Vijnanavada, Vijñānavāda, Vijnana-vada: 6 definitions
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 SuriVijñānavāda (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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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVijñānavāda (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 DictionaryVijñānavāda (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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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 DictionaryVijñānavāda (विज्ञानवाद):—n. 1. scientism; 2. (Buddhism) Buddhist philosophy that consciousness alone exists;
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: Vada, Vata, Vijnana.
Full-text: Manovijnana, Sarvastivada, Manovigyan, Shunyavada, Madhyamaka, Sautrantika, Yogacara, Vigyan, Vijnana, Abhutaparikalpa, Aryasamitiya, Alayavijnana, Madhyamikavada, Nairatmyavada, Yana, Mantranaya, Anu, Vaibhashika.
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Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
Mahayana Buddhism and Early Advaita Vedanta (Study) (by Asokan N.)
Chapter 5.8 - Advaitic Interpretation of Dependent Origination
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 19 - Brief survey of the evolution of Buddhist Thought < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
Part 18 - Vedānta and other Indian Systems < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 12 - Yoga-vāsiṣṭha, Śaṅkara Vedānta and Buddhist Vijñānavāda < [Chapter XII - The Philosophy of the Yogavāsiṣṭha]
Part 24 - Rāmādvaya (a.d. 1300) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
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