vijñapti (13753)

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vijñapti
Entry 13753, Page 485, Col. 2
(vijYapti, vijYapti)
vijñapti¦, f. (in Skt. generally from an inferior to a superior, implying a request; Pali viññatti), (1) procla- mation, announcement, making known (a mg. found also in Skt.): Mvy 1887 = Tib. rnam par rig byed (wrongly pw 7.374); abhāvasamudgata-°ti-śabdo niścarati Samādh 8.11, the sound of proclaiming (all things as) arisen from non-becoming came forth; svapnopama-°tim Gv 82.19, and many like cpds. in the foll.; (divyaśrotra-)°ti- Gv 251.10, announcement of (the gift, or faculty, of) supernatural power of hearing; Mv i.311.6, possibly request, see s.v. prajñapti 3; (2) in Laṅk, relative, exoteric knowledge, = vijñāna in this mg. and prajñapti 4, q.v.: e.g. Laṅk 270.1 lokaṃ °ti-mātraṃ; 274.10 °ti-mātraṃ tribhavam; 269.12, see gotra (4); see Suzuki, Studies, 440.

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