1. Perception, observation, intelligence, understanding, intellect, mind, wisdom, judgment, discernment, and comprehension.
2. The power of forming and retaining conceptions and general notions.
3. Intellect as a fundamental principle in the Sankhya philosophy.
4. Presence of mind, knowledge, an opinion, view, notion, idea, or impression.
5. Intention, purpose, plan, or design.
6. Intelligence personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma.
बुद्धि (buddhi) [Printed book page 0685-c] Buddhi, is, f. perception, (of which five kinds are
enumerated, or with
manas six; cf.
indriya, bud- dhīndriya); observation, intelligence, understand-
ing, intellect, mind, wisdom, judgment, discernment;
the power of forming and retaining conceptions and
general notions; (in the Sāṅkhya phil.) Intellect
(
= adhy-avasāya, ascertainment) as the second
Tattva coming next to and proceeding from Mūla-
prakṛti or A-vyakta [cf.
buddhi-tattva]; compre-
hension, knowledge; presence of mind; an opinion,
view, notion, idea, impression (e. g.
etayā buddhyā, under this idea or impression); regarding, deeming;
intention, purpose, plan, design (e. g.
buddhyā, with a purpose, deliberately, purposely;
a-buddhyā, unintentionally, undesignedly;
anartha-buddhi, hav-
ing evil designs, ill-intentioned; cf.
hita-b°); Intelli-
gence personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife
of Dharma and mother of Bodha; a kind of metre,
the first line of which is ˘¯˘¯¯˘˘¯˘¯¯, and
Page0686-a+ 81 the second, third, and fourth ¯¯˘ &c.
buddhiṃ kṛ, to turn the attention to, fix the mind upon (with
loc.); to form a purpose or design, resolve to do any-
thing (with inf. or with dat. or loc. or with
prati and acc.; cf. rt. 1.
kṛ, p. 246, col. 1,
kṛta-b°).
—Buddhi-kāmā, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs
attending on Skanda.
—Buddhi-kārī, f., N. of a
princess.
—Buddhi-gamya or
buddhi-grāhya, as, ā, am, to be apprehended by the intellect, attainable
by the reason or understanding, intelligible.
—Bud- dhi-cintaka, as, ā, am, thinking intelligently;
[cf.
cintayantī buddhyā, Nala V. 12.]
—Buddhi- cchāyā, f. reflex action of the understanding on
the soul.
—Buddhi-cyuta, as, ā, am, one who
has lost his intellect.
—Buddhi-jīvin, ī, inī, i, subsisting by intelligence, employing the reason,
possessed of life and intelligence, rational, intelli-
gent (Manu I. 96).
—Buddhi-tattva, am, n. the
Tattva of intellect, the second Tattva or prin-
ciple of the Sāṅkhya phil., (it is the second of the
eight Prakṛtayaḥ or ‘producers,’ coming next to
and proceeding from Mūla-prakṛti or A-vyakta; it
is described in the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi as proceeding
from both Puruṣa and Prakṛti, q. q. v. v.)
—Bud- dhi-tas, ind. from the mind or understanding, by
the mind.
—Buddhi-pura, am, n. the city of the
intellect.
—Buddhi-puraḥsara = buddhi-pūrva below.
—Buddhipura-māhātmya, am, n., N. of a
section of the Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa.
—Buddhi-pūrva, as, ā, am, preceded by design, intentional, designed,
purposed; (
am), ind. intentionally, designedly, pur-
posely.
—Buddhi-pūrvaka, as, ā, am, preceded by
design; (
am), ind. intentionally, designedly, pur-
posely.
—Buddhipūrvaka-tva, am, n. the being
preceded by design, being intentional or designed.
—Buddhi-prabha, as, m., N. of a king.
—Bud- dhi-bhṛt, t, t, t, possessing intelligence or under-
standing, wise, intelligent.
—Buddhi-bhrama, as, m. aberration of the mind or intellect.
—Buddhi- mat, ān, atī, at, endowed with understanding, in-
telligent, rational; wise, learned; sharp, acute,
shrewd, sensible; humble, docile; famed, known ?;
(
ān), m. a rational being, man (?).
—Buddhima- tikā, f., N. of a woman.
—Buddhimat-tara, as, ā, am, more intelligent, wiser; very intelligent,
very wise.
—Buddhimat-tā, f. or
buddhimat-tva, am, n. the possession of intelligence or understand-
ing, wisdom, sagacity.
—Buddhi-maya, as, ī, am, consisting in intellect.
—Buddhi-yukta, as, ā, am, endowed with intelligence or understanding, intelli-
gent.
—Buddhi-yoga, as, m. devotion of the intel-
lect, intellectual union with the Supreme Spirit.
—Buddhi-vara, as, m., N. of a minister of Vikra-
māditya.
—Buddhi-vināśa, as, m. loss of under-
standing, deficiency of intellect.
—Buddhi-vilāsa, as, m. play of the mind, sporting of the fancy.
—Bud- dhi-vilāsinī, f., N. of a commentary on the Līlā-
vatī.
—Buddhi-vivardhana, as, ī, am, increasing
the understanding.
—Buddhi-viṣaya, as, m. a
matter apprehensible by the understanding.
—Bud- dhi-vṛddhi, is, f. growth of the understanding,
increase of intellect; (
is), m., N. of a pupil of
Śaṅkara.
—Buddhivṛddhi-kara, as, ī, am, caus-
ing increase of intellect, giving increase of wisdom.
—Buddhi-vaibhava, am, n. strength or force of
understanding.
—Buddhi-śakti, is, f. an intellectual
faculty.
—Buddhi-śarīra, as, m., N. of a man.
—Buddhi-śastra, as, ā, am, having intelligence
for a weapon, armed with understanding.
—Buddhi- śālin, ī, inī, i, possessed of intelligence, intelligent.
—Buddhi-śuddha, as, ā, am, pure in intention,
honest in purpose or design.
—Buddhi-śrī-garbha, as, m., N. of a Bodhi-sattva.
—Buddhi-sampanna, as, ā, am, endowed with understanding, intelligent,
rational.
—Buddhi-sahāya, as, m. a counsellor, a
minister; [cf.
dhī-sakha, dhī-saciva, prajñā-sa- hāya.]
—Buddhi-sāgara, as, m. ‘ocean of wis-
dom,’ an epithet given to any very wise man; N. of
a lexicographer.
—Buddhi-stha, as, ā, am, fixed in
the mind, present to the mind.
—Buddhi-hīna, as, ā, am, destitute of intelligence, void of understand-
Page0686-b+ 80 ing, ignorant, silly, foolish.
—Buddhihīna-tva, am, n. want of understanding, ignorance, folly.
—Bud- dhīndriya (°dhi-in°), am, n. an organ of percep-
tion, a perceptive organ of sense, (of which five are
enumerated, viz. eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin, or
the organs of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and
feeling; opposed to the
karmendriyāṇi or organs
of action, q. v.;
manas, ‘the mind,’ being both an
organ of perception and of action, cf.
indriya.)
—Buddhy-atīta, as, ā, am, beyond the reach of
the understanding.
—Buddhy-avajñāna, am, n. dis-
regard for or contempt of any one's understanding.
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