Jnana
(ज्ञान)Literal Meaning
Knowing
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
Sanskrit jnana, from the root jna (to know): knowledge, especially knowledge of the self and the real.
Spiritual Insight & Context
The path of knowing, one of the three paths named in the Gita beside bhakti (devotion) and karma (action). In Jainism the same word names the five kinds of knowledge.