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jānanti

jānāti

pr 3rd pl of jānāti (verb)

1. knows; understands
2. knows (as)
3. finds out; learns; gets to know (if)
4. (rightly or wrongly) believes; assumes; considers (someone to be)

Etymology. jānā + ti; from √ñā 'know'; Sanskrit jānāti [jñā]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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