Vijnanavada, Vijñānavāda, Vijnana-vada: 6 definitions

Introduction
In Buddhism
1. General definition
In Jainism
1. Jain philosophy
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Nepali
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Introduction:

Vijnanavada means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography (b)

Vijñānavāda (विज्ञानवाद) refers to one of the schools of philosophy in Buddhism.—[...] Thus there were three Yānas in Buddhism about 300 A.D. which may approximately be taken as the time of Asaṅga. But against these three Yānas there were four schools of philosophy in Buddhism, namely, the Sarvāstivāda (Sautrāntika), the Vāhyārthabhaṅga (Vaibhāṣika), the Vijñānavāda (Yogācāra), and the Śūnyavāda (Madhyamaka). How these four systems of philosophy were distributed amongst the three Yānas is one of the vital questions of Buddhism.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Vijñānavāda (विज्ञानवाद) is another name for Yogācāra—one of the four schools of Buddhism, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 80, l 10]—Yogācāra (or Vijñānavāda) is the name of one of the four schools of Buddhism, the other three being (i) Sautrāntika, (ii) Vaibhāṣika (or Āryasamitīya or Sarvāstivāda) and (iii) Śūnyavāda or Mādhyamikavāda or Nairātmyavāda. Yogācāra is so named as its leaders practised yoga, for, according to this school, only those who by practising yoga attain the ten bhūmis of Boddhisattva, acquire bodhi. [...]

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vijñānavāda (विज्ञानवाद).—the theory of knowledge, the doctrine taught by Buddha.

Derivable forms: vijñānavādaḥ (विज्ञानवादः).

Vijñānavāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vijñāna and vāda (वाद).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vijñānavāda (विज्ञानवाद):—[=vi-jñāna-vāda] [from vi-jñāna > vi-jñā] m. the doctrine (of the Yogācāras) that only intelligence has reality (not the objects exterior to us), [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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Vijnanavada in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vijñānavāda (विज्ञानवाद):—n. 1. scientism; 2. (Buddhism) Buddhist philosophy that consciousness alone exists;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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