aBijYAnaM 1 Recognition; tadaBijYAnahetorhi dattaM tena mahAtmanA Rām. ( aBijYAna is a combination of anuBava or direct perception and smfti or recollection; a sort of direct perception assisted by the memory; as when we say ‘this is the same man I saw yesterday’ soyaM hyo dfzwo naraH, anuBava or direct perception leading to the identification expressed by ayaM and the memory leading to the reference to past action expressed by saH ). 2 Remembrance, recollection; knowledge, ascertainment. 3 ( a ) A sign or token of recognition (person or thing); vatsa yoginyasmi mAlatyaBijYAnaM ca DArayAmi Māl. 9 ; Bk. 8. 118 , 124 ; R. 12. 62 ; Me. 112 ; upapannEraBijYAnErdUtaM tamavagacCata Rām. 4 The dark portion in the disc of the moon. Comp. — ABaraRaM a recognition-ornament, a ( pb ) tokenring Ś. 4. — patraM a certificate, letter of recommendation. — SakuMtalaM N. of a celebrated drama by Kālidāsa in seven acts, in which king Duṣyanta marries Kaṇva's daughter Śakuntalā by the Gāndharva form of marriage, forgets all about her owing to the curse of Durvāsas, but ultimately recollects, at the sight of the token-ring ( aBijYAna ) that he had duly married her; aBijYAnena smftA SakuMtalA aBijYAnaSakuMtalA; tAmaDikftya kftaM nAwakaM °SakuMtalaM ; (the reading °SAkuMtalaM is grammatically indefensible).