विज्ञानम् [vijñānam] 1 Knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understanding; यज्जीव्यते क्षणमपि प्रथितं मनुष्यैर्विज्ञानशौर्यविभवार्यगुणैः समेतम् । तन्नाम जीवितमिह ...
[Pt.1.24;5.3;] विज्ञानमयः कोशः 'the sheath of intelligence' (the first of the five sheaths of the soul).
Discrimination, discernment.
Skill, proficiency; प्रयोगविज्ञानम्
[Ś.1.2.] Worldly or profane knowledge, knowledge derived from worldly experience (opp. ज्ञान which is 'knowledge of Brahma or Supreme Spirit'); ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः
[Bg.7.2;3.41;6.8;] (the whole of the 7th Adhyāya of Bg. explains ज्ञान and विज्ञान).
Business, employment.
Music.
Knowledge of the fourteen lores.
The organ of knowledge; पञ्चविज्ञानचेतने (शरीरे)
[Mb.12.187.] 12.
Knowledge beyond the cognisance of the senses (अतीन्द्रियविषय); विज्ञानं हि महद्भ्रष्टम्
[Rām.3.71.3.] Information; लब्धविज्ञानम्
[Mb.12.44.5.] -Comp.
-ईश्वर N. N. of the author of the Mitākṣarā, a commentary on Yājñavalkya's Smṛiti.
-पादः N. N. of Vyāsa.
-मातृकः an epithet of Buddha.
-योगः means of arriving at correct knowledge (प्रमाण); केन विज्ञानयोगेन मतिश्चित्तं समास्थिता
[Mb. 14.21.11.] -वादः the theory of knowledge, the doctrine taught by Buddha.
-स्कन्धः one of the five स्कन्धs postulated in the Buddhistic philosophy (रूपवेदना- विज्ञानसंज्ञासंस्काराः क्षणिकविज्ञानस्कन्धे स्मृतिरनुपपन्ना ŚB. on
[MS.1.1.5.]