Vijnana, Vijñānā, Vijñāna: 32 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVijñāna (विज्ञान):—(wie eben)
1) n. a) Erkenntniss, richtige Erkenntniss, Kenntniss, Wissen [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 15.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 310.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 415.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 128.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 13, 3. 15, 2, 1.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 3, 8, 5. 4, 4, 1. 5, 7, 4, 4.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 3, 4, 11. 8, 7, 2, 10. 10, 3, 5, 13. 14, 5, 1, 17.] darśana, śravaṇa, mati, vijñāna [5, 4, 5. 14. 7, 1, 30.] [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad 3, 3.] [TAITT. Upakośā 2, 5.] [MAITRYUP. 6, 13.] nityaṃ hyavijñāturvijñāne sūyā [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 3.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 20.] [Mahābhārata 3, 16771.] viditavijñānaḥ pareṣāṃ dharmamādiśan [5, 5984.] [Kapila 1, 42. 90.] [Suśruta 1, 30, 6. 125, 11.] etadeva hi vijñānaṃ yadātmaparavedanam [Spr. 909 (II). 1169.] nidhi [1502.] parasparaṃ saṃgharṣiṇoḥ [Mālavikāgnimitra 13, 13. 34.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 50, 11.] buddhirvijñānarūpiṇī [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 10, 32.] vijñānaṃ svaparābhāsi pramāṇaṃ bādhavarjitam [SARVADARŚANAS. 32, 15.] niravaśeṣaśāstraviṣayaṃ granthato rthataśca siddhijñānaṃ vijñānam [76, 9.] divya [Kathāsaritsāgara 26, 60.] [ŚUK.] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 32, 5.] śakti [Oxforder Handschriften 225, No. 549.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 1, 35.] ghana [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 4, 12.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 2, 8.] śarīrasya Kenntniss des Körpers [Suśruta 1, 9, 12.] vijñāneṣvapi cāstrāṇām [Mahābhārata 1, 8033.] duṣṭasya [12, 3845.] vyaktāvyaktajña [SĀṂKHYAK. 2.] ātma [KĀM. NĪTIS. 2, 7.] prayoga [Śākuntala 2.] śāstra [Spr. 1037.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 2, 20.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 35.] [Sāhityadarpana 158.] [Pañcatantra 44, 17. 186, 11.] locana eine Erkenntniss durch’s Auge [SARVADARŚANAS. 29, 6.] kiṃ vijñānaṃ vijānāsi auf welche Kunst (vijñāna = śilpa, kalā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 900.] = kārmaṇa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = karman [Medinīkoṣa]) verstehst du dich? [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 75. 52, 95. 98. fg. 79, 14. 83, 21.] Wissenschaft von Etwas, Lehre [Suśruta.1,8,10. 11,3.] [Oxforder Handschriften 308,a,37. 44.b,9. 10. 13. 36 u.s.w.] profanes Wissen neben jñāna [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 41.] [Bhagavadgītā 3, 41. 7, 2.] [Mahābhārata 14, 600.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 24, 16 (25, 16 Gorresio). 3, 11, 12.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 77, 8.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 24, 17. 4, 1, 63.] Ueber den Begriff vijñāna bei den Buddhisten s. [Burnouf 488. 502. fg. 511. 636. fgg.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 476. 512. fgg.] [WASSILJEW 102 u.s.w.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 19, 8. 20, 13. 22, 10. 23, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 233, Scholiast] avijñānāt ohne es zu wissen, ohne es gewahr zu werden [ŚAUNAKA] in [Gebiete des Deutschen I, 442.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 220.] [Mahābhārata 5, 5443.] [Harivaṃśa 3687.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 57, 21.] a keine Kenntniss von Etwas habend [Kathāsaritsāgara 24, 61.] — b) die Fähigkeit der Erkenntniss, richtiges Urtheil: duḥkhopahatavijñānā [Mahābhārata 11, 742.] hṛtavijñānabuddhi [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 65, 13.] vijñānaṃ hi mama bhraṣṭam [3, 75, 44.] buddhivijñānasaṃpanna [4, 1, 22.] saṃpanna [34, 27.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 78, 13.] su adj. [Spr. 4622.] das Organ der Erkenntniss, = manas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 28, 20.] — c) das Verstehen unter Etwas, das Halten für, das Erkennen als, das Annehmen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 120, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3. 8, 2, 48, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2.] Schol. zu [?6, 1, 131 (im 2ten Theile) und 8,2, 62.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 9, 28.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sādhya [Harivaṃśa 11536] nach der Lesart der neueren Ausg., vidhāna die ältere. — Vgl. artha, durvijñāna, ratha .
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Starts with (+69): Vijnana-katha, Vijnanabhairava, Vijnanabhairavoddyota, Vijnanabhairavoddyotasamgraha, Vijnanabharata, Vijnanabhattaraka, Vijnanabhava, Vijnanabhavatva, Vijnanabhikshu, Vijnanabija, Vijnanabodha, Vijnanacarya, Vijnanadeshana, Vijnanadrishti, Vijnanadvaita, Vijnanadvaitavada, Vijnanaghana, Vijnanahara, Vijnanaikaskandhavada, Vijnanaka.
Ends with (+182): Adhivijnana, Aharavijnana, Akaravijnana, Akritimavijnana, Akritivijnana, Alayavijnana, Amgamsharogavijnana, Amgamshavijnana, Antariksha-vijnana, Anubhautavijnana, Anubhavijnana, Anujivavijnana, Anvayavijnana, Apahritavijnana, Apasamanyamanojnana, Arthavijnana, Asamvijnana, Asthivijnana, Atadgunasamvijnana, Atmavijnana.
Full-text (+450): Vijnanapada, Vikkiyanam, Vijnanata, Pravrittivijnana, Vijnanamaya, Jnanavijnana, Bhutavijnana, Yokacaram, Vinnana, Vijnanayogin, Vijnanavilasa, Vijnanashiksha, Vijnanabhairava, Vijnanataravali, Vijnanayati, Vijnanashastra, Vijnanataramgini, Vijnanalalita, Vijnanasamjnaprakarana, Arthavijnana.
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