Etymology

buddhi

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Today it means: A transpersonal faculty of mind higher than the rational mind that might be translated as ‘intuitive intelligence’ or simply ‘higher mind’. It is ‘that which knows’, i.e. able to discern truth from falsehood. Full definition →

Sanskrit बुद्धि
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromबुद्धि
  2. Sanskrit · borrowed fromबुद्धि
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Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (buddhi).

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