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Dnyanada
ज्ञानदाSay it DNYAA-nuh-daa
- Meaning today
- Intelligent
- Original meaning
- "giver of knowledge (jñāna 'knowledge' + -dā 'giving')" Monier-Williams, p. 426
- Say it
- DNYAA-nuh-daa
- Written
- ज्ञानदा
- Other spellings
- Gyanada, Jnanada
Dnyanada
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Dnyanada meaning
Dnyanada (ज्ञानदा) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Marathi usage).
Giver of knowledge (jñāna 'knowledge' + -dā 'giving')
Also used to mean: intelligent
Dnyanada (ज्ञानदा) means "giver of knowledge". Monier-Williams records jñānada as an imparter of knowledge, from jñāna, "knowledge", and -da, "giving", and Dnyanada is its feminine. The spelling dny- is how Marathi writes the Sanskrit sound jñ, the same sound found in Dnyaneshwar and Pradnya, so in Hindi the name would be written Gyanada. Name lists give "intelligent". Families sometimes use it as an epithet of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, though the dictionary does not record that sense. It is a distinctly Marathi girls' name.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 426 · entry jñānada · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, jñānada, p. 426
Spellings
Dnyanada · Gyanada · Jnanada