Vijnanahara, Vijñānāhāra: 2 definitions
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Vijnanahara 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVijñānāhāra (विज्ञानाहार).—m. (= Pali viññā°), the fourth kind of ‘food’ (see s.v. kavalīkārāhāra), according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] con- sisting of vijñāna as the food or material cause from which rebirth arises: Mahāvyutpatti 2287. Dharmasaṃgraha 70 seems (corruptly) to have dhyānāhāra instead. Cf. LaVallée-Poussin, Abhidharmakośa iii.121, which however does not furnish a clear deflinition.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVijñānāhāra (विज्ञानाहार):—[=vi-jñānāhāra] [from vi-jñāna > vi-jñā] m. spiritual food as nourishment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Partial matches: Vi.
Ends with: Gandhavijnanahara.
Full-text: Dhyanahara.
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