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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBuddhi (बुद्धि):—(von budh) f. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 183.]
1) Einsicht, Verstand, Geist, Intellect, das Vermögen Vorstellungen und Begriffe zu bilden und festzuhalten; Urtheilskraft [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 10. 3, 4, 18, 112. 125.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 114.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 308.] [Halāyudha 2, 179.] vivardhana [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 106. 4, 18.] vṛddhikara [19.] buddhirjñānena śudhyati [5, 109. 12, 10.] buddhimākulīkuryuḥ [Suśruta 1, 14, 4. 378, 17.] lāghava [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 58, 36.] śāstreṣvakuṇṭhitā [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 19.] na buddhirdhanalābhāya na jāḍyamasamṛddhaye [Spr. 1424.] buddhirbalavatī bhīrusattvānāṃ na parākramaḥ [1977.] śastra adj. (pārthiva) [1978.] buddhiśca hīyate puṃsāṃ nīcaiḥ saha samāgamāt [1979.] buddheragocaratayā [1980. fgg. 2439. fg.] pareṅgitajñānaphalā hi buddhayaḥ [463.] vyasaneṣveva sarveṣu yasya buddhirna hīyate [2915.] madāndha [4173.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 18. 32, 172.] punarlabdhvā buddhiṃ ceto dhanāni ca [Nalopākhyāna 11, 23.] saṃpanna verständig [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 5.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 16, 3.] varjita [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 39.] hīnatva [Spr. 1902.] jāta adj. [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 74, 49.] alpa [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 74.] [Suśruta 1, 14, 4.] vimalavipula ebend. paṇḍita [Spr. 1540.] ātmā buddhyā samarthyārthānmano yuṅke vivakṣayā [ŚIKṢĀ] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 106. 350.] cintayantī buddhyā [Nalopākhyāna 5, 11.] [Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 2.] etadbuddhyā viniścitya manasā [Mahābhārata 5, 5973.] buddhau (jajñe) ca vijigīṣutā im Geiste [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 16.] adhyavasāyo buddhiḥ [Kapila 2, 13.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 23.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 5. 8.] sāntaḥkaraṇā buddhiḥ sarvaṃ viṣayamavagāhate yasmāt [SĀṂKHYAK. 35. fgg. 49.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 10. 11.] sthūla, sūkṣma [25. 45.] sarvavyavahāraheturbuddhirjñānam sā dvividhā smṛtiranubhavaśca [TARKAS. 19.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 50.] buddhirnāma niścayātmikāntaḥkaraṇavṛttiḥ [Vedānta lecture No. 47.] matirāgāmikā jñeyā buddhistatkāladarśinī . prajñā cātītakālasya medhā kālatrayātmikā .. [Randgl.] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 309.] manasaśca parā buddhirbuddherātmā mahānparaḥ [Kaṭhopaniṣad 3, 10.] [Bhagavadgītā 3, 42. 40.] buddhīndriyamanāṃsi [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 192.] tanubuddhimanaḥsu [Spr. 4732.] das Vorstellungsvermögen entsteht beim Fötus im 6ten Monat [Suśruta 1, 323, 19.] —
2) Wahrnehmung: satsaṃprayoge puruṣasyendriyāṇāṃ buddhijanma tatpratyakṣam [Jaimini 1, 4.] sechs Arten durch eben so viele Sinne [Nīlakaṇṭha 22.] Vgl. buddhīndriya . —
3) Verständniss, das Begreifen: śabda [Sāhityadarpana 16, 21.] āsattirbuddhyavicchedaḥ [8, 22.] —
4) Meinung, Ansicht; Gedanken: eṣā te bhihitā māṃkhye buddhiḥ [BHĀG. 2, 39. 41.] na vedmi kiṃcinmohena bhramantīva hi buddhayaḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 76, 31.] tasya buddhiriyaṃ jātā [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 2, 44. 8, 2. 57, 11. 63, 11.] mūḍhaḥ parapratyayaneyabuddhiḥ [Spr. 4559.] saṃdigdhabuddhiṃ māṃ kurvan [Śākuntala 69, 2.] kiṃ svinnaro vā sthāṇurvetyādibuddhistu saṃśayaḥ [Bhāṣāpariccheda 128.] naiṣā buddhiḥ so v. a. richtige, vernünftige Ansicht [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 59, 1.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 68.] tvayyeva saktāmanivārya buddhim die nur an dir haftenden Gedanken [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 110, 3.] strībuddherasthiratvāt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 77.] etayā buddhyā bei dieser Ansicht [Pañcatantra 127, 15.] cakrurbuddhimayaṃ pāpaḥ sarvānno bhakṣayiṣyati sie fassten die Meinung [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 57, 2.] lakṣmaṇe bharate vā tvaṃ kuru buddhiṃ yathāsukham richte deine Gedanken auf, denke an [6, 100, 22.] kalyāṇakṛtabuddhi [Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 144.] spṛśanti na nṛśaṃsānāṃ hṛdayaṃ bandhubuddhayaḥ Gedanken an [3, 12.] —
5) das Halten für Etwas: atasmiṃstadbuddhiḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha 13, 25.] tatprāptibuddhyā in der Meinung, dass ich zu dir gekommen sei, [Raghuvaṃśa 13, 32.] bhittibuddhikara bewirkend den Glauben an eine Wand, dass man eine Wand zu sehen glaubt, [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 59.] sthale ca jalabuddhikṛt [60.] doṣabuddhyā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 9, 36. 4, 7, 53.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 76, 39.] [Hitopadeśa 81, 14.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 95.] paśya buddhyā manuṣyāṇāṃ rājannāpadamātmanaḥ schau auf das eigene Unglück, als wenn du es für das der Menschheit hieltest, [Spr. 3505.] —
6) Absicht, Vorsatz, Plan: sthirā buddhiḥ duhitustava [Sāvitryupākhyāna 2, 29.] sthira adj. [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 39, 3.] (nahi tava) saṃnivartayituṃ buddhiḥ śakyate [Rāmāyaṇa] [SCHL. 2, 34, 32.] etāṃ buddhiṃ samāśritya kṛtvā niścayamātmanaḥ [3, 48, 16.] nahyeṣā buddhirāstheyā hanūmannaṅgadaṃ prati [4, 23, 11.] evaṃ me niścitā buddhirmanaścāpi samāhitam [2, 19, 11.] dharmamāśritya sadbuddhimanuvartitumarhasi [18, 51.] na ca me krodhamutsraṣṭuṃ buddhirbhavati [Rāmāyaṇa] [SCHL. 1, 21, 7.] kiṃ kariṣyāmo bhadraṃ te buddhiratra vicāryatām [41, 9.] evaṃ tasya tadā buddhirdamayantyāṃ nyavartata . damayantyā visarjane [Nalopākhyāna 10, 15.] raṇāya vīraḥ pratiyātabuddhiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 43, 14.] śaktāḥ sūkṣmāsu buddhiṣu [Rāmāyaṇa] [SCHL. 1, 7, 9.] [Spr. 2657.] kayāpi buddhyā in irgend einer Absicht [4811.] kretāraḥ krīṇīyuriti buddhyāpaṇe prasāritaṃ vastu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 82,] [Scholiast] pāpabuddhyā in böser Absicht [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 53, 50.] īśvarārpaṇabuddhyā [Nīlakaṇṭha 9.] anukrośabuddhyā so v. a. aus Mitleiden [Meghadūta 113.] anartha auf Schaden sinnend [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 2, 32.] hita adj. [Spr. 2166.] droha f. [Pañcatantra 58, 21.] adj. [8.] śīghrayāne sadā buddhirdhriyate me viśeṣataḥ mein Sinn steht nach [Mahābhārata 3, 2638.] vivāhavidhaye buddhiṃ vyadhādvatseśvarastayoḥ so v. a. beschloss [Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 104.] buddhiṃ kar einen Vorsatz fassen, sich zu Etwas entschliessen: kṛtvā naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhim [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 63, 15.] tasmātkuru hitāṃ buddhim [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 116, 28.] cakāra buddhiṃ svakulasya nāśinīm [3, 38, 27.] kṛta einen festen Vorsatz habend, fest entschlossen [6, 100, 21.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 97.] [Spr. 3279.] akṛtabuddhi [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 30.] sa kathaṃ mamopari drohabuddhiṃ karoti [Pañcatantra 58, 21.] die Ergänzung ein infln.: sa buddhiṃ kṛtavān brahmadattāya dātuṃ kanyāśataṃ tadā [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 34, 47. 44, 9. 2, 28, 1. 31, 3.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 77, 11.] ein nom. act. im dat.: kṛtabuddhiṃ nivāsāya tatraiva [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 100, 1. 99, 40.] [Vikramorvaśī 86, 19.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 39.] ein nom. act. im loc.: dahane tu saputrāyāḥ kuntyā buddhimakārayat [Mahābhārata 1, 5636.] [Nalopākhyāna 26, 10.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 65, 15. 2, 24, 30.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 67, 8. 6, 37, 77.] ein nom. act. im acc. mit pratiḥ sa tu kṛtvā suvelasya buddhimārohaṇaṃ prati [6, 14, 1.] — buddhiṃ prakuruṣva yathecchasi beschliesse [Nalopākhyāna 3, 25.] abuddhyā ohne Absicht [25, 9.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 79.] —
7) die personif. Einsicht ist eine Tochter Dakṣa’s und Gattin Dharma's [Mahābhārata 1, 2579.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 54.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 1, 49.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 21.] Mutter Bodha's [27.] —
8) ein best. Metrum, a: {Ç} {Ç} b. c. d: {Ç} u. s. w. [HALL] in Journ. of the Am. Or. [S. 6, 514.] — Vgl. a, durbuddhi, nirbuddhi, pāpa, prāṇa .
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5) karma adj. der des Menschen Arbeit anerkennt, der die menschliche Anstrengung für das Wahre hält [Mahābhārata 3, 1214.] — Vgl. mahā .
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Buddhi (बुद्धि):—
4) pl. [Spr. (II) 2286.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBuddhi (बुद्धि):—f. —
1) das Vermögen Vorstellungen und Begriffe zu bilden und festzuhalten , Einsicht , Verstand , Vernunft , Geist , Intellect , Urtheilskraft. Ausnahmsweise auch Pl. —
2) Wahrnehmung. —
3) Verständniss , das Begreifen. buddhirātmana ; oder buddhirbrāhmī Selbsterkenntniss , Psychologie [Carakasaṃhitā 1,9.] —
4) Meinung , Ansicht , Ueberzeugung , Vermuthung ([100,13]), Gedanken , — über (Loc.) —
5) eine richtige , vernünftige Ansicht. —
6) die auf Etwas (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend) gerichteten Gedanken , das Sinnen auf [55,29,30,33.] —
7) Absicht , Vorsatz , Plan. Instr. am Ende eines Comp. so v.a. aus , um (als Angabe des Beweggrundes) [290,19.] —
8) das Halten für (im Comp. vorangehend). bhitti die Meinung , dass es eine Wand sei. —
9) ein best. Metrum. —
10) das 5te astrologische Haus [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1,20.] —
11) die personificirte Einsicht ist eine Tochter Dakaṣa’s und Gattin Dharma's. —
12) Nomen proprium einer Frau [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 3,2.]
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Partial matches: Vaddha, Buddhi, Budha, Ti, Te.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 13 - Mahat and Ahaṃkāra < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
Part 19 - Buddhi and Puruṣa < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
Part 5 - Sāṃkhya kārikā, Sāṃkhya sūtra, Vācaspati Miśra and Vijñāna Bhiksu < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
The concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads (by Gisha K. Narayanan)
2. The Concept of Mind in the Sāṃkhya Darśana < [Chapter 3 - The concept of Mind in the Darśanas]
4. The Concept of Mind in the Kaṭhopaniṣad < [Chapter 4 - The concept of Mind in the Major Upaniṣads]
5. The Concept of Mind in Pūrvamīmāṃsa < [Chapter 3 - The concept of Mind in the Darśanas]
Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)
Text 92 < [Chapter 6a - On Qualities]
Text 91 < [Chapter 6a - On Qualities]
Text 93 < [Chapter 6a - On Qualities]
Nyaya-Vaisheshika (critical and historical study) (by Aruna Rani)
God as the Efficient Cause of the world according to Nyaya-Vaisesika < [Chapter 7 - Conception of Soul (Atman)]
5. The Syncretic School (Nyaya and Vaisesika) < [Chapter 2 - Historical Study of Nyaya system]
Nature of the Individual Self (Jivatman) < [Chapter 7 - Conception of Soul (Atman)]
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 1.122 < [Chapter 1 - The Innate Nature of the Zodiac Signs and Planets]
Verse 11.6 < [Chapter 11 - The Application of the Yogas of the Sun]
Verse 10.5 < [Chapter 10 - The Application of the Yogas of the Moon]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
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