In Hindu Philosophy, Vignana is special knowledge.... to know something in it's proper perspective.
In Buddhist Philosophy, Vignana is one of the 5 Skandhas , the other 4 being Rupa, Samskara, Vedana and Sangya.
Vigyana , Manas( i. e. Mind) and Chitta( Mind -Stuff) are synonymous terms .
Regards.
Alakendu Das.

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 04:24 Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear all,

Abhinavagupta  titled the first chapter of both the Tantrāloka and the Tantrasāra as "vijñānabhedaprakāśanaṃ".

See the colophons from the KSTS editions:

iti śrīmadācāryābhinavaguptapādaviracite śrītantrāloke vijñānabhedaprakāśanaṃ nāma prathamamāhnikam || 1 ||
iti śrīmadabhinavaguptācāryaviracite tantrasāre vijñānabhedaprakāśanaṃ nāma prathamamāhnikam ||1||

Harry Spier

On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM David and Nancy Reigle via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

I always assume (perhaps wrongly) that when sources are recommended in reply to inquiries, others here besides the inquirer would also be interested in them. Since not everyone has easy access to the sources, I attach a scan of a photocopy I made long ago of this brief article by Franklin Edgerton that was suggested by Jonathan.

Best regards,

David Reigle

Colorado, U.S.A.

On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM Jonathan Silk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

excuse me if this was already mentioned

Franklin Edgerton, “Jñāna and Vijñāna,” in Festschrift für Moritz. Winternitz, ed. O. Stein and W. Gambert (Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1933), pp. 217–220

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