budDiH f. [ buD-ktin ] 1 Perception, comprehension. 2 Intellect, understanding, intelligence, talent; tIkzRA nAruMtudA budDiH Śi. 2. 109 ; SAstrezvakuMWitA budDiH R. 1. 19. 3 Information, knowledge; budDiryasya balaM tasya H. 2. 122 ‘knowledge is power’; P. I. 4. 52. 4 Discrimination, judgment, discernment. 5 Mind; mUQaH parapratyayaneyabudDiH M. 1. ( pb ) 2 ; so kfpaRa°, pApa° &c. 6 Presence of mind, readiness of wit. 7 An impression, opinion, belief, idea, feeling; dUrAttamavalokya vyAGrabudDyA palAyaMte H. 3 ; anayA budDyA Mu. 1 ‘in this belief’; anukroSabudDyA Me. 115. 8 Intention, purpose, design; Ku. 4. 45. ( budDyA ‘intentionally,’ ‘purposely,’ ‘deliberately’). 9 Returning to consciousness, recovery from a swoon; Māl. 4. 10. 10 (In Sān. phil. ) Intellect, the second of the 25 elements of the Sāṃkhyas. Comp. — atIta a. beyond the range or reach of the intellect. — avajYAnaM contempt or low opinion for one's understanding; aprAptakAlaM vacanaM bfhaspatirapi bruvan . prApnoti budDyavajYAnamapamAnaM ca puzkalaM .. Pt. 1. 63. — iMdriyaM an organ of perception ( opp. karneMdriya ); (these are five: -the ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose; SrotraM tvakcakzuzI jihvA nAsikA cEva paMcamI ; to these sometimes manas is added). — gamya , grAhya a. within the reach of, or attainable to, intellect. — jIvin a. employing the reason, rational. — tattvaM the second element of the Sāṃkhya philosophy. — pUrva a. purposed, intentional, wanton, wilful. — pUrvaM , — pUrvakaM, -puraHsaraM ind. intentionally, purposely, wilfully. — BramaH distraction or aberration of mind. — yogaH intellectual communion with the Supreme Spirit. — lakzaRaM a sign of intellect or wisdom; prArabDasyAMtagamanaM dvitIyaM budDilakzaRaM . — vEBavaM strength of intellect. — Sastra a. armed with understanding. — SAlin, -saMpanna a. intelligent, wise. SudDa a. honest in purpose, frank-minded. — saKaH , — sahAyaH a counsellor. — hIna a. devoid of intellect, silly, foolish.