वि-ज्ञान f. n. (
ifc. f(आ). ) the act of distinguishing or discerning, understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge,
[AV.] &c. &c.
skill, proficiency, art,
[Uttamac.] science, doctrine,
[Suśr.] ज्ञान worldly or profane knowledge (
opp. to , ‘
kn° of the true nature of God’),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
the faculty of discernment or of right judgement,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] &c.
मनस् the organ of
kn° (= ),
[BhP.] (
ifc. ) the understanding of (a particular meaning), regarding as,
[Kāś.] on
[Pāṇ. 2-3, 17; 66 &c.] (with
Buddhists) consciousness or thought-faculty (one of the 5 constituent elements or
स्कन्धस्, also considered as one of the 6 elements or
धातुs, and as one of the 12 links of the chain of causation),
[Dharmas. 22; 42; 58] (
cf. [MWB. 102; 109] )