A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Manasa-pratyaksa
This page describes Manasa-pratyaksa which is located on page 284 of the second 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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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
This perception of yogins includes intuitive perception of the mind (manasa-pratyaksha) or perception of sages (arsha-pratyaksha), and the yogi-pratyaksha is due to the special enlightenment of yoga practice. Ordinary perception is said to be of two kinds, sarikalpa, or determinate, and nirvikalpa, or indeterminate. Saznkalpa pratyaksha is the determinate perception which involves a spatial and temporal reference to past time and different places where the object was experienced before....
Read full contents: Part 10 - Perception in the light of elucidation by the later members of the Ramanuja School
Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha (study) [by Sujit Roy]
(ii) Mental perception (manasa-pratyaksha): Dharmakirti defines manasa-pratyaksha as: “svavishayanantara vishaya sahakarinendriya jnanena samanantara pratyayejanitam tanmanovijnanam” i. e. mental perception follows the first moment of every sense-cognition which is thus its immediately preceding homogeneous cause. The latter is cooperating with the corresponding moment of the object, which immediately follows the proper object of sensation....
Read full contents: Chapter 4 - Nirvikalpaka pratyaksha in Buddhist Philosophy
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
English translation of verse 3. 10. 39: Neither a thousand ashvamedha-yajnas nor a hundred rajasuya-yajnas are equal to visiting Manasa-ganga on Govardhana Hill....
Read full contents: Verse 3.10.39
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