The Sanskrit term Vijñānamayakośa can be transliterated into English as Vijnanamayakosa or Vijnanamayakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Siva Gita A Critical Study

Vijñānamayakośa (विज्ञानमयकोश) or simply Vijñānamaya refers to the “sheath of cognition” and represents one of the five philosophical kośas (“sheaths”) through which the soul functions simultaneously in the various planes or levels of existence.—Vijñānamayakośa is the mental or cognitive-intuitive sheath is also called the actinodic sheath. It is the vehicle of higher thought, vijñāna—understanding, knowing, direct cognition, wisdom, intuition and creativity.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Vijnanamaya means composed of vijnana, or intellect, the faculty which discriminates, determines or wills. Chattampi Swamikal defines vijnanamaya as the combination of intellect and the five sense organs. It is the sheath composed of more intellection, associated with the organs of perception. Sankara holds that the buddhi, with its modifications and the organs of knowledge, form the cause of man’s transmigration. This knowledge sheath, which seems to be followed by a reflection of the power of the cit, is a modification of prakrti. It is endowed with the function of knowledge and identifies itself with the body, organs etc.

This knowledge sheath cannot be the supreme self for the following reasons;

1. It is subject to change.
2. It is insentient.
3. It is a limited thing.
4. It is not constantly present.

(Vijñānamaya kośa is one of the five coverings of the Atman (kośa), or Self according to Vedantic philosophy)

Source: MahaVastu: Hinduism

Vigyanamaya Kosha is the second innermost layer which is responsible for all the new knowledge and intuitive functioning of human beings. The other functions of Vigyanamaya Kosha are ordinary awareness for day to day intuitive working, which facilitates you in deciding what to do next and how to do it. Only from this Kosha do you get intuitive solutions in intense situations when the logical mind is not able to answer your questions. The natural function of healing inside the human body is also governed by this Kosha.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Ananda Marga: Realsm of the Mind

The second layer of the Causal Mind is the Vijnanamaya Kosa, or Subliminal Mind. Vijnana means "special knowledge," and includes many higher qualities of mind such as viveka (conscience, or discrimination–the ability to determine right from wrong) and vaeragya (non-attachment–the realization that it is unwise to be attached to any limited entity). The natural development of this kosa is through psychic clash, and its development is accelerated by the process of dharana.

India history and geography

Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala

Vijñānamayakośa (विज्ञानमयकोश) refers to the “intellectual sheath” and represents one of the Pañcakośa or “five sheaths” of the Human Body which corresponds to the Pañcaprākāra (five enclosures) of the Temple.—The five sheaths are: the physical sheath (annamaya-kośa), the vital body sheath (prāṇamaya-kośa), the mental sheath (manomaya-kośa), the intellectual sheath (vijñānamaya-kośa), and the bliss sheath (anandamaya-kośa). These five sheaths represent the physical body of the deity on the horizontal plane.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vijñānamayakōśa (विज्ञानमयकोश).—m S The fourth of the five kōśa or envelopments of the caitanya or Spirit; viz. Sense of life in the midst of material, substantial, or real objects of knowledge. See pañcakōśa.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vijñānamaya-kōśa (विज्ञानमय-कोश).—m The fourth of the five envelopments of the caitanya or spirit.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vijñānamayakoṣa (विज्ञानमयकोष):—[=vi-jñāna-maya-koṣa] [from vi-jñāna > vi-jñā] m. the sheath cons° of intell°, the intelligent sheath (of the soul [according to] to the Vedānta) or the sheath caused by the understanding being associated with the organs of perception, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vijñānamayakōśa (ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಮಯಕೋಶ):—[noun] = ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಮಯ [vijnanamaya]2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vijñānamaya-kośa (विज्ञानमय-कोश):—n. (according to Veda) a collective name for wisdom; knowledge and physical senses;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Kosha, Maya, Vijnana, Vijnanamaya, Koca.

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