In Hindu Philosophy, Vignana is special knowledge.... to know something in it's proper perspective. In Buddhist Philosophy, Vignana is one of the 5 Skandhas , the other 4 being Rupa, Samskara, Vedana and Sangya. Vigyana , Manas( i. e. Mind) and Chitta( Mind -Stuff) are synonymous terms . Regards. Alakendu Das.
On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 04:24 Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > Abhinavagupta titled the first chapter of both the Tantrāloka and > the Tantrasāra as "vijñānabhedaprakāśanaṃ". > See the colophons from the KSTS editions: > iti śrīmadācāryābhinavaguptapādaviracite śrītantrāloke > vijñānabhedaprakāśanaṃ nāma prathamamāhnikam || 1 || > iti śrīmadabhinavaguptācāryaviracite tantrasāre vijñānabhedaprakāśanaṃ > nāma prathamamāhnikam ||1|| > > Harry Spier > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM David and Nancy Reigle via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I always assume (perhaps wrongly) that when sources are recommended in >> reply to inquiries, others here besides the inquirer would also be >> interested in them. Since not everyone has easy access to the sources, I >> attach a scan of a photocopy I made long ago of this brief article by >> Franklin Edgerton that was suggested by Jonathan. >> >> Best regards, >> David Reigle >> Colorado, U.S.A. >> >> On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM Jonathan Silk via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> excuse me if this was already mentioned >>> *Franklin Edgerton, “Jñāna and Vijñāna,”* in Festschrift für Moritz. >>> Winternitz, ed. O. Stein and W. Gambert (Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1933), >>> pp. 217–220 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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