A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Pratibha
This page describes Pratibha which is located on page 557 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Pratibha” according to 38 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) [by Rajendralala Mitra]
Or from Pratibha, everything. The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja: [English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rajamartanda][Sanskrit text for commentary available] He now describes the means of becoming all-knowing. [Read Sutra 3. 33] Pratibha is that knowledge which is independent of cause, produced solely in the mind, uncontradictory, and suddenly evolved....
Read full contents: Sutra 3.33
Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali [by Ganganatha Jha]
The name ‘pratibha is given to that form of consciousness which appears (pratibhati) independently of sense-organs and inferential indicatives. And the ‘an affix in ‘pratibham has the reflexive sense; where ‘pratibha is equivalent to ‘pratibha An objection having been raised as to there being no causal agency that could give rise to such a cognition, and as such its appearance being impossible, the author adds:—Aided by a peculiar virtue....
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Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) [by Rama Prasada]
Or, all knowledge by prescience (pratibha). —138. The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa [English translation of the 7th century commentary by Vyasa called the Sankhya-pravacana, Vyasabhashya or Yogabhashya][Sanskrit text for commentary available] Prescience is also named Taraka. It is the fore-runner of discriminative knowledge, as light is the fore-runner of the sun at sunrise....
Read full contents: Sutra 3.32
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