Vijñānamaya
विज्ञानमयपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculino) · विज्ञान (vijñāna — conhecimento discriminativo) + मयट् प्रत्यय
vijñānamaya
Mind and Psychology
AI translationMade of discriminative intellect; fourth koṣa
Vijñānamaya-koṣa is the sheath of buddhi — discriminative, decisive intellect that says 'this is so, this is not'. More subtle than manomaya (emotional/deliberative mind), denser than ānandamaya. It is through buddhi that Vedānta is studied and one arrives at discriminative knowledge of ātman. But buddhi itself is dṛśya — known by ātman —, therefore also neti.
Occurrence in the corpus
विज्ञानमय इत्युक्त्वा पृथिव्यादिमयोक्तितः ।। षड्विकारनिषेधाच्च प्रायार्थत्वं समञ्जसम् ।। १९१ ।।
vijñānamaya ityuktvā pṛthivyādimayoktitaḥ || ṣaḍvikāraniṣedhācca prāyārthatvaṃ samañjasam || 191 ||
— Brihadaranyaka Bhashya Vartikam →Using this in academic work? Get formal citation
Vishva Vidya (2026). Vijñānamaya (विज्ञानमय). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/vijnanamaya
Vishva Vidya. "Vijñānamaya (विज्ञानमय)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/vijnanamaya.
Vishva Vidya. "Vijñānamaya (विज्ञानमय)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/vijnanamaya.
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