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विज्ञानvijñāna

विज्ञान (vijñāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning understanding, intelligence, or knowledge, skill, art, science, doctrine, worldly or profane knowledge, the faculty of discernment or right judgement, the organ of thought. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them General Knowledge, Understanding, and Intelligence, Faculty or Organ of Knowledge (Mind), Worldly or Profane Knowledge.

Definitions
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Meanings by context

General Knowledge, Understanding, and Intelligence

8 definitions
understanding, intelligence, or knowledge

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Discernment and knowledge. 2. Skill, proficiency, art, or artifice. 3. Doctrine and profane knowledge. 4. The faculty of knowing, judgment, or the organ of knowledge.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowledge, science, or worldly wisdom. 2. Business or employment. 3. Music.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowledge and wisdom. 2. Experiential knowledge. 3. Worldly knowledge. 4. Business. 5. Music.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowledge, science, learning, or worldly wisdom. 2. Business or employment. 3. Music.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowledge. 2. Learning. 3. Wisdom. 4. Art. 5. Music. 6. Intelligence. 7. Distinction. 8. Business.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, or learning. 2. Science or art. 3. The capacity or organ of knowledge.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Understanding or distinguishing. 2. Intelligence, knowledge, or science. 3. Worldly knowledge. 4. Wisdom. 5. Business or employment. 6. Music.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Faculty or Organ of Knowledge (Mind)

2 definitions
the faculty of discernment or right judgement

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the organ of thought

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Worldly or Profane Knowledge

2 definitions
worldly or profane knowledge

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Secular knowledge or learning. 2. Business. 3. Music.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Buddhist Philosophical Concept (Consciousness/Thought-Faculty)

1 definition
consciousness or thought-faculty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Science or Doctrine

1 definition
science, doctrine

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Skill, Art, or Proficiency

1 definition
skill, art

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Interpretation or 'Regarding As'

1 definition
understanding as or regarding as

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.