Prajna (Vedic)
Prajna or Prajñā may refer to: * Prajñā (Hinduism), a Hindu concept * Prajñā (Buddhism), a Buddhist concept * Prajna (Buddhist monk), an important 9th century Buddhist monk from Kingdom of Kapisa, Kapisa See also * Panna (other) * Prajnaparamita, a Buddhist concept {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prajñā (Hinduism)
Prajña () is the highest and purest form of wisdom, encompassing transcendental intelligence, consciousness, and deep understanding. Prajñā is the state of insight that surpasses knowledge acquired through reasoning or inference. Meaning The Sanskrit word प्रज्ञा (''Prajña'') is the compound of "प्र (''pra-'')" which prefix means – before, forward, fulfiller, and used as the intensifier but rarely as a separate word and "ज्ञ (''jna'')" which means - knowing or familiar with. प्रज्ञ (''Prajña''), meaning - wise, prudent, knowing, conversant with, is the root of प्राज्ञ (''Prājña'') meaning – wise, learned man, intellectual, clever, intelligence dependent on individuality; प्रज्ञा (''Prajñā'') meaning – intelligence, judgement, mental attitude, particular ''shakti'' or energy, insight, mental disposition, true or transcendental wisdom, awareness, mentality, understanding, Viveka (Discrimination), di ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prajñā (Buddhism)
() or () is a Buddhist term often translated as "wisdom", "insight", "intelligence", or "understanding". It is described in Buddhist texts as the understanding of the true nature of phenomena. In the context of Buddhist meditation, it is the ability to understand the three characteristics of all things: ("impermanence"), ("dissatisfaction" or "suffering"), and ("non-self" or "egolessness"). Mahāyāna texts describe it as the understanding of ("emptiness"). It is part of the Threefold Training in Buddhism, and is one of the ten of Theravāda Buddhism and one of the six Mahāyāna . Etymology is often translated as "wisdom", but according to Buddhist bioethics scholar Damien Keown, it is closer in meaning to "insight", "non-discriminating knowledge", or "intuitive apprehension". The component parts of the word are: ; ''Pra'' () : an intensifier which can be translated as "higher", "greater", "supreme" or "premium", or "being born or springing up", referring to a spon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prajna (Buddhist Monk) , a Buddhist concept
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Prajna or Prajñā may refer to: * Prajñā (Hinduism), a Hindu concept * Prajñā (Buddhism), a Buddhist concept * Prajna (Buddhist monk), an important 9th century Buddhist monk from Kapisa See also * Panna (other) * Prajnaparamita file:Medicine Buddha painted mandala with goddess Prajnaparamita in center, 19th century, Rubin.jpg, A Tibetan painting with a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra at the center of the mandala Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of Wisdom" or "Trans ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kingdom Of Kapisa
The Kingdom of Kapisa, appearing in contemporary Chinese sources as () and (), was a state located in what is now Afghanistan during the late 1st millennium. Its capital was the city of Kapisa. The kingdom stretched from the Hindu Kush in the north to Bamiyan and Kandahar in the south and west, out as far as the modern Jalalabad District in the east. The name Kapisa appears to be a Sanskritized form of an older name for the area, from prehistory. Following its conquest in 329 BC by Alexander the Great, Bagram and the surrounding area were known in the Hellenic world as Alexandria on the Caucasus in reference to the Hindu Kush as the "Indic Caucasus", although the older name appears to have survived. In the early 7th century, the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang made a pilgrimage to Kapisa, and described there the cultivation of rice and wheat, and a king of the Suli tribe. In his chronicle, he relates that in Kapisa were over 6,000 monks of the Mahayana school of Buddh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Panna (other)
Panna can refer to: * Paññā is Pali for "wisdom"; the Sinhala version is ''Prajñāva'' Food * Aam panna, an Indian drink made from mangoes * Panna cotta ("cooked cream"), an Italian dessert * Panna (water), an Italian bottled water Places * Panna, Madhya Pradesh, a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India ** Panna district, a district in Sagar Division of Madhya Pradesh ** Panna Assembly constituency ** Panna Airport ** Panna National Park ** Panna State, a former princely state of India People * Panna Rittikrai (1961–2014), Thai martial arts action choreographer, film director, screenwriter and actor * Panna Udvardy, Hungarian tennis player * Panna, Indian actress in the 1935 film ''Bombay Mail'' * Panna, a Hungarian nickname for the given name Anna Other uses * ''Panna'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae * Panna (football), a technique in association football See also * Pana (other) * Penna (other) * Prajna (disambiguat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |