विवेक (viveka) is a Sanskrit word meaning discrimination, distinction, consideration, discussion, investigation, a water trough, the name of a work, see under vi-vic, true knowledge or discretion. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Cognitive Faculty of Discrimination & Judgment, Nomenclature, Etymology, and Grammatical Information, Vedāntic Philosophical Discrimination.
true knowledge, discretion, and the ability to distinguish and classify things according to their real properties
true knowledge, discretion, right judgement, the faculty of distinguishing and classifying things according to their real properties, ChUp.; Kap. &c. [ID=200141]
1. Discrimination and distinction. 2. Investigation, discussion, and criticism. 3. Discernment and judgment.
विवेक (viveka) [Printed book page 289-1] विवेक (viveka) vi-veka, m. [√vic] discrimination, distinction; investigation, discussion, criticism; discernment, judgment: -khyāti,f. correct judgment; -jña,a. having correct knowledge, of (—°); -jñāna,n. correct knowledge; -bhāj,a. discerning; -mantharatā,f. feebleness of judgment; -rahita,pp. lacking an interstice (breasts) and lacking discernment; -vat,a. judicious, discerning. [ID=16734]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Discrimination, judgment, or the ability to distinguish reality from illusion. 2. Discussion or investigation. 3. A reservoir or bath.
वि (vi)वेक (viveka) [Printed book page 785] वि (vi)वेक (viveka) m. (-कः (-kaḥ))
1 Discrimination, judgment, the faculty of distinguishing things by their properties, and classing them according to their real not apparent nature; in the Vedānta system, it is applied to the power of separating Brahma or invisible spirit, from the ostensible world, truth from untruth, or reality from illusion.
2 Discussion, investigation.
3 A reservoir, a bath.
E. वि (vi) severally, वि (vi)च (vica) to judge, aff. घञ् (ghañ).
[ID=35826]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Discrimination or investigation. 2. A reservoir.
विवेक (viveka) [Printed book page 704-b] वि-वेक (vi-veka)(कः) ((kaḥ)) 1. m. Discrimination; investigation; a reservoir. [ID=35431]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Judgment and discrimination.
2. Discussion and investigation.
3. Distinction and difference.
4. The power of distinguishing reality from illusion.
5. A reservoir or basin.
विवेक (viveka) [Printed book page 676-29] विवेक (viveka)m. 1. Judgment, discrimination, विवेक (viveka)प्रध्वंसादुपचितमहामोहगहनो विकारः (vivekapradhvaṃsādupacitamahāmohagahano vikāraḥ)M.M. i.; 2. discussion, investigation, यच्छृंगारविवेक (viveka)तत्वमपि यत्काव्येषु लीलायितम् (yacchṛṃgāravivekatatvamapi yatkāvyeṣu līlāyitam)Git.G. xii.; 3. distinction, difference, परात्मीयविवेक (viveka)ं च प्रामुष्णात् कपिरक्षसाम् (parātmīyavivekaṃ ca prāmuṣṇāt kapirakṣasām)Bt. xvii.60; 4. the power of distinguishing reality from illusion (in Vedānta phil.); 5. a reservoir, a basin. [ID=35540]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Discrimination or judgment. 2. Discussion or investigation. 3. A reservoir, basin, or bath.
वि (vi)वेक (viveka) [Printed book page 671-b] वि (vi)वेक (viveka)
m. (-कः (-kaḥ))
1. Discrimination, judgment, the faculty of distinguishing things by their properties, and classing them according to their real not apparent nature; in the Vedānta system, it is applied to the power of separating BRAHMA or invisible spirit, from the ostensible world, truth from untruth, or reality from illusion.
2. Discussion, investigation.
3. A reservoir, a basin, a bath.
E. वि (vi) severally, वि (vi)च् (vic) to judge, aff. घञ् । (ghañ .)
[ID=37499]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Discrimination. 2. Judgment. 3. Discussion or investigation. 4. True knowledge. 5. A reservoir.
1. separation
2. discrimination, discernment, or good judgment
विवेक (viveka) [Printed book page 246-b] viveka,m. —1. a separating apart; —2. discrimination, discernment, good judgment [√vic + vi,216. 1: for mg 2, cf.discriminationw.Lat.discrimināre, ‘separate, ’ fr.discrīmen of the same root as discernere, ‘separate’; cf. also discernment with discernere.] [ID=3919]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Discrimination, judgment, or the faculty of distinguishing things according to their real properties. 2. The power of separating spirit from matter or truth from illusion. 3. True knowledge or discretion. 4. Discussion or investigation. 5. A reservoir or basin for water.
विवेक (viveka) [Printed book page 0940-a] Vi-veka, as, m. discrimination, judgment, the faculty of distinguishing and classifying things ac- cording to their real properties; (in the Vedānta system) the power of separating the invisible Spirit from the visible world, (or spirit from matter, truth from untruth, reality from mere semblance or illu- sion); true knowledge; discretion; discussion, in- vestigation; a receptacle for water, reservoir, basin Page0940-b+ 78 (= jala-droṇī). —Viveka-ja, as, ā, am, produced or arising from discrimination. —Viveka-jña, as, ā,am, skilled in discrimination, intelligent. —Viveka-jñāna, am, n. knowledge arising from discrimina- tion, faculty of discrimination. —Viveka-tā, f. or viveka-tva, am, n. judgment, discrimination, the faculty of judgment. —Vivekadṛśva-tā, f. or viveka-dṛśva-tva, am, n. the character of a discerning man, discrimination, discernment. —Viveka-dṛśvan, ā, m. one who sees or is conversant with true know- ledge, a wise or discerning man. —Viveka-padavī, f. ‘path of discrimination,’ reflection. —Viveka-vilāsa,as, m., N. of a work. —Viveka-sāra, N. of a general Vedānta disquisition in sixteen sections by Rāmendra- yati. —Viveka-sindhu, N. of an elementary treatise on the Vedānta by Mukunda-rāja. [ID=44011]
the power of separating spirit from matter or truth from illusion
(in Vedānta) the power of separating the invisible Spirit from the visible world (or spirit from matter, truth from untruth, reality from mere semblance or illusion) [ID=200142]
