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Gyaneshwar
ज्ञानेश्वरSay it gyaa-NAYSH-wur
- Meaning today
- Lord of knowledge, god of wisdom
- Original meaning
- "lord of knowledge (from jñāna, knowledge, and īśvara, lord)" Monier-Williams, p. 426
- Say it
- gyaa-NAYSH-wur
- Written
- ज्ञानेश्वर
- Other spellings
- Jnaneshwar, Gyaneshwer
Gyaneshwar
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Gyaneshwar meaning
Gyaneshwar (ज्ञानेश्वर) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin (Marathi and Hindi usage).
Lord of knowledge (from jñāna, knowledge, and īśvara, lord)
Also used to mean: god of wisdom
Gyaneshwar (ज्ञानेश्वर) joins Sanskrit jñāna, "knowledge", and īśvara, which Monier-Williams gives as master or lord and as God. Together they mean "lord of knowledge", as name lists give it. The name belongs above all to Sant Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296), the Marathi poet-saint of the Varkari tradition, who wrote the Dnyaneshwari, a Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, in 1290. Maharashtrian families usually spell the name Dnyaneshwar, following Marathi pronunciation; Gyaneshwar is the Hindi form, and Jnaneshwar keeps the Sanskrit spelling.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 426 · entry jñāna; īśvara · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, jñāna, p. 426 · Monier-Williams, īśvara, p. 171 · Wikipedia, Dnyaneshwar
Famous namesakes
- Sant Dnyaneshwar, 13th-century Marathi saint and author of the Dnyaneshwari
Spellings
Gyaneshwar · Jnaneshwar · Gyaneshwer