A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Buddhi
This page describes Buddhi which is located on page 384 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Buddhi” according to 134 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Buddhi resembles purusha in transparency, and the purusha fails to differentiate itself from the modifications of the buddhi, and as a result of this non-distinction the purusha becomes bound down to the buddhi, always failing to recognize the truth that the buddhi and its transformations are wholly alien to it. This nondistinction of purusha from buddhi which is itself a mode of buddhi is what is meant by avidya (non-knowledge) in Samkhya, and is the root of all experience and all misery....
Read full contents: Part 19 - Buddhi and Purusha
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) [by George Thibaut]
(* 1) And therefore has to be understood in the sense of buddhi. (* 2) I.e. on the proximity of terms clearly indicating the buddhi, viz. vijnana-mayah praneshu....
Read full contents: II, 3, 30
Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali [by Ganganatha Jha]
buddhi. ” On the other hand, the number of ‘functions being many, buddhi also would become many; and this would be opposed to the idea of its singleness....
Read full contents: Text 91
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