Vijnanavadin, Vijñānavādin: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVijñānavādin (विज्ञानवादिन्).—a member of the well-known Buddhist school of this name: Mahāvyutpatti 5145.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vijñānavādin (विज्ञानवादिन्):—[=vi-jñāna-vādin] [from vi-jñāna > vi-jñā] mfn. one who affirms that only intelligence has reality
2) [v.s. ...] m. a Yogācāra, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Buddhist literature]
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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.
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Partial matches: Vijnana.
Full-text: Vinnanavati, Udayana, Vijnana, Kevala, Bodhamatra, Vasanaprabodha.
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Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
IV. The auxiliairies in the mahāyāna < [Note on the Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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