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Saṃjñā

Saṃjñā (Sanskrit; Pali: sañña) is a Buddhist term that is typically translated as "perception" or "cognition." It can be defined as grasping at distinguishing features or characteristics. Samjñā has multiple meanings depending on religions. Although Samjñā means the five aggregates in Buddhism, in Hinduism, it refers to art traditions and in Jainism, it…

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In the early Buddhist literature

NikāyasĀgamasMeditativeSamādhiVipassana
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CittaAtthasālinīAbhidharma-samuccaya
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BuddhismHinduismJainismCognitionAggregates
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Burmese
သညက္ခန္ဓာ, ဆန္ဒ
Chinese
想 (xiǎng)
English
perception, cognition, conceptualization, distinguishing
Indonesian
persepsi
Japanese
想 (Rōmaji: sō)
Khmer
សញ្ញា (UNGEGN: sânhnhéa)

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In the early Buddhist literature

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Saṃjñā

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related to In the early Buddhist literature · 10
Saṃjñā → Arhantship, Buddhism Theravadin, Five Aggregates, In, Nikāyas, Pali, Pali Canon, Skt, Table, Whether
Burmese · 1
Saṃjñā → သညက္ခန္ဓာ, ဆန္ဒ
Chinese · 1
Saṃjñā → 想 (xiǎng)
English · 1
Saṃjñā → perception, cognition, conceptualization, distinguishing
Indonesian · 1
Saṃjñā → persepsi
Japanese · 1
Saṃjñā → 想 (Rōmaji: sō)
Khmer · 1
Saṃjñā → សញ្ញា (UNGEGN: sânhnhéa)
Korean · 1
Saṃjñā → 상 (RR: sang)
Pali · 1
Saṃjñā → sañña, सञ्ञा
Sanskrit · 1
Saṃjñā → saṃjñā, संज्ञा

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five aggregates perception distinguishing sañña object one pali buddhist cognition characteristic buddhism within theravada perceiving function recognizing features characteristics samjñā

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SaṃjñāBurmeseသညက္ခန္ဓာ, ဆန္ဒ1.00infobox
SaṃjñāChinese想 (xiǎng)1.00infobox
SaṃjñāEnglishperception, cognition, conceptualization, distinguishing1.00infobox
SaṃjñāIndonesianpersepsi1.00infobox
SaṃjñāJapanese想 (Rōmaji: sō)1.00infobox
SaṃjñāKhmerសញ្ញា (UNGEGN: sânhnhéa)1.00infobox
SaṃjñāKorean상 (RR: sang)1.00infobox
SaṃjñāPalisañña, सञ्ञा1.00infobox
SaṃjñāSanskritsaṃjñā, संज्ञा1.00infobox
SaṃjñāThaiสัญญา (RTGS: sanya)1.00infobox
SaṃjñāTibetanའདུ་ཤེས། (Wylie: 'du shes; THL: du shé)1.00infobox
SaṃjñāVietnameseTưởng1.00infobox

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