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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] |
Viveka (Discrimination)
''Viveka'' () is a Sanskrit and Pali term translated into English as discernment or discrimination. In the Vedanta, ''viveka'' is considered to be the first requirement of the spiritual journey, the next being ''vairagya'' (detachment), as a natural extension of ''viveka''. Advaita Hindu_philosophy, Vedanta Darshana interprets ''viveka'' as discrimination between the real (''Satya'') and the unreal (''asatya''). Visistadvaita Hindu_philosophy, Vedanta Darshana interprets viveka as discrimination of food. Advaita Interpretation According to Koneru Ramakrishna Rao, Rao and Paranjpe, ''viveka'' can be understood as the sense of discrimination or wisdom: discrimination between the real and the unreal, between the self and the non-self, between the permanent and the impermanent; discriminative inquiry; right intuitive discrimination. Viveka also means the power of distinguishing the invisible Brahman from the visible world, a faculty that enables the classification of things according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |