajñābhyām) | ප්රඥාභ්යඃ (prajñābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ප්රඥායාඃ (prajñāyāḥ) ප්රඥායෛ² (prajñāyai²) |
ප්රඥාභ්යාම් (prajñābhyām) | ප්රඥාභ්යඃ (prajñābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ප්රඥායාඃ (prajñāyāḥ) ප්රඥායෛ² (prajñāyai²) |
ප්රඥයොඃ (prajñayoḥ) | ප්රඥානාම් (prajñānām) |
| locative | ප්රඥායාම් (prajñāyām) | ප්රඥයොඃ (prajñayoḥ) | ප්රඥාසු (prajñāsu) |
| vocative | ප්රඥෙ (prajñe) | ප්රඥෙ (prajñe) | ප්රඥාඃ (prajñāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Root
ප්රඥා • (prajñā)
- Sinhalese script form of प्रज्ञा (“to know”)
Derived terms
Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.
| Nonfinite Forms: ප්රඥාතුම් (prajñā́tum) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Undeclinable | |||
| Infinitive | ප්රඥාතුම් prajñā́tum | ||
| Gerund | ප්රඥාත්වා prajñātvā́ | ||
| Participles | |||
| Masculine/Neuter Gerundive | ප්රඥාය / ප්රඥාතව්ය / ප්රඥානීය prajñā́ya / prajñātavya / prajñānīya | ||
| Feminine Gerundive | ප්රඥායා / ප්රඥාතව්යා / ප්රඥානීයා prajñā́yā / prajñātavyā / prajñānīyā | ||
| Masculine/Neuter Past Passive Participle | ප්රඥාත prajñātá | ||
| Feminine Past Passive Participle | ප්රඥාතා prajñātā́ | ||
| Masculine/Neuter Past Active Participle | ප්රඥාතවත් prajñātávat | ||
| Feminine Past Active Participle | ප්රඥාතවතී prajñātávatī | ||
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ප්රඥා not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ප්රඥා not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- ප්රජානාති (prajānāti) (Present)
- Secondary Forms
- ප්රඥාපයති (prajñāpayati) (Causative)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ප්රඥා”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0659.