vijYAnaM 1 Knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understanding; Pt. 1. 24 ; 5. 3 ; vijYAnamayaH koSaH ‘the sheath of intelligence’ (the first of the five sheaths of the soul). 2 Discrimination, discernment. 3 Skill, proficiency; prayogavijYAnaM Ś. 1. 2. 4 Worldly or profane knowledge, knowledge derived from worldly experience ( opp. jYAna which is ‘knowledge of Brahma or Supreme Spirit’); jYAnaM tehaM savijYAnamidaM vakzyAmyaSezataH Bg. 7. 2 , 3. 41 ; (the whole of the 7th Adhyāya of Bg. explains jYAna and vijYAna ). 5 Business, employment. 6 Music. 7 Knowledge of the fourteen lores. Comp. — ISvaraH N. of the author of the Mitākṣarā, a commentary on Yājñavalkya's Smṛti. — pAdaH N. of Vyāsa. — mAtfkaH an epithet of Buddha. — vAdaH the theory of knowledge, the doctrine taught by Buddha.