Mr.David and Nancy Riegle,<div><br></div><div>Thank you so much for helping me with Franklin Edgerton's 1933 article on Vignana and Gnana.!</div><div>I was feeling elated as I was going through ShankaraCharya's analysis on Gnana and Vignana.</div><div>However,as I referred to Buddhist definition of Vignana ( my Nov 13 post) previously , I find VasuBandhu, in his book" VignaptiMatroSiddhi" speaking on Vignana as follows-" Chittam Manam Vigyanam VignoptiScheto Paryaya" which somewhat means that Chitta( I.e.the internal sense organs,or Antaksharan,in Sanskrit, according to Patanjaili's Yog Philosophy), Manam(mind) and Vignana are synonymous terms (Paryaya).</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Alakendu Das.<br><div><br>Sent from RediffmailNG on Android<br><br><br><br><br>From: David and Nancy Reigle &lt;dnreigle@gmail.com&gt;<br>Sent: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 01:40:51 GMT+0530<br>To: alakendu das &lt;mailmealakendudas@rediffmail.com&gt;<br>Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Appropriate meaning of the word"Vigyan"<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Alakendu Das,</div><div><br></div><div>First, may I suggest that you use the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration for writing Sanskrit words? This is what Indologists are accustomed to. Thus, your vigyan would be written as vij<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ñ<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ā</span>na</span>.</div><div><br></div><div>As you noted in your query of Nov. 13, the meaning of vij<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ñ<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ā</span>na</span>

 in Buddhist texts somewhat differs from its meaning in Hindu texts. In both cases, the meaning of 
vij<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ñ<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ā</span>na</span> comes out in juxtaposition with j<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ñ<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ā</span>na</span>. An article on this by Franklin Edgerton was published in 1933, "J<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ñ<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ā</span>na</span>&nbsp; and 
vij<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ñ<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">ā</span>na</span>," drawing on Hindu texts. I have scanned my photocopy of it and attached a PDF of the scan.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>David Reigle</div><div>Colorado, U.S.A.<br></div></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 12:35 AM alakendu das via INDOLOGY &lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">To All,<div>Can anyone kindly enlighten me on true implication of the word "Vigyan"in the light of Indian Philosophy.I am aware of it's implication in Buddhist philosophy . However,I am eager to know it's true meaning in the context of Indian Philosophy .</div><div>Regards</div><div>Alakendu Das&nbsp;<br><br>Sent from RediffmailNG on Android<br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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