Vijnapti, Vijñāpti: 19 definitions
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Vijnapti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, 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 Vigyapti.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) refers to a “submission”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.4.—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Umā (Durgā/Satī) with devotion:—“[...] O great Goddess listen to our submission [i.e., vijñapti] which we, your slaves for ever, are going to explain. Formerly you were born as the daughter of Dakṣa and were married to Śiva. You destroyed the great misery of Brahmā and others. Being disrespected by your father, you cast off your body in accordance with your vow. You then went to your own world and Śiva became miserable. [...]”.
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)Vijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) is the name of a Vākchomā (‘verbal secrect sign’) which has its meaning defined as ‘tṛpti’ according to chapter 8 of the 9th-century Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja, a scripture belonging to the Buddhist Cakrasaṃvara (or Saṃvara) scriptural cycle. These Vākchomās (viz., vijñapti) are meant for verbal communication and can be regarded as popular signs, since they can be found in the three biggest works of the Cakrasaṃvara literature.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) refers to “cognition”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly as The Lord said: “Śāriputra, the Tathāgata Ekaratnavyūha, seating in the lion’s throne thus, explained the dharma-seal called Gaganapariśuddhi to these Bodhisattvas, which has thirty-two aspects of entrance. What is this Dharma-seal (dharmamudrā) called Gaganapariśuddhi which has thirty-two aspects of entrance? [...] To wit, 1) all dharmas are free from existence and non-existence (bhāvābhāvavigata) since they have no proper nature; 2) all dharmas are without a proper nature because of their essential characteristic (lakṣaṇa) of cognition (vijñapti); [...]”.
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.
Buddhist philosophy
Source: academia.edu: A Critical Edition of the Khyāti Section of the Nyāyamañjarī (bp)Vijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) refers to “cognitive representation”.—Yogācāras claim that both types of cognition (mithyā and saṃvṛtisat) are er roneous inasmuch as they are mere conceptualization in nature. Their objects are mentally constructed. What really exists in the real world is only cognition (citta, vijñāna) or cognitive representation (vijñapti). In other words, mental construction (parikalpa) alone exists as causally existent in this world according to Yogācāras.
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India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryVijñapti.—(EI 29), official designation. Cf. Ājñapti, etc. Note: vijñapti is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Vijñapti.—(SITI), sometimes also spelt vijñāpti; peti- tioning to the king (cf. vijñāpanā); an officer who brings the petition of the subjects to the king's notice. (EI 23; SII 2), also called vijñāpya, an application or petition. Note: vijñapti is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvijñāpti (विज्ञाप्ति).—f (Properly vijñapti) Respectful declaration or representation. 2 Matter humbly intimated or stated.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvijñapti (विज्ञप्ति).—f Respectful declaration. Matter humbly stated.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति).—f.
1) A respectful statement or communication, a request, an entreaty.
2) An announcement.
3) Teaching, instruction (upadeśa); तत्त्वसंख्यानविज्ञप्त्यै जातं विद्वानजः स्वराट् (tattvasaṃkhyānavijñaptyai jātaṃ vidvānajaḥ svarāṭ) Bhāgavata 3.24.1.
Derivable forms: vijñaptiḥ (विज्ञप्तिः).
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Vijñāpti (विज्ञाप्ति).—See. विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति).—f. (in Sanskrit generally from an inferior to a superior, implying a request; Pali viññatti), (1) procla- mation, announcement, making known (a meaning found also in Sanskrit): Mahāvyutpatti 1887 = Tibetan rnam par rig byed (wrongly [Boehtlingk] 7.374); abhāvasamudgata-°ti-śabdo niścarati Samādhirājasūtra 8.11, the sound of proclaiming (all things as) arisen from non-becoming came forth; svapnopama-°tim Gaṇḍavyūha 82.19, and many like cpds. in the following; (divyaśrotra-)°ti- Gaṇḍavyūha 251.10, announcement of (the gift, or faculty, of) supernatural power of hearing; Mahāvastu i.311.6, possibly request, see s.v. prajñapti 3; (2) in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra, relative, exoteric knowledge, = vijñāna in this meaning and prajñapti 4, q.v.: e.g. Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 270.1 lokaṃ °ti-mātraṃ; 274.10 °ti-mātraṃ tribhavam; 269.12, see gotra (4); see Suzuki, Studies, 440.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति).—f.
(-ptiḥ) 1. Information, representation, respectful communication or information, or opinion on any subject. 2. An announcement. E. vi before, jñā to know, causal form, aff. ktin .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति).—[feminine] request, petition; report.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Vijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—bhakti, by Giridhara. Io. 1068.
2) Vijñapti (विज्ञप्ति):—bhakti by Viṭṭhaleśvara. Peters. 5, 174.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vijñapti (विज्ञप्ति):—[=vi-jñapti] [from vi-jñapta > vi-jñā] f. information, report, address (to a superior), request, entreaty of ([genitive case]), [Naiṣadha-carita; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī] (tiṃ-√kṛ, ‘to announce anything, [scilicet] to a superior’; with [genitive case], ‘to address a request to’)
2) [v.s. ...] imparting, giving, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Vijñāpti (विज्ञाप्ति):—[=vi-jñāpti] [from vi-jñāpaka > vi-jñā] f. = jñapti, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति):—[vi-jñapti] (ptiḥ) 2. f. Information.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viṇṇatti.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति) [Also spelled vigyapti]:—(nf) a communique; -, [presa] a press communique.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVijñapti (ವಿಜ್ಞಪ್ತಿ):—[noun] = ವಿಜ್ಞಾಪನೆ [vijnapane].
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Vijñāpti (ವಿಜ್ಞಾಪ್ತಿ):—[noun] = ವಿಜ್ಞಾಪನೆ [vijnapane].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVijñapti (विज्ञप्ति):—n. 1. announcement; notification; 2. statement; request or entreaty; 3. an advertisement; a leaflet;
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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