--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote:
>
> What does the Sanskrit phrase "Alaya Vigyan" mean? Apparently
> Osho used it to refer to the subconscious, but I'm looking for
> a more literal translation; can't find anything on the Web.
>
> And should both terms be capitalized? Is the phrase a proper
> noun?
>
> (This is for an editing gig I'm working on.)
>
> TIA...
>
It seems to be a compound noun, most probably not proper.
The problem is, as I've told several times, that the length
of the vowels is usually not indicated in that kind of "stuff".
My guess is the capitalization in that case doesn't indicate
the length of the vowel 'a', because 'Vigyan' also is capitalized.
So, it's impossible to say, wether 'aalaya' or 'alaya' (much
rarer word, because Cappeller doesn't have it at all) is meant.
Monier Williams gives these meanings to those words:
alaya m. ( %{lI}) , non-dissolution , permanence R. iii , 71 , 10
(v.l. %{an-aya}) ; (mfn.) restless S3is3. iv , 57.
2 Alaya see %{A-lI}.
3 Alaya (= aalaya) m. and n. a house , dwelling ; a receptacle ,
asylum R. Ya1jn5. Katha1s. &c. ; (often ifc. e.g. %{himA7laya} , `" the abode
of snow. "')
Although 'alaya' which seems to be the opposite of 'laya',
seems to be a rare word, it might be the correct one
in that context, though. If that's the case, perhaps
it might be 'restless knowledge', because for some reason
'alaya' feels to me more like an adjective (mfn.) in
that phrase...???
I'm quite sure that by 'Vigyan' is meant 'vijñaana', which
in Harvard-Kyoto transliteration scheme is written 'vijJAna' [sic!]
(I believe 'gya' is the most popular pronunciation, at
least in northern parts of India, of the
"compound" consonant 'jña' which has its own character in
devanaagarii script.)
vijJAna n. (ifc. f. %{A}) the act of distinguishing or discerning ,
understanding , comprehending , recognizing , intelligence , knowledge AV. &c.
&c. ; skill , proficiency , art Uttamac. ; science , doctrine Sus3r. ; worldly
or profane knowledge (opp. to %{jJAna} , `" knñknowledge of the true nature of
God "') Mn. MBh. &c. ; the faculty of discernment or of right judgment MBh. R.
&c. ; the organ of knñknowledge (= %{manas}) BhP. ; (ifc.) the understanding
of (a particular meaning) , regarding as Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 2-3 , 17 ; 66 &c. ;
(with Buddhists) consciousness or thought-faculty (one of the 5 constituent
elements or Skandhas , also considered as one of the 6 elements or Dha1tus ,
and as one of the 12 links of the chain of causation) Dharmas. 22 ; 42 ; 58
(cf. MWB. 102 ; 109) ; %{-kanda} m. N. of a man Cat. ; %{-kAya} m. N. of a
Buddhist wk. ; %{-kRtsna} n. one of the 10 mystical exercises called Kr2itsnas
Buddh. ; %{-kevala} mfn. (with S3aivas) an individual soul to which only
%{mala} adheres Sarvad. ; %{-kaumudI} f. N. of a female Buddhist Cat. ;
%{-ghana4} m. pure knowledge , nothing but intelligence S3Br. Sarvad. ;
%{-taraMgiNI} f. N. of wk. ; %{-tA} f. knowledge of (loc.) Ca1n2. ;
%{-tArA7valI} f. N. of wk. ; %{-tailagarbha} m. Alangium Decapetalum L. ;
%{-dezana} m. a Buddha L. ; %{-naukA} f. N. of sev. wks. ; %{-pati} m. a lord
of intelligence TUp. ; N. of one who has attained to a partic. degree of
emancipation Ba1dar. Sch. ; %{-pAda} m. N. of Vya1sa L. ; %{-bhaTTAraka} m.
%{-bhArata} m. %{-bhikSu} m. N. of scholars Cat. ; %{-bhairava} ,
%{-vo7ddyota-saMgraha} m. N. of wks. ; %{-ma4ya} mf(%{I})n. consisting of
knowledge or intelligence , all knñknowledge , full of intellñintelligence
S3Br. Up. &c. ; %{-ya-koSa} m. the sheath consñconsisting of
intellñintelligence , the intelligent sheath (of the soul accord. to the
Veda7nta) or the sheath caused by the understanding being associated with the
organs of perception MW. ; %{-mAtRka} m. `" whose mother is knowledge "' , a
Buddha L. ; %{-yati} m. = %{-bhikSu} Cat. ; %{-yogin} m. = %{vijJAne7zvara}
Col. ; %{-latikA} f. %{-lalita} or %{-ta-tantra} n. N. of wks. ; %{-vat} mfn.
endowed with intelligence Up. ChUp. Sch. Katha1s. ; %{-vAda} m. the doctrine
(of the Yoga7ca1ras) that only intelligence has reality (not the objects
exterior to us) Ba1dar. Sch. ; %{-vAdin} mfn. one who affirms that only
intelligence has reality ; m. a Yoga7ca1ra Sarvad. Buddh. ; %{-vinodinI-TIkA}
f. %{-vilAsa} m. %{-zAstra} n. %{-zikSA} f. %{saMjJA-prakaraNa} n. N. of wks. ;
%{-nA7kala} mfn. = %{-na-kevala} above Sarvad. ; %{-nA7cArya} m. N. of a
teacher Cat. ; %{-nA7tman} m. N. of an author ib. ; %{-nA7ntyA7yatana} n. (with
Buddhists) N. of a world Buddh. ; %{-nA7mRta} n. N. of Comm. ; %{-nA7zrama} m.
= %{-nA7tman} Cat. ; %{-nA7stitva-mAtra-vAdin} mfn. = %{-na-vAdin} Ba1dar. Sch.
; %{-nA7hAra} m. spiritual food as nourishment L. ; %{-ne7zvara} m. N. of an
author Cat. (%{-tantra} n. %{-vArttika} , n. N. of wks.) ; %{-ne7zvarIya} n. a
wk. of Vijn5a1ne7s3vara Cat. ; %{-nai9ka-skandha-vAda} m. = %{-na-vAda} above
Ba1dar. Sch.
-----
Sorry, that probably doesn't help too much...
