adjective
endowed with vitality
Viññāṇaka (adjective) [viññāṇa + ka] having life or consciousness or sense, endowed with vitality. Found in the four Nikāyas only in one standard passage in the same connection, viz. sa-viññāṇaka kāya "the body with its viññāṇa" (i.e. life-force or mind): S II 253; III 80, 169; V 311; A I 132; IV 53. Thus (sa°) should be read at all passages. — Later in contrast pair sa° and a°, i.e. with life and without, alive and lifeless, animate and inanimate, e.g. Ja I 466, 468; Dhp-a I 6; Pv-a 130.
(adj, adj, from viññāṇa) conscious; sentient; animate endowed with vitality [lit.] with consciousness Construction: vi + √ñā + aṇa + ka viññāṇa + ka