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vijñāna

term used in theology & philosophy of Hinduism (for discernment, understanding, knowledge, intelligence) and of Buddhism (for discernment, consciousness, life force, mind)
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vijñāna

Summary

vijñāna is a religious concept[1]. vijñāna draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (religious_concept category, ranking #192 of 471).[2]

Key Facts

  • vijñāna's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3].
  • vijñāna's instance of is recorded as pentad[4].
  • vijñāna's subclass of is recorded as consciousness[5].
  • vijñāna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06bvqz[6].
  • vijñāna's facet of is recorded as Buddhism[7].
  • vijñāna's facet of is recorded as Hinduism[8].
  • vijñāna's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/vijnana-Buddhist-philosophy[9].
  • vijñāna's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/vijnana-skandha[10].
  • vijñāna's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 78993[11].
  • vijñāna's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as vidzhniana-c3bfd6[12].

Why It Matters

vijñāna draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (religious_concept category, ranking #192 of 471).[2] vijñāna has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] vijñāna is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). vijñāna. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vij-na
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vij-na_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vijñāna}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vij-na}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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