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Vinnana n Vinnu
and other conditions." Another scholastic expression,
both early and late, is abhiscinkhara-v., or " endowment
consciousness," viz. the individual transmigrant or
transmitted function (vifinana) which supplies the next
life with the accumulation of individual merit or demerit
or indifference, as it is expressed at Nd- 56g» in def of
V. (on Sn 1055 : yai) kiiici sampajanasi . . . panujja
vinnanar) bhave na tifthe) : punn' abhisankhara-sahagata-virinanag,
apuiiri' . . ., anejj' ... — Under the
same heading at Nd^ 56q'' we find abhisankhara v.
with ref . to the sotapatti-stage, i. e. the beginning of
salvation, where it is said that by the gradual disappearance
of abhis.-v. there are still 7 existences left
before nama-rupa (individuality) entirely disappears.
The climax of this development is " anupadi-sesa
nibbana-dhatu," or the nibbana stage without a remainder
(parinibbana), which is characterized not by
an abhisankhara-v., but by the carimaka-v., or the
jinal vital spark, which is now going to be extinct.
This passage is referred to at DhsA 357, where the first
half is quoted literally.— (e) As kaya i. e. group, v. is
considered psycho-physicaUy, as a factor in senseperception
(D III. 243, M III. 281, etc.), namely, the
contact between sense-organ and object (medium, \ifTa.Z,v
was not taken into account) produces v. of sight, hearing
etc. The three factors constitute the v.-kaya of the given
sense. And the v. is thus bound to bodily process as a
catseye is threaded on a string (D 11.76). Cp. above c.
sciousness"), 282; =A iv.39. Both the 4 and the 7
at Nd* 570. Cp. under a slightly difi. view S 11.65 (y*5
ceteti . . . Jrammanai) . . . hoti viiiflanassa fhitiya).
— See also Ps 1.22, 122; Sn 1114; Nett 31, 83 sq. ;
Vism 552 ; VbhA 169. -dhatu mind-element, which is
the 6th dhatu after the 4 great elements (the mahabhutani)
and akasa-dhatu as fifth (this expf as " asamphuttha-dhatu
" at VbhA 55, whereas v.-dhatu as
" vijanana-dhatu ") D in. 247 ; Vbh 85, 87 ; VbhA 55 ;
cp. A 1. 176 ; M III. 31, 62, 240 ; S n.248. -vithi the road
of mind (fig), a mediaeval t. t. for process in senseperception
KhA 102.
VinMoaka (adj.) [virinana-t-ka] having hfe or consciousness
or sense, endowed with vitality. Found in the
four Nikayas only in one standard passage in the same
connection, viz. sa-viiiiianaka kaya " the body with its
vifiiiana " (i. e. hfe-force or mind) : S 11.253 ; in. 80, 169 ;
V.31 1 ; A 1.132 ; IV. 53. Thus (sa°) should be read at all
passages. — Later in contrast pair sa° and a°, i. e. with
life & without, alive & lifeless, animate & inanimate, e. g.
J 1.466, 468 ;
DhA
1.6 ; PvA
130.
ViMavatta (nt.) [abstr. formation fr. viiinaija] the fact of
P*vA 63.
being endowed with viiinana S in. 87 ;
Vifinata [pp. of vijanati] apperceived, (re)cognized, understood,
cogitated {Cpd. 37), learned Sn 323 (°dhamma, one
who has recognized or understood the Dhamma) ;
44I8 (= vifinata-sasana-dhamma VvA 192); J 1.2;
in sequence diftha suta muta
Other applications of the term v., both Canonical and
mediaeval : on details as to attributes and functions, see
Vin I.I 3 (as one of the khandhas in its quality of anatta,
cp. S IV. 166 sq.) ; D 111.223 (as khandha) ; S ii.ioi sq.
(°assa avakkanti) ; in. 53 sq. (°assa gati, agati, cuti
etc.) ; A 1.223 sq. ; 111.40 ; Sn 734 (yag kiiici dukkhai)
sarabhoti, sabbar) vinnaija-paccaya), 1037 (nama-rupa
destroyed in consequence of v. destruction), 1073
(cavetha v. [so read for bhavetha] ; v. at this passage
expf as " punappafisandhi-v." at Nd" 569'); mo
(uparujjhati) ; Ps 1.53 sq., 153 sq. ; 11. 102 ; Vbh g sq.,
53 sq., 86; Nett 15 (nama-rupa v.-sampayutta), 16
(v.-hetuka n.-r.), 17 (nirodha), 28, 79, 116 (as khandha) ;
Vism 529 (as simple, twofold, fourfold etc.), 545= VbhA
150 sq. (in detail as product of sankharas & in 32
groups) ; VbhA 1 72 (twofold : vipaka & avipaka) ;
DhA IV. 100.
-inaiic'ayatana infinitude (-sphere) of life-force or
mind-matterD 1.35, 184, 223 ; in. 224, 262, 265 ; Nett 26,
39. It is the second of the Aruppa-jhanas ; see jhana.
-ahara consciousness (i. e. vital principle) sustenance :
see above dand cp. Dhs 70, 126 ; Nett 114 sq. ; Vism 341.
-kaya : see above e. -khandha life-force as one of the
aggregatesof physical life D 111.233 ;Tikp 61 ; DhsA 141 ;
VbhA 21, 42. -tthiti vinnana-duration, phase of mental
life. The emphasis is on duration or continuation
rather than place, which would be tfhana. There are
(a) 4 V. -durations with regard to their " "
storing
(abhisankhara) quahty, viz. combinations of v. (as
the governing, mind-principle) with each of the 4
other khandhas or aggregates of material life (rupa,
vedana, saiina, sankhara), v. animating or bringing
them to consciousness in any kind of life-appearance ;
and (/3) 7 v.-durations with regard to their " regenerating
" (new-hfe comb" or rebirth= pafisandhi) quaUty,
viz. the 4 planes of var. beings (from men to devas),
followed by the 3 super-dimensional stages (the
anaiic' ayatanas) of akasa-infinitude, viiiiiaija-infin. &
akiii-caiina-infin. — Passages in the Canon : (a) as
4 : D I 1.262 sq. ; S 111.53 *