abhijñā

abhijñā abhi-jñā, cl. 9. P. A. -jānāti, -nīte,

jñātum, to recognize, perceive, know, be or become

aware of; to acknowledge, agree to, own.

abhijñā 9 U.

1 To recognize, discern; (sā) nābhyajānānnalaṃ nṛpaṃ Mb. (pb)

2 To know, understand, be acquainted with, be aware of, perceive; ahaṃ hi nābhijānāmi bhavedevaṃ na veti vā Mb.; Bg. 18. 55, 4. 14; 7. 13; bhavadabhijñātaṃ kathayatu Dk. 3, 78.

3 To look upon, consider or regard as, know to be.

4 To admit, own, acknowledge; naputramabhijānāmi tvayi jātaṃ Mb.

5 To remember, recollect; used with the Future instead of the Imperfect, Imperfect with yat, or both when interdependence of two actions is denoted, P. III. 2. 112, 114; cf. Bk. 6. 138, 139.

abhi-√ jñā a -jānāti, °nīte, to recognize, perceive, know, be or become aware of; to acknowledge, agree to, own; to remember (either with the fut. p. or with yad and impf.), Pāṇ. ii, 2, 112 seqq.; Bhaṭṭ.

abhi-jñā b f. remembrance, recollection, Pāṇ. iii, 2, 112

supernatural science or faculty of a Buddha (of which five or six are enumerated, viz. 1. taking any form at will; 2. hearing to any distance; 3. seeing to any distance; 4. penetrating men's thoughts; 5. knowing their state and antecedents). cf. ṣaḍ-abh°, p. 1109

abhijñā 9 U. 1 To recognize, discern; (sā) nābhya- jānānnalaṃ nṛpam Mb. -2 To know, understand, be acquainted with, be aware of, perceive; ahaṃ hi nābhijānābhi bhavedevaṃ na veti vā Mb.; Bg.18.55,4.14;7.13; bhavadabhijñātaṃ kathayatu Dk.3,78. -3 To look upon, consider or regard as, know to be. -4 To admit, own, acknowledge; na putrama- bhijānāmi tvayi jātam Mb. -5 To remember, recollect; used with the Future instead of the Imperfect. Imperfect with yat, or both when interdependence of two actions is denoted, P.III.2.112,114; cf. Bk.6.138,139.

abhi-JÑĀ- reconnaître; reconnaître pour; comprendre; concéder; °jñāta- connu pour; m. n. de divers personnages.

abhijñā strī abhi—jñā—aṅ . 1 prathamamutpanne jñāne .
2 saṃskārasahakṛte indriyasannikarṣajanye pratybhijñārūpe
jñāne ca .

abhijñā (= Pali abhiññā), higher or supernatural

knowledge; intuition (CPD). There are 5 or 6, in both Pali

and BHS, agreeing in essence tho the order and precise

forms of the names vary. In Dharmas 20, five: divyacakṣus,

divyaśrotra, paracittajñāna, pūrvanivāsānusmṛti, ṛddhi;

in Mvy 201--209 six, same order, with variant forms,

(parasya) cetaḥ- (citta-)-paryāya- (q.v.)-jñāna, for the

third; the sixth is āśravakṣayajñāna, as in Pali and else-

where when 6 are named; the fifth is ṛddhividhijñāna in

Mvy 208; SP 134.11 lists 5, practically as in Dharmas

except that the fifth is ṛddhivimokṣakriyā, an unusual

phrase, for which no v.l. is given in KN or WT; Burnouf

(Lotus App. XIV, p. 821) cites his ms. as reading ṛddhi-

sākṣātkriyā, which is much more plausible. Twenty

abhijñā-karmāṇi are set forth in detail Mvy 210--230.

In Laṅk 292.13--16 the abhijñā, collectively, are classified

as to their origin in four ways (in l. 16 read with Suzuki

Transl. 242 n. 1 te 'bhijñā na vipākajāḥ). References to

five abhijñā: SP 12.4; 141.9; 254.14; Mv i.284.3; ii.33.11;

in ii.96.1 attributed to brahmanical, non-Buddhist ṛṣis;

Divy 321.3; Śikṣ 243.13 (read pañco, see p. 412, note) etc.;

six, SP 90.7; 129.10; 150.2; 155.2; 255.4; 272.6; Mv iii.55.5

ff.; Divy 399.27, etc.; note Mv i.165.12 where ‘by abhijñā’

(abhijñāye) the Buddha attains knowledge of the Doctrine

taught of old by other Buddhas; this certainly does not

mean memory, cf. s.v. abhijānāti, which is commonly but

wrongly rendered remembers in similar contexts; mahā-

bhijñā- SP 66.8.