buddhi

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noun

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.

OriginSanskrit बुद्धि →
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Meanings

nounbuddhi (uncountable)
  1. HinduismuncountableA 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.

Origin

  1. Sanskritबुद्धि
  2. Sanskritबुद्धि
  3. Englishbuddhi

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (buddhi).

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