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Vijati in °loha a kind of copper VbhA 63.
Vijati 75 Vijja
Vijana (nt.-adj.) [fr. vijanati] understanding; as adj. (-°)
in cpds. du" (dubbijana) hard to understand S 1.60 ;
J 1V.217 ; and su° easy to perceive Sn 92 ; J iv.217.
Vijanaaa (nt.) [the diaeretic form of Sk. vijnana : cp.
janana=nana] recognition, knowing, knowledge, discrimination
Vism 452 ; DhsA 141.
Vijanati [vi + jfia] to have discriminative (dis= vi°) knowledge,
to recognize, apprehend, ascertain, to become
aware of, to understand, notice, perceive, distinguish,
learn, know Sn 93 sq., 763 ; Dh 64, 65 ; Nd' 442. See
also vinnaija 2'. — imper. 2""' sg. vijana Sn 1091
(=ajana Nd' S^s"") ; Pv
1V.5* (=vijanahi PvA 260);
ppr. vijananto Sn 656, 953; Pv iv.i*'; PvA 41 ; and
vijanat) neg. a" ignorant Dh 38, 60 ; It 103. Pot. i»' sg.
(poet.) vijatinar] J m.360 (= vijaneyyar) C.) ; Sn 1065,
1090, 1097 {=janeyyar) Nd'' ; S^^S") & vjjaniyarj Vv 41*
(pativijjhir) C.) ; 3"* sg. vijaiiiia Sn 253, 316, 967 (cp.
Nd' 489). — ger. vijaniya Mhvs 8,16; vififiaya Sn 232 ;
& virinitva Vin iv.264. — aor. (3"' pi.) vijanigsu Mhvs
10, 18. — Pass, viiiiiayati PvA 197 ; fut. viiiiiissati Th i,
703. — inf. viiiflatug S in. 134. — grd. vifinatabba (to
be understood) VbhA 46; & viiiriejrya (q. v.). — pp.
viiiiiata. — Cans. II. vitiiiapeti (q. v.).
Vijayana (nt.) [fr. vijayati] bringing forth, birth, delivery
; Vism 500 ; 97.
A 1.78 ; J 111.342 ; VI. 333 VbhA
Vijayati [vi-l-jayati] to bring forth, to bear, to give birth
to Sdhp 133 ; aor. vijayi VvA 220 ; PvA 82 (puttai)) ;
ger. vijayitva Mhvs 5, 43 (puttag) ; and vijayitvana
Pv 1.6'. — pp. vijata. — Caus. II. vijayapeti to cause
to bring forth J vi.340.
Vijayin (adj.-n.) [fr. vijayati] in f. °ini able to bear a child,
fertile J iv.77 (opp. vanjha) ;
DhA 1.46 (id.).
Vijigucchati [vi-l- j.] to loathe Sn 41 (°amana= attiyamana
harayamana Nd' 566), 253, 958 (°ato= attiyato harayato
Ndi 466), 963 ; Nd» 479.
Vijita [pp. of vijayati] i. conquered, subdued, gained,
won Sn 46 ; SnA 352 ; DA 1.160 ; PvA 75, 76, 161. —
Cp. nijjita. — 2. (nt.) conquered land, realm, territory,
kingdom J 1.262 ; Vv St^o (=desa VvA 316) ; DhA 1.386.
-anga at Pv 111. i" (PvA 176) read vijit.° -indriya
one who has conquered his senses Sn 250. -sangama
by whom the battle has been won, victorious D 11.39 ;
It 76 ; Nd2 542 ; Pug
68.
Vijitavin (adj.) [vijita -(- avin ; see Geiger, P.Gr. 198^]
victorious D 1.88 (caturanta-i-) ; 11. 146; S ill. 83 Sn
;
552, 646 ; DA 1.249 ; DhA iv.232 ; SnA 162.
Vijina [doubtful] distress (?), in stock phrase at A v. 156,
158, 160, 162 (v. 1. at all pass, vicina).
Vijiyati at J in. 374 is to be read as vijiyati (Pass, of
vijati).
Vijja (adj.) (-°) [= vijja] having vijja, possessed of wisdom ;
in vatthu", tiracchana°, nakkhatta" etc. (referring to the
lower arts condemned as heretic: vijja c.) S in. 239.
see vijja b.
te" possessed of threefold wisdom :
Vijiatipatti (f) [? doubtful spelling] adultery PvA 151.
Vijjati, vijjamana etc. :
see vindati.
Vijjaatarika (f) is not clear ; according to Kern, Toev.
s. v.= vithi-l-antarika [a very bold assumption : vithy"
contracted to vijj" I], i. e. space in between two streets
or midstrect M 1.448 ; A
1.124. Neumann {Mitll. Slg.
II. 182) translates " Rinnstein " (i.e. gutter). Under
antarika we have given the trsl" " interval of Ughtning,"
thus taking it as vijju + antarika. Quoted DA 1.34.
Vijja (f) [cp. Vedic vidya knowledge : etym. see under
vindati] one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching,
varying in meaning in difi. sections of the Canon. It is
not always the positive to avijja (which has quite a welldefined
meaning from its first appearance in Buddhist
psych, ethics), but has been taken into the terminology
of Buddhism from Brahmanic and popular philosophy.
The opposite of avijja is usually iiana (but cp. Sin. 162 f.,
171 ; V.429). Although certain vijjas pertain to the
recognition of the " truth " and the destruction of
avijja, yet they are only secondary factors in achieving
" vimutti " (cp. abhiflna, iiaija-dassana & panna).
That vijja at M 1.22 is contrasted with avijja is to be
expl"" as a word-play in a stereotype phrase. — A diff
side of " knowledge " again is given by " bodhi." —
(a) Vijja is a general, popular term for lore in the old
sense, science, study, esp. study as a practice of some
art (something like the secret science of the medicine
cp. vejja !) ; hence appH in special, " dogmatic "
man :
sense as " secret science," revelation (put into a sort
of magic formula), higher knowledge (of the learned
man), knowledge which may be appUed and used as
an art (cp. magister artium !), practical knowledge ; but
also mysterious knowledge: "charm." — (b) vijja,
having a varying content in its connotation, is applied
to a series of diff. achievements. A rather old tabulation
of the stages leading by degrees to the attainment of the
highest knowledge is given in the Samanna-phala-sutta
(D 1.63-86), repeated in nearly every Suttanta of D i.
It is composed of the 3 sampadds, viz. sila", citta° &
panna°. Under the first group belong slla(-kkhandha),
indriya-sagvara, sati-sampajaniia, santutthi ; the second
is composed (i) of the overcoming of the nlvaranas,
(2) of the 4 jhanas : the third consists of 8 items, viz.
(i) fiana-dassana, (2) manomaya-kaya, (3) iddhi,
{4) dibba-sota, (5) ceto-pariyanana, (6) pubbe-nivas'
anussatinana, (7) cut' upapatti-nana, (8) asavanar)
khaya-nana. Other terms used are : for the a""" sampada
: carana (D. i.ioo), and for the 3"' ; vijja (ibid.). —
The discussion at D i.ioo is represented as contradicting
the (brahmanic) opinion of Ambattha, who thought that
" vijja nama tayo Veda, caranai) panca silani " (DA
1.267 sq.). — In the enum" of 3 vijjas at M 1.22 sq. only
Nos. 6-8 of the 3"' sampada (said to have been attained
by the Buddha in the 3 night watches) with the verbs
anussarati (No. 6), pajanati (7), abhijanati (8), each
signifying a higher stage of (" saving ") knowledge, yet
all called " vijja." Quoted at Vism 202. where all 8
stages are given as " attha vijja," and carana with 15
quaUties (sila-sagvara, indriyesu guttadvaxa etc.). The
same 3 vijjas (No. 6, 7, 8) are given atD in. 220. 275, and
poetically at A n.165 as the characteristics of a proper
(ariya, Buddhist) monk (or brahmana) " : etahi tihi
vijjahi tevijjo hoti brahmano," opposing the three-
Veda-knowledge of the Brahmins. — Tevijja (adj.) in
same meaning at S 1.146 (where it refers to Nos. 3, 5, 8
of above enum"), 192, 194. In brahmanic sense at Sn
594 (=tiveda SnA 463). Both meanings compared &
contrasted at A 1.163 (aniiatha brahmana brahmanag
tevijjar) paftnapenti, anfiatha ca pana ariyassa vinaye
tevijjo hoti " different in the Brahmanic and diff. in the
Buddhist sense "). — Tisso vijja (without specification,
but referring to above 6, 7, 8) further at Vin n.183 ;
Sn 656; Ps 1.34; n.56; Pv IV. i'*; Miln 359 (-fchalabhifina)
; DhA iv.30 (id.). It is doubtful whether the
def of fiana as " tisso vijja " at Vin in. 91 is genuine. —
On vijja-carana see also D in. 97, 98, 237 ; S 1.153, 166 ;
n.284 ; v. 197 ; A n.163 ; iv.238 : v. 327 ; Sn 163, 289. 442-
— On vijja in the doctrinal appl° see: D in. 156, 214,
274; S 11.7 sq. (cakkhu, flana, pafina, vijja, aloka) ;
ni.47; 163 ; 171 ; iv.3i,49Sq. A1.83 ; 11.247 ; Sn 334 (simply
meaning " wisdom," craft, care, but Bdhgh SnA 339
takes it as " asavanarj-khaya-nana "), 1026 (opposed to
avijja) ; Pug 14, 57; Vbh324 ; Nett 76, 191. — (c) popular
meanings & usage of vijja : science, craft, art, charm.