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In Indian philosophy and religions, jñāna (Sanskrit: ज्ञान, [ˈdʑɲaːnɐ]) [1] [a] is "knowledge". The idea of jñāna centers on a cognitive event which is recognized when experienced. It is knowledge inseparable from the total experience of reality, especially the total or divine reality . [2]
Sanskrit became the dominant literary and inscriptional language because of its precision in communication. It was an ideal instrument for presenting ideas, and as knowledge in Sanskrit multiplied, so did its spread and influence. [112] Sanskrit was adopted voluntarily as a vehicle of high culture, arts, and profound ideas.
Vidya (Sanskrit: विद्या, IAST: vidyā) figures prominently in all texts pertaining to Indian philosophy – meaning science, learning, knowledge, and scholarship. Most importantly, it refers to valid knowledge, which cannot be contradicted, and true knowledge, which is the intuitively-gained knowledge of the self.
A knowledge of the attaining the supreme told to Arjuna by Krishna on the Kurukshetra battlefield. Bhagavan Bhagavan is a term used to refer to a god. Bhagavata Worship of Bhagavat Vishnu. Bhagavati A word for female Hindu deities. Bhajan A Hindu devotional song as a spiritual practice. Bhakti A Hindu word for faith, devotion or love to god. Bharat
Moksha is seen as a final release from illusion, and through knowledge (anubhava) of one's own fundamental nature, which is Satcitananda. [87] [note 1] Advaita holds there is no being/non-being distinction between Atman, Brahman, and Paramatman. True knowledge is a direct, permanent realization that the Atman and Brahman are one.
Shastra (Sanskrit: शास्त्र, romanized: Śāstra pronounced) is a Sanskrit word that means "precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise" in a general sense. [1] The word is generally used as a suffix in the Indian literature context, for technical or specialized knowledge in a defined area of practice. [2]
Ascent to higher levels of living, losing oneself to find the higher self can be achieved through jijnasa or disinterested passion for knowledge. It lifts man out of his narrow limits and makes him forget his self in the contemplation of the universal principles of existence. Knowledge pursued for the sake of power or fame does not take us far.
Throughout Pali literature, viññā ṇ a [1] can be found as one of a handful of synonyms for the mental force that animates the otherwise inert material body. [11] In a number of Pali texts though, the term has a more nuanced and context-specific (or "technical") meaning.