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Jhāyati Ñāṇa

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— pp. jhāyita. Jhāyana (nt.) [fr. jhāyati ] cremation, burning Pug A 187.
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Jhāyati [Sk. kṣāyati to burn, kṣāy & kṣī, cp. khara & chārikā] Jhāyin (adj.) [see jhāyati & jhāna] pondering over (c. acc.) in-
to burn, to be on fire: fig. to be consumed, to waste away, to tent on: meditative, self — concentrated, engaged in jhāna —
dry up D i.50 (=jāleti DA i.151); iii.94 (to make a fire); J i.61, practice Vin ii.75; S i.46=52; ii.284; M i.334; A i.24; iii.355;
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62; Pv i.11 (jhāyare v. l. BB. for ghāyire); Miln 47; PvA 33 iv.426; v.156, 325 sq.; Sn 85 (magga°), 638, 719, 1009, 1105;
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(=pariḍayhati); — aor. jhāyi DhA ii.240 sq. — (fig.) Dh 155; It 71, 74, 112; J iv.7; Dh 23, 110, 387 (reminding of jhāyati ,
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J vi.189. — Caus. jhāpeti. — Cp. khīyati . cp. DhA iv.144); Nd 264; Vv 5 ; Pv iv.1 ; Vbh 342. Nd 1
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Jhāyana (nt.) [der. fr. jhāyati ] meditating, in °sīla the practice 226= Nd 342 =Vism 26 (āpādaka°).
of meditation (cp. Sk. dhyānayoga) VvA 38. Jhitvā is reading at Nett 145 for jhatvā (see jhāpeti).
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Ñatta (nt.) [nomen agentis from jānāti] the intellectual faculty, character of ñāṇa: ñ. as faculty of understanding is in-
intelligence Dh 72 (=DhA ii.73: jānanasabhāva). cluded in paññā (cp. wisdom=perfected knowledge). The lat-
ter signifies the spiritual wisdom which embraces the funda-
Ñatti (f.) [Sk. jñapti, from jñāpayati, caus of jñā] announce-
mental truths of morality & conviction (such as aniccaṁ anattā
ment, declaration, esp. as t. t. a motion or resolution put at
dukkhaṁ: Miln 42); whereas ñ. is relative to common ex-
a kammavācā (proceedings at a meeting of the chapter. The 2 3
perience (see Nd 235 under cakkhumā, & on rel. of p. &
usual formula is "esā ñatti; suṇātu me bhante sangho": Vin
ñ. Ps i.59 sq.; 118 sq.; ii.189 sq.). — Perception (saññā) is
i.340; iii.150, 173, 228; — °ṁ ṭhapeti to propose a resolu-
necessary to the forming of ñāṇa, it precedes it (D i.185); as
tion Vin iv.152. — Vin v.142, 217 (na c' âpi ñatti na ca pana
sure knowledge ñ. is preferable to saddhā (S iv.298); at Vin
kammavācā). This resolution is also called a ñattikamma: Vin
iii.91 the definition of ñ. is given with tisso vijjā (3 kinds
ii.89; iv.152; v.116; A i.99. Two kinds are distinguished, viz. 2
that at which the voting follows directly upon the motion, i. of knowledge); they are specified at Nd 266 as aṭṭhasamā-
patti — ñāṇa (consisting in the 8 attainments, viz. jhāna &
e. a ñatti — dutiya — kamma, & that at which the motion is
its 4 succeeding developments), pañc' abhiññā° (the 5 higher
put 3 times, & is then followed (as 4th item) by the decision, i.
knowledges, see paññā & abhi°), micchā° (false k. or heresy).
e. a ñ — catuttha — kamma. Both kinds are discussed at Vin
Three degrees of k. are distinguished at DA i.100, viz. sāvaka
i.56, 317 sq.; ii.89; iii.156; iv.152; & passim. Cp. Divy 356:
— pāramī — ñāṇa, paccekabuddha°, sabbaññuta° (highest k.
jñapticaturtha. Cp. āṇatti, viññatti.
of a relig. student, k. of a wise man, & omniscience). Four
Ñatvā etc.: see jānāti. d
objects of k. (as objects of truth or sammādiṭṭhi) are enum
Ñāṇa (nt.) [from jānāti. See also jānana. *genē, as in Gr. γν¨ω as dhamme ñāṇaṁ, anvaye ñ., paricchede ñ., sammuti ñ. at
σις (cp. gnostic), γνώμη; Lat. (co)gnitio; Goth. kunpi; Ogh. D iii.226, 277; other four as dukkhe ñ. (dukkha — ) samu-
kunst; E. knowledge] knowledge, intelligence, insight, con- daye ñ., nirodhe ñ., magge ñ. (i. e. the knowledge of the
viction, recognition, opp. añāṇa & avijjā, lack of k. or ig- paṭicca — samuppāda) at D iii.227; Ps i.118; Vbh 235 (=sam-
norance. — 1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition: it occurs in mādiṭṭhi). Right knowledge (or truth) is contrasted with false
intensive couple — compounds with terms of sight as cakkhu k. (micchā — ñāṇa=micchādiṭṭhi): S v.384; M ii.29; A ii.222;
(eye) & dassana (sight, view), e. g. in cakkhu — karaṇa ñāṇa v.327; Vbh 392. — 3. Ñāṇa in application: (a) Vin i.35; D
— karaṇa "opening our eyes & thus producing knowledge" i. ii.155 (opp. pasāda); S i.129 (cittamhi susamāhite ñāṇamhi
e. giving us the eye of knowledge (a mental eye) (see cakkhu, vuttamānamhi); ii.60 (jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇan ti ñ.: see ñ —
jānāti passati, & cpd. °karaṇa): Bhagavā jānaṁ jānāti pas- vatthu); A i.219 (on precedence of either samādhi or ñ.); Sn
saṁ passati cakkhu — bhūto ñāṇa — bhūto (=he is one per- 378, 789, 987 (muddhani ñāṇaṁ tassa na vijjati), 1078 (diṭṭhi,
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fected in knowledge) M i.111=Nd 235 ; natthi hetu natthi suti, ñ.: doctrine, revelation, personal knowledge, i. e. intel-
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paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya ahetu apaccayo ñāṇaṁ dassanaṁ ligence; differently expl. at Nd 266), 1113; Pv iii.5 (Sug-
hoti "through seeing & knowing," i. e. on grounds of defi- atassa ñ. is asādhāraṇaṁ) Ps i.194 sq.; ii.244; Vbh 306 sq. (ñ
nite knowledge arises the sure conviction that where there is — vibhanga), 328 sq. (kammassakataṁ ñ.); Nett 15 sq.; 161
no cause there is no consequence S v.126. Cp. also the re- (+ñeyya), 191 (id.). — (b) ñāṇaṁ hoti or uppajjati knowl-
lation of diṭṭhi to ñāṇa. This implies that all things visible edge comes to (him) i. e. to reason, to arrive at a conclusion
are knowable as well as that all our knowledge is based on (with iti=that...) S ii.124=iii.28 (uppajjati); D iii.278 (id.); A
empirical grounds; yāvatakaṁ ñeyyaṁ tāvatakaṁ ñāṇaṁ Nd 2 ii.211≈; iv.75; v.195; S iii.154. See also arahant ii.D. — (c)
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235 ; yaṁ ñāṇaṁ taṁ dassanaṁ, yaṁ dassanaṁ taṁ ñāṇaṁ Var. attributes of ñ.: anuttariya A v.37; aparapaccayā (k. of the
Vin iii.91; ñāṇa+dassana (i. e. full vision) as one of the char- non — effect of causation through lack of cause) S ii.17, 78;
acteristics of Arahantship: see arahant ii.D. Cp. BSk. jñā- iii.135; v.179, 422 sq. (=sammādiṭṭhi), same as ahetu — ñāṇa
nadarśana, e. g. AvŚ i.210. — 2. Scope and S v.126; asādhāraṇa (incomparable, uncommon k.) A iii.441;

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