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vijñāna

vi-jñā́na 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 jñāna, ‘knowledge of the true nature of God’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

the faculty of discernment or of right judgement, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

the organ of knowledge (= manas), [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])