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saṃjñā

 

(Sanskrit; Pāli, saññā). The third of the five aggregates (skandha), saṃjñā is the psychological faculty of perception or discernment. Saṃjñā is said to recognize the distinctive characteristics of things, for example, by identifying different colours. It is sixfold, with respect to perception of the objects of the five senses plus the ideas perceived by the mind. Sometimes the term is used simply in the sense of ‘idea’ or ‘concept’, especially in lists of meditation topics (for example, anitya-saṃjñā as the concept of impermanence; see anitya).

Source
A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
Definition[4]

Saṃjñā  想  【參照: Recognition】or【參照: Five Skandhas】

Source
漢英-英漢-英英佛學辭典字庫
Definition[5]

saṃjñā: Ideation.

Source
Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti
Definition[6]

saṃjñā
saṃ-√jñā P. Ā. -jānāti, -jānīte, (Ā.) to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with (loc
• accord. to Pāṇ. 2-3, 22, also instr. or acc.) RV. AV. VS. ŚBr
• (A.) to obey (dat.) AitBr
• (Ā.) to appoint, assign, intend (for any purpose), destine ib
• (only ind. p. -jñāya) to direct, order, command Hariv
• to acknowledge, recognize, own Pāṇ. 1-3, 46 Sch
• (P.) to acknowledge or claim as one's own, take possession of SaddhP
• (P.) to think of. recollect sorrowfully (with acc. or gen.) Pāṇ. Vop
• Ā. to know well, understand R
• to watch for Bhaṭṭ.: Caus. [-jJ˘Apayati], ○te, to cause to be of the same opinion or agree together AV. AitBr
• to cause to acquiesce or agree in (euphemistically said of a sacrificial victim, which ought not to be led forcibly to its death but made to resign itself) ŚBr. GṛŚrS. MBh. BhP
• to appease, satisfy MBh. Kālid
• to make to be understood or known, cause to understand ŚBr
• to make signs to (acc.), communicate or make anything known by signs Mṛicch. Hcar
• to command, enjoin, instruct Hariv. [Page 1133, Column 3]
≫ saṃjña 2
saṃ-jña mfn. (ifc. for saṃ-jñā e.g. labdha-saṃjña, 'one who has recovered consciousness' MBh
• -tā f. 'recovery of consciousness' Veṇis.)
• (ā), f. See below
• n. a yellow fragrant wood, yellow sanders L

saṃjñā

saṃ-jñā́ f. (ifc. f. ā) agreement, mutual understanding, harmony TBr. ŚBr. Kathās

• consciousness, clear knowledge or understanding or notion or conception ŚBr. &c. &c

• a sign, token, signal, gesture (with the hand, eyes &c

• saṃjñām-√kṛ or , 'to give a signal') MBh. Kāv. &c

• direction (in a-kṛtas○, 'one who has received no dṭdirection') MBh

• a track, footstep BhP

• a name, appellation, title, technical term (ifc. = 'called, named') Nir. Mn. MBh. &c

• (in gram.) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself, any noun having a special meaning (saṃjñāyām therefore denotes 'used in some peculiar sense rather than in its strictly etymological meaning', e.g. as a proper name) Pāṇ. 1-1, 34 ; 2, 53 &c

• a technical expression in grammar ( See -sūtra)

• (with Buddhists) perception (one of the 5 Skandhas, q.v.) Dharmas. 22 MWB. 109

• N. of the Gāyatrī (q.v.) L

• of a partic. high number Buddh

• N. of a daughter of Tvashṭṛi or Viśva-karman (the wife of the Sun and mother of Manu, Yama and Yamī) Hariv. Pur

Source
Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
Definition[7]

'du shes

[translation-san] {LCh,C,MSA,MV} saṃjñā

[translation-san] {C} saṃjñata

[translation-san] {L} saṃjānati

[translation-san] {MV} saṃjñita

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} discrimination

[translation-eng] {C} perception; notion; mental associations; ideation; motivation; conviction; cognize; perceive

[comments] one of the five omnipresent mental factors (kun 'gro lnga, pañca-sarvatraga); for others see: kun 'gro

Source
Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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