manas

Japanese: manas
manas

…In ancient India, the word manas (translated into English as mind) was used to describe spiritual and vital things, and in early Buddhism the word vijñāna was used to classify the phenomenal world (the five aggregates theory) and explain its origin (the theory of the twelve dependent origins), and it meant the function of discernment and the principle of individuation. During the Mahayana Buddhism, the idea of ​​Yogacara emerged, which attempted to explain everything through the consciousness of the twelve dependent origins, and in this theory the sixth consciousness that unifies the five consciousnesses related to the five senses was called consciousness. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "manas" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代インドには,霊的,生命的なものを言い表す言葉の一つとして〈意manas〉(英語ではmindと訳される)という語があったし,また原始仏教では,現象界の分類(五蘊(ごうん)説)やその生成の説明(十二縁起説)に関して〈識vijñāna〉という語が用いられ,それによって了別の働きや個性化の原理が意味されていた。大乗仏教の時代には,十二縁起のうちの〈識〉によっていっさいを説明しようとする唯識思想(唯識説)が現れ,その中で,五官にかかわる五識を統一する第六識が〈意識〉と呼ばれていた。…

※「manas」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  manara (English spelling)

>>:  Manasara (English spelling)

Recommend

Aylesberry [seed] - Aylesberry

...Famous meat breeds include the Pekin (original...

Pierre-Josephe Proudhon

A French anarchist thinker. Born into a poor farm...

Red Kite (Flying Fish) - Red Kite

...In Miyazaki Prefecture, this species is called...

Beche - VECHE (English spelling) вече/veche Russian

The Slavic and ancient Slavic assemblies were esp...

Indian Chamber of Commerce

…the central body that controlled Portugal's ...

Bill of exchange - Tegata Koi

It is a legal act performed on a bill of exchange...

Angola

◎Official name: Republic of Angola. ◎Area: 1,246,7...

Miura Plum Garden

Year of death: 14th March 1789 (9th April 1789) Ye...

Fluid inclusion - Fluid-cavity

Inclusions that contain liquid. They are microscop...

Olympic Congress

…(1) Olympic Academy, (2) Eligibility, (3) Athlet...

Bertillonage

...Without looking at a photograph of a particula...

Cebus albifrons (English spelling)

… [Kuroda Suehisa]. . . *Some of the terminology ...

Platycerium grande (English spelling)

…[Shigeyuki Mitsuda]. … *Some of the terminology ...

système international d'unités

The SI is a system of units that was adopted in 1...

molybdenum

Mo. Atomic number 42. A transition metal element ...