Buddhi
- In Hindu mythology, Buddhi is one of the wives of Ganesha.
Buddhi (
Sanskrit: बुद्धि) refers to the intellectual faculty and the power to "form and retain concepts, reason, discern, judge, comprehend, understand".[1][2]
Etymology
Buddhi (
Monier Williams, the power to "form, retain concepts; intelligence, reason, intellect, mind", the intellectual faculty and the ability to "discern, judge, comprehend, understand" something.[1][3]
Buddhi is a feminine
bodhi
.
Buddhi contrasts from manas (मनस्) which means "mind", and ahamkara (अहंंकाऱ) which means "ego, I-sense in egotism".[2][3][4]
Usage
In
gunas (ग़ुण) through a misapprehension of purusha (पुरूष) (the consciousness-essence of the jivatman). Discriminative in nature (बुद्धि निश्चयात्मिका चित्त-वृत्ति), buddhi is that which is able to discern truth (satya) from falsehood and thereby to make wisdom possible.[citation needed
]
The Sānkhya-Yoga view
According to the Sānkhya-Yoga view, buddhi is in essence unconscious, and as such, cannot be an object of its own consciousness. This means that it can neither apprehend an object nor manifest itself.[5]
In the Yoga Sutra, it is explained that the buddhi cannot illuminate itself, since it itself is the object of sight, "na tat svhāsam draśhyatvāt".[6]
See also
- Citta
- Enlightenment in Buddhism
- Namarupa
- Nous
- Three Bodies Doctrine
References
- ^ ISBN 978-81-208-3105-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7914-3815-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-136-34605-7.
- ISBN 978-81-208-3105-6.
- OCLC 1256407633.
- OCLC 34894404.
External links
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