Buddhindriya, Buddhi-indriya, Buddhīndriya: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Yoga
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Buddhindriya means something in 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 Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय) refers to the “(five) organs of mind and intellect”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.5 (“The Tripuras are fascinated).—Accordingly, as Arihan said to the Lord of the Three Cities: “O ruler of the Asuras, listen to my statement, pregnant with wisdom. It is the essence of the Vedānta and bears high esoteric importance. [...] The hoarding and amassing of vast wealth is useful only for the propitiation of twelve organs of senses. Of what avail is the propitiation of other things? The twelve organs of senses are the five organs of activity and the five organs of knowledge together with the mind and intellect (pañca-buddhīndriya). [...]”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय).—The ear, the skin, the eyes, the tongue and the nose; to attain knowledge.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 4. 60, 62.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय) refers to the “cognitive senses”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise which deals absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—The Amanaska referred to (or qualified) Samādhi with several terms, which are all negative; [e.g., it is devoid of the five elements, the cognitive senses (buddhīndriya);] [...] The fact that such terminology is found in the Amanaska indicates that descriptions of Śiva and the void-like meditative states in Mantramargic Śaivism, were the basis of the descriptions of Samādhi and Paratattva (the highest reality) in this treatise. The Amanaska Yoga was consistent with the Pātañjala Yogaśāstra’s definition of Yoga, yet it described Samādhi in terms different to those of Pātañjalayoga; such as Acala—“that which is devoid of the five elements, the cognitive senses (buddhīndriya)”.

context information

Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय).—n.

(-yaṃ) An organ of intellect, as the mind, eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin. E. buddhi understanding and indriya an organ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय).—(or

Buddhīndriya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms buddhi and indriya (इन्द्रिय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय).—[neuter] a perceptive organ of sense.

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

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय):—[from buddhi > budh] n. an organ of sense or perception (5 in number, viz. eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin, opp. to, karmendriyāṇi q.v.; manas, ‘the mind’ belonging to both; cf. indriya), [Manu-smṛti; Kapila; Suśruta] etc. (cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 84 n. 1]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Buddhīndriya (बुद्धीन्द्रिय):—[buddhī+ndriya] (yaṃ) 1. n. An organ of intellect, as the mind, eye, ear, &c.

[Sanskrit to German]

Buddhindriya in German

context information

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.

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