Manovijnana, Manas-vijnana, Manovijñāna: 8 definitions
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Manovijnana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Manovigyan.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान) refers to “mental consciousness” according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XXXI. Accordingly, the mental consciousness (manovijñāna) is an inner mind, and the [first] five consciousnesses (pañcavijñāna) are outer minds. The dharmas that are the object (ālambana) of the mental consciousness (manovijñāna) are inner dharmas, for it has been said by the Buddha: “The mental consciousness arises in dependence on the object”. Here, except for feeling (vedanā), the other mental dharmas are inner dharmas, whereas the other formations dissociated from the mind and the unconditioned dharmas are outer dharmas.
Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान) refers to the “(realm of) mind-consciousness”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Having entered into the way of the realm of the dharma, he knows the fact that [...] there is no duality of the realm of eye-consciousness and the realm of the dharma; why?—because eye-consciousness has the nature of the realm of the dharma; there is no duality of the realm in the interval of mind and the realm of the dharma; why?—because the realm of mind has the nature of the realm of the dharma; there is no duality of the realm of mind-consciousness (manovijñāna-dhātu) and the realm of the dharma; why?—because the realm of mind-consciousness has the nature of the realm of the dharma; [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान, “mind-consciousness”) or manovijñānadhātu refers to one of the “eighteen elements” (dhātu) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 25). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., manas-vijñāna). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान) or Mati-vijñāna.—q.v.: in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 10.14 read sūkṣma-mativijñāna-(text °mam abhivi°)-parāvṛttikuśalā- nāṃ, with Suzuki s.v. sūkṣma, Studies, Glossary, and [Page417-a+ 71] Index; but Suzuki translates wrongly; render, able to produce revulsion in their subtle mati-(= mano-)-vijñāna.
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Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान).—(-dhātu), perception by the thought- organ, the sixth of the vijñāna(-dhātu), the other five being cakṣur-, śrotra-, ghrāṇa-, jihvā-, and kāya-; its object is dharma(-dhātu): Mahāvyutpatti 2058 (in this sense = Pali [Page419-a+ 71] mano-viññāna); in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra peculiarly used (see Suzuki, Studies 177 f.), bracketed or [compound] often with citta and manas: citta-mano-manovijñāna-svabhāva-viveka-ratasya Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 9.17; cittamano-manovijñāna-vigatena tvayā 10.6, etc. etc.; ālayaṃ ca kathaṃ kasmāt, manovijñānam eva ca 24.18; Suzuki regularly keeps the word in his Transl. Once also mati-vijñāna, q.v.
Manovijñāna (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 分別事識 [fēn bié shì shí]: “phenomena-discriminating consciousness”.
2) 心 [xīn]: “heart”; “mentality”; “mind”.
3) 心意識 [xīn yì shí]: “mind, thought, and cognition”.
4) 第六意識 [dì liù yì shí]: “sixth, thinking consciousness”.
5) 識 [shí]: “consciousness”; “know”.
Note: manovijñāna can be alternatively written as: mano-vijñāna.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान) [Also spelled manovigyan]:—(nm) psychology; ~[vijñānavāda] psychologism.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Manōvijñāna (ಮನೋವಿಜ್ಞಾನ):—[noun] the science of the mind or of mental states and processes, and of human and animal behaviour; psychology.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Manovijñāna (मनोविज्ञान):—n. psychology;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Manas, Vijnana.
Starts with (+0): Manovijnanabhumika, Manovijnanadhatu, Manovijnanalambana.
Full-text (+40): Manovijnanadhatu, Sukshmamanovijnana, Dvimanovijnana, Manovijnanabhumika, Cittamanovijnana, Manasvijnana, Vyavaharika-manovijnana, Xin yi shi, Manovigyan, Cittamanomanovijnana, Apasamanyamanojnana, Mativijnana, Yi shi, Er shi, Xi yi shi, Vyaavhaarik-manovigyaan, Fen bie yi shi, Manav, Di liu yi shi, Fen bie shi shi.
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