Grahyakavishaya, Grāhyakaviṣaya, Grahyaka-vishaya: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Grāhyakaviṣaya can be transliterated into English as Grahyakavisaya or Grahyakavishaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Buddhist philosophy
Source: Google Books: The Treasury of Knowledge: Book six, parts one and two (philosophy)Grāhyakaviṣaya (ग्राह्यकविषय) or simply Grāhyaka (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: bzung yul) refers to “apprehended objects”, representing one of the three types of “objects” (viṣaya) (i.e., ‘that which is to be comprehended or known’).—Accordingly, “That which is to be understood through valid cognition is ‘the knowable’. The terms ‘object’ (viṣaya; yul), ‘knowable’ (jñeya; shes bya), and ‘appraisable’ (prameya; gzhal bya) are all essentially equivalent, but it is the defining characteristic of the ‘object’ that it is to be comprehended or known, [...]. When objects (viṣaya) are analyzed in terms of their different functionalities as objects (yul du byed tshul), they fall into three distinct categories, namely, [i.e., apparent (snang yul) or apprehended objects (grāhyakaviṣaya—bzung yul),] [...]
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