Vivecana, Vivecanā: 17 definitions
Introduction:
Vivecana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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 Vivechana.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Vivecana (विवेचन):—Discriminating , distinguishing, analysing, dividing.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Vivecana (विवेचन) refers to an “explanation” (of a technical term), according to the Haṭhatattvakaumudī, an 18th-century text on Haṭhayoga consisting of fifty-six chapters and approximately 1680 verses.—The Haṭhatattvakaumudī has five chapters on prāṇāyāma (9, 10, 12, 37–38), namely, the preliminary auxiliaries and rules of practice for prāṇāyāma, an explanation of the names, nature and characteristics of kumbhakas, breathing methods for quelling suffering, necessary rules for prāṇāyāma and an explanation (vivecana) of prāṇāyāma, which total more than 240 verses.
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).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
1) Vivecana (विवेचन) refers to an “enumeration (of species)” (of hawks), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “There are different ways of taming them according to the species to which they belong. Therefore an enumeration of the species [of hawks] (pṛthag-jāti-vivecana) is given below. There are two distinctly separate divisions, namely, ‘black-eyed’ and ‘yellow-eyed.’ The subdivisions of these are many. [...]”.
2) Vivecana (विवेचन) refers to “discerning” (what is easily attainable and what is not), according to the Śyainika-śāstra.—Accordingly, [while discussing the importance of hawks]: “[...] To possess the knowledge of what is practicable and of the means to achieve it, to discern what is easily attainable and what is not (śakyāśakya-vivecana), to employ proper persons for proper works and dissuade them from doing what is improper, and such other qualities, which have been highly spoken of in politics [are considered also essential in the art of hawking]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Vivecana (विवेचन) refers to “cleaning implements” (which are subject to purification rituals), according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “After accepting a vessel, a cleaning implement (vivecana), a garment, and any other material means of Dharma, an ascetic should purify these [objects] by [performing] prāṇāyāmas. (1) After accepting [these objects] from a Śūdra, he should perform a hundred prāṇāyāmas, and fifty [if accepted] from a Vaiśya. [If accepted] from a Kṣatriya, [the number of prāṇāyāmas] commended is twenty-five and ten [if] from a Brahmin. (2)”.
Note: Vivecana (“cleaning implement”) can be anything instrumental in cleaning that is desired to avoid killing tiny creatures, such as a filter, a bunch of feathers, a fan, or the hem of one’s cloth. There are passages in Kauṇḍinya’s Bhāṣya and in the Ratnaṭīkā, where the root vi+vic is used in the sense of certain types of cleaning: (1) “vastraśikyabhasmādhārabhaikṣabhājanādīni muhur muhur vivecayitavyāni. kasmāt. prāṇino hi sūkṣmacāriṇaḥ kṣipram eva vilayaṃ prayānti. tasmāt sūkṣmai rāṅkavapavitraiḥ” (conj. Sanderson, aṅgapavitraiḥ Ed.); (2) “pakṣmacāmaratālavṛntair vastrāntair vā muhur muhur vi<vecya>” (conj. Sanderson) (Kauṇḍinya’s Bhāṣya on Pāśupatasūtra I.9 (p.17)); (3) “vastrāntādimṛdupavitreṇa vivecya” (Ratnaṭīkā, p. 19).—Kauṇḍinya mentions two cleaning implements, (1) one for cleaning the water and (2) the other to clean the ground, when he tells us of the marks of an ascetic in general: “bhikṣos tridaṇḍamuṇḍakamaṇḍalukāṣāyavāsojalapavitrasthalapavitrādi liṅgam” (Bhāṣya on Pāśupatasūtra I.6 (p.12)). The Pampāmāhātmya, which appears to gather materials from earlier Pāśupata sources, also mentions both of them (jalasthalapavitre dve, Uttarabhāga 11.43c).
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vivecana : (nt.) discrimination; criticism.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
vivēcana (विवेचन).—n S vivēcanā f S Discriminating, separating, distinguishing or considering distinctly.
vivēcana (विवेचन).—a That discriminates, distin- guishes.
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vivēcana (विवेचन).—n -nā f Discriminating, separating.
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
Vivecana (विवेचन) or Vivecanā (विवेचना).—
1) Discrimination.
2) Discussion, consideration.
3) Settlement, decision.
Derivable forms: vivecanam (विवेचनम्).
Vivecana (विवेचन).—n.
(-naṃ) Discrimination, judgment, distinguishing truth from falsehood. E. vi before vic to judge, aff. lyuṭ .
Vivecana (विवेचन).—i. e. vi-ric + ana, n. 1. Discrimination. 2. Decision, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 21.
Vivecana (विवेचन).—[adjective] ([feminine] ī) & [neuter] discriminating, examining, or judging (right); for [neuter] also [feminine] ā.
1) Vivecana (विवेचन):—[=vi-vecana] [from vi-vecaka > vi-vic] mf(ī)n. discriminating, distinguishing, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] investigating, examining, treating critically, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] n. the act of discriminating or distinguishing (as truth from falsehood, reality from semblance), the making a distinction, [Harivaṃśa; Bālarāmāyaṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha] (also f(ā). )
4) [v.s. ...] n. investigation, examination, discussion, critical treatment, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] right judgement, [Pañcarātra]
Vivecana (विवेचन):—[vi-vecana] (naṃ) 1. n. Discrimination.
Vivecana (विवेचन):—(wie eben)
1) adj. (f. ī) a) unterscheidend: śubhāśubha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 3, 7.] — b) untersuchend, prüfend, erörternd, kritisch behandelnd: guṇa (pariccheda) [Sāhityadarpana 253, 16.] nyāyamakarandavivecanī Titel eines Werkes [HALL 155.] —
2) n. a) das Unterscheiden: dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa [Harivaṃśa 15722.] [Vedānta lecture No. 10.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 33, 21.] auch f. ā in kāryākārya [WILSON,] [SĀṂKHYAK. S. 47.] — b) Untersuchung, Prüfung, Erörterung, kritische Behandlung: yasya śūdrastu kurute rājño dharmavivecanam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 21.] [Mahābhārata 12, 1860.] śirogada [Suśruta.1,11,4.] [Oxforder Handschriften 89,a,15. 208,a, No. 489.b,26. 209,b,1 v. u. 210,b, No. 497. 245,b, No. 616.fg.] [257,b,20.fg.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 104,13.fg.] — c) richtiges Urtheil [PAÑCAR. 2, 3, 5.] — Vgl. kālatattva .
Vivecana (विवेचन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vigiṃcaṇa, Vigiṃcaṇayā, Vigiṃcaṇā, Vigiṃcāṇaā, Viveyaṇa.
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
Vivecana (विवेचन) [Also spelled vivechan]:—(nm), ~[nā] na: (nf) critical appreciation; evaluation, investigation; argument, discussion, discrimination; ~[nīya] worth critical appreciation/investigation/evaluating/interpretation/discussion.
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Nepali dictionary
1) Vivecana (विवेचन):—n. 1. (the act of) discrimination; discernment; judgment; 2. investigation; inquiry; deliberation; 3. appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; analysis;
2) Vivecanā (विवेचना):—n. 1. discrimination; discernment; judgment; 2. investigation; inquiry; deliberation; 3. appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; analysis;
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: Vi.
Starts with: Vivecanam, Vivecanatmaka.
Full-text (+29): Avivecana, Dharmavivecana, Gunavivecana, Shatkarakavivecana, Vrittavivecana, Badhapurvapakshagranthavivecana, Pancalakshanivivecana, Haumyaparishishtavivecana, Hetulakshanavivecana, Dvitiyamishralakshanavivecana, Paramarshasiddhantagranthavivecana, Pratijnalakshanavivecana, Paramarshapurvapakshagranthavivecana, Samanyalakshanavivecana, Padarthatattvavivecana, Badhasiddhantagranthavivecana, Hariharopadhivivecana, Samanyaniruktivivecana, Uppannaditthivivecana, Pararthyavivecana.
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