Pancajnana, 笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补, Panca-jnana, Pancan-jnana: 9 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)1) 笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渇ive wisdoms鈥�, according to the Bh奴艣alyas奴trap膩tananimittavidhi section of Jagaddarpa峁嘺鈥檚 膧c膩ryakriy膩samuccaya, a text within Tantric Buddhism dealing with construction manual for monasteries etc.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he excellent master [= officiant] in steady meditation, gazing upon the centre of the tip of his nose, should cast the cord on the surface of the site which has been levelled following the rules exactly. [The cord,] into which [the five threads of the five colours] are twined, has as its nature the five wisdoms (辫补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补-尘补测补) and is purified. [It] does not have a knot, and is placed in the centre [of the site before casting]鈥�.
2) 笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渇ive gnoses鈥�, according to the N膩mamantr膩rth膩valokin墨 by Vil膩savajra, which is a commentary on the N膩masa峁僩墨ti.鈥擜ccordingly, [while commenting on verse 100ab]鈥斺�渰膧di-buddha}: [the word] 腻诲颈产耻诲诲丑补 means [he who is] 鈥榓wakened from the very beginning鈥�, and that one has the five gnoses as his nature (辫补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补-腻迟尘补办补). [...] So that one, who has the five gnoses as his nature and [also] the five colours as his nature, is the lord. And he should be understood to be Ma帽ju艣r墨, since as the equality of all dharmas he is the unique ground [of all phenonena]. For that very reason he is [described as] free from [causal] connection鈥�.
The five gnoses (辫补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补) in terms of various masteries are:
- 腻诲补谤艣补箩帽腻苍补 (mirror-like gnosis) is associated with the five bala (powers);
- 蝉补尘补迟腻箩帽腻苍补 (gnosis of equality), with the four 惫补颈艣腻谤补诲测补 (confidences);
- 辫谤补迟测补惫别办峁峁嚹乯帽腻苍补 (discriminating gnosis), with the four 辫谤补迟颈蝉补峁僾颈诲 (special knowledges);
- 办峁泃测腻苍耻峁ａ弓丑腻苍补箩帽腻苍补 (praxis gnosis), with friendliness (尘补颈迟谤墨) and compassion (办补谤耻峁嚹�);
- and 蝉耻惫颈艣耻诲诲丑补诲丑补谤尘补诲丑腻迟耻箩帽腻苍补 (gnosis of the completely pure dharma-sphere), with overlordship of everything (蝉补谤惫腻诲丑颈辫补迟测补).
These associations are referenced to the M膩y膩j膩latantra in manuscript A (alone).
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渇ive wisdoms鈥�, according to the Sa峁僾arama峁囜笉ala of Abhay膩karagupta鈥檚 Ni峁annayog膩val墨, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasa峁僾aratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).鈥擳he crown of five skulls symbolize the 辫补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补, "The Five Wisdoms":
- 腻诲补谤艣补-箩帽腻苍补, "mirror-like wisdom",
- 蝉补尘补迟腻-箩帽腻苍补, "the wisdom of equality",
- 辫谤补迟测补惫别办峁Ｄ�-箩帽腻苍补, "discriminating wisdom",
- 办峁泃测补苍耻峁ａ弓丑腻苍补-箩帽腻苍补, "the wisdom of action",
- 迟补迟丑补迟腻-箩帽腻苍补, "the wisdom of thusness".
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�) or simply 闯帽腻苍补 refers to the 鈥渇ive knowledges鈥� as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 94). he Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 辫补帽肠补-箩帽腻苍补). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�).鈥�
1) an epithet of Buddha as possessing the five kinds of knowledge.
2) a man familiar with the doctrines of the P膩艣upatas.
Derivable forms: 辫补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补岣� (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠ).
笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 辫补帽肠补苍 and 箩帽腻苍补 (啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�).鈥攎.
(-苍补岣�) A Bud'dha or Baud'dha sanctified teacher. E. 辫补帽肠补 five (organs,) and 箩帽腻苍补 knowledge.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�):鈥擺=辫补帽肠补-箩帽腻苍补] [from 辫补帽肠补] m. 鈥榩ossessing fivefold knowledge鈥�, a Buddha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔补帽肠补箩帽腻苍补 (啶啷嵿啶溹啶炧ぞ啶�):鈥擺辫补帽肠补-箩帽腻苍补] (苍补岣�) 1. m. A buddha teacher.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Jnana, Panca.
Full-text: Samatajnana, Krityanushthanajnana, Adarshajnana, Krityanushthana, Samata, Adarsha, Jnana, Pratyavekshanajnana, Pratyavekshana, Suvishuddhadharmadhatujnana, Pratyavekshajnana, Tathatajnana, Suvishuddhadharmadhatu, Tathata, Pratyaveksha, Kapalamala, Jnanamaya, Adi Buddha, Shanmudra.
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