Vijñapti，譯曰識。了別之義也。義林章一末曰：「梵云毘若底，此翻為識，識者了別義。」唯識樞要上本曰：「梵云毘若底，丁儞反，識也。」
vijñapti, information, report, representation; intp. as 識 knowledge, understanding, hence the 毘若底摩呾剌多 Vijñaptimātratā, or 唯識. Reality is nothing but representations or ideas. For 毘若南 v. 毘闍那.