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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > And should both terms be capitalized? Is the phrase a proper
> > noun?
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> > (This is for an editing gig I'm working on.)
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> > TIA...
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> 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".
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> 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.
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> Monier Williams gives these meanings to those words:
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> alaya m. ( %{lI}) , non-dissolution , permanence R. iii , 71 , 10
(v.l. %{an-aya}) ; (mfn.) restless S3is3. iv , 57.
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> 2 Alaya see %{A-lI}.
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> 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. "')
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> 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...???
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> Sorry, that probably doesn't help too much...
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Compare 'alaya vigyan' to Alaya-vijñana.
Eighth consciousness: "store-house consciousness" (Tibetan: kun-gzhi
rnam-shes; Sanskrit: alayavijñana); " The seed
consciousness (bi^ja-vijn~a^na); "the consciousness which is the basis
of the other seven.[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Consciousnesses#cite_note-1> The
seven prior consciousnesses are based and founded upon the eighth. It is
the aggregate which administers and yields rebirth
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_%28Buddhism%29> ; this idea may be
ultimately traceable to the "luminous mind
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_mind> " of the agamas
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamas> .
Check out the context here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Consciousnesses
See also: 'Store consciousness' and 'Later Developments of the doctrine
of Alaya-vijñana' at the link.
