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अभिज्ञानं (abhijJAnaM)

 
Apte 1890
English
अभिज्ञानं 1 Recognition
तदभिज्ञानहेतोर्हि दत्तं तेन महात्मना Rām. (अभिज्ञान is a combination of अनुभव or direct perception and स्मृति or recollection
a sort of direct perception assisted by the memory
as when we say ‘this is the same man I saw yesterday’ सोयं ह्यो दृष्टो नरः, अनुभव or direct perception leading to the identification expressed by अयं and the memory leading to the reference to past action expressed by सः).
2 Remembrance, recollection
knowledge, ascertainment.
3 (a) A sign or token of recognition (person or thing)
वत्स योगिन्यस्मि मालत्यभिज्ञानं च धारयामि Māl. 9
Bk. 8. 118, 124
R. 12. 62
Me. 112
उपपन्नैरभिज्ञानैर्दूतं तमवगच्छत Rām.
4 The dark portion in the disc of the moon.
Comp.
आभरणं a recognition-ornament, a tokenring Ś. 4.
पत्रं a certificate, letter of recommendation.
शकुंतलं N. of a celebrated drama by Kālidāsa in seven acts, in which king Duṣyanta marries Kaṇva's daughter Śakuntalā by the Gāndharva form of marriage, forgets all about her owing to the curse of Durvāsas, but ultimately recollects, at the sight of the token-ring (अभिज्ञान) that he had duly married her
अभिज्ञानेन स्मृता शकुंतला अभिज्ञानशकुंतला
तामधिकृत्य कृतं नाटकं °शकुंतलं
(the reading °शाकुंतलं is grammatically indefensible).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
अभिज्ञानं,
क्ली,
 (अभिज्ञायतेऽनेन, अभि + ज्ञा +करणे ल्युट् ।) चिह्नं । इति हेमचन्द्रः । (अङ्कः ।लक्षणं ।“एतस्मान्मां कुशलिनमभिज्ञानदानाद्विदित्वामा कौलीनाच्चकितनयने मय्यविश्वासिनी भूः” ।इति मेघदूते । स्मृतिः । ज्ञानभेदः ।“एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण हनूमान् वानरर्षभः ।पूर्व्ववृत्तमभिज्ञानं भूयः संप्रत्यभाषत” ॥
इति रामायणे । सोऽयमितिज्ञानसाधनं चिह्नं ।स्मरणार्थमङ्गुरीयादिकं चिह्नं । “अयं मैथिल्य-भिज्ञानं काकुत्स्थस्याङ्गुरीयकः” । इति भट्टि-काव्ये ।)