vijẏāna | विज्य़ान | vijYAna
vi-jẏā/na | वि-ज्य़ा/न | n. (ifc. f(A). ) the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge, AV. &c. &c.
skill, proficiency, art, Uttamac.
science, doctrine, Suśr.
worldly or profane knowledge (opp. to jẏāna | ज्य़ान |, ‘kn˚ of the true nature of God’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
the faculty of discernment or of right judgement, MBh.; R. &c.
the organ of kn˚ (= manas | मनस् |), BhP.
(ifc.) the understanding of (a particular meaning), regarding as, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 3, 17; 66 &c.
(with Buddhists) consciousness or thought-faculty (one of the 5 constituent elements or Skandhas, also considered as one of the 6 elements or Dhātus, and as one of the 12 links of the chain of causation), Dharmas. 22; 42; 58 (cf. MWB. 102; 109)
skill, proficiency, art, Uttamac.
science, doctrine, Suśr.
worldly or profane knowledge (opp. to jẏāna | ज्य़ान |, ‘kn˚ of the true nature of God’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
the faculty of discernment or of right judgement, MBh.; R. &c.
the organ of kn˚ (= manas | मनस् |), BhP.
(ifc.) the understanding of (a particular meaning), regarding as, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 3, 17; 66 &c.
(with Buddhists) consciousness or thought-faculty (one of the 5 constituent elements or Skandhas, also considered as one of the 6 elements or Dhātus, and as one of the 12 links of the chain of causation), Dharmas. 22; 42; 58 (cf. MWB. 102; 109)