विवेक (viveka)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 विवेक m.
  (-कः)
	 1. Discrimination,  judgment,  the faculty of distin-
guishing things by their properties,  and classing them according
to their real not apparent nature
 in the Vedānta system,  it
is applied to the power of separating BRAHMA or invisible spirit, 
from the ostensible world,  truth from untruth,  or reality from
illusion. 
	 2. Discussion,  investigation. 
	 3. A reservoir,  a basin,  a
bath.
 E.
  वि severally,  विच् to judge,  aff.
   घञ् ।

Capeller Eng

English

 विवेक m.
  separation,  discrimination,  discernment, 
examination,  consideration,  judgment insight,  penetration
 poss. 
विवेक°वन्त् & विवे°किन्.

Yates

English

 वि-वेक (कः) 1.
m.
  Discrimination
investigation
 a reservoir.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

विवेक 	-	 viveka 	-	 m.
  	-	 wisdom
विज्ञान 	-	 vijJAna 	-	 n.
  	-	 wisdom
वयुन 	-	  vayuna 	-	 adj.
  	-	 wisdom
प्रज्ञा 	-	  prajJA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
धी 	-	  dhI 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
सुक्रतूया 	-	  sukratUyA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
सूक्ष्मदर्शिता 	-	  sUkSmadarzitA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
सुनीति 	-	  sunIti 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
कव्यता 	-	  kavyatA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
चित्ति 	-	  citti 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
दृष्टि 	-	  dRSTi 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
धीति 	-	  dhIti 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
पण्डा 	-	  paNDA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
पण्डितता 	-	  paNDitatA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
बुद्धिमत्ता 	-	  buddhimattA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
प्रबुद्धता 	-	  prabuddhatA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
प्राज्ञता 	-	  prAjJatA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
मनीषा 	-	  manISA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
मनीषिका 	-	  manISikA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom
मनीषिता 	-	  manISitA 	-	 f.
  	-	 wisdom

 
   विवेक   viveka   m.
   wisdom   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   water trough   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   distinction  
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   true knowledge   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   right judgement  
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   discussion   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   power of separating the invisible Spirit from the visible world  
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   discretion   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   judgement  
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   investigation   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   consideration  
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   prudence   
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   faculty of distinguishing and classifying things according to their real properties  
   विवेक  viveka  m.
   discrimination  [ between two things ]     
            

 
   विवेक  viveka m.
   water trough   
   द्रुणी  druNI f.
   water-trough   
   श्रीग्रह  zrIgraha m.
   trough or place for supplying birds with water  
   पुण्य  puNya n.
   brick trough for watering cattle   
   कोष्ठक  koSThaka n.
   brick trough for watering cattle  
   पक्षिपानीयशालिका  pakSipAnIyazAlikA f.
   trough or reservoir for watering bird   
   उपकूपजलाशय  upakUpajalAzaya m.
   trough near a well for watering cattle  
   आहाव  AhAva m.
   trough near a well for watering cattle   
   निपान  nipAna n.
   any place or trough for watering cattle     
            

Wilson

English

 विवेक
m.
  (-कः)
1 Discrimination,  judgment,  the faculty of distinguishing things by their
properties,  and classing them according to their real not apparent nature
 in
the Vedānta system,  it is applied to the power of separating Brahma or
invisible spirit,  from the ostensible world,  truth from untruth,  or reality from
illusion. 
2 Discussion,  investigation. 
3 A reservoir,  a bath.
E.
  वि severally,  विच to judge,  aff.
   घञ्.

Apte

English

विवेकः [vivēkḥ],  1 Discrimination,  judgment,  discernment,  discretion
 काश्यपि यातस्तवापि च विवेकः Bv.*
  1.68, 66
 ज्ञातो$यं जलधर तावको विवेकः 96
 विवेकभ्रष्टानां भवति विनिपातः शतमुखः Bh.*
  2.1.

Consideration,  discussion,  investigation
 यच्छृङ्गारविवेकतत्त्वमपि यत् काव्येषु लीलायितम् Gīt.*
  12
 so द्वैत˚,  धर्म˚.

Distinction,  difference,  discriminating (between two things)
 नीरक्षीरविवेके हंसालस्यं त्वमेव तनुषे चेत् Bv.*
  1.13
 एकतामिव गतस्य विवेकः कस्यचिन्न महतो$प्युपलेभे Ki.*
  9.12
 Bk.*
  17.6.

(In Vedānta phil.
 ) The power of distinguishing between the visible world and the invisible spirit,  or of separating reality from mere semblance or illusion. 

True knowledge.

A receptacle for water,  basin,  reservoir. Comp.
   -ख्यातिः right knowledge. -ज्ञ a.
  judicious,  discriminative
 ते धन्यास्ते विवेकज्ञास्ते शस्या इह भूतले । आगच्छन्ति गृहे येषां कार्यार्थं सुहृदो जनाः ॥ Pt.*
  1.262, 387. -ज्ञानम् the faculty of discrimination.  -दृश्वन् m.
  a discerning man
 विवेकदृश्वत्व- मगात् सुराणाम् Bk.*
  2.46. -पदवी reflection,  consideration. -परिपन्थिन् obstructing right judgment. -भाज् a.
  wise.-मन्थरता feebleness of judgment. -विरहः ignorance,  folly. -विश्रान्त a.
  foolish,  unwise.

Apte 1890

English

 विवेकः 1 Discrimination,  judgment,  discernment,  discretion
 काश्यपि यातस्तवापि च विवेकः Bv. 1. 68,  66
 ज्ञातोयं जलधर तावको विवेकः 96
 विवेकभ्रष्टानां भवति विनितः शतमुखः Bh. 2. 10. 
2 Consideration,  discussion,  investigation
 यच्छृगारविवेकतत्त्वमपि यत्काव्येषु लीलायित Gīt. 12,  so द्वैत, ° धर्म° 
3 Distinction,  difference,  discriminating (between two things)
 नीरक्षीरविवेके हंसालस्यं त्वमेव तनुषे चेत् Bv. 1. 13
 Bk. 17. 60. 
4 (In Vedānta phil.) The power of distinguishing between the visible world and the invisible spirit,  or of separating reality from mere semblance or illusion. 
5 True knowledge. 
6 A receptacle for water,  basin,  reservoir. 
Comp. 
ज्ञ a. judicious,  discriminative
 Pt. 1. 262,  387. 
ज्ञानं the faculty of discrimination. 
दृशान् m. a discerning man. 
पदवी reflection,  consideration. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वि-वेक a m.
  discrimination,  distinction,  Mn.
  
 Sarvad.
 
 Suśr.

 consideration,  discussion,  investigation,  Gīt.
 
 MārkP.
  
 Sarvad.

 true knowledge,  discretion,  right judgement,  the faculty of distinguishing and classifying things according to their real properties,  ChUp.
   
 Kap.
   &c.
  

 (in Vedānta) the power of separating the invisible Spirit from the visible world (or spirit from matter,  truth from untruth,  reality from mere semblance or illusion)

 a water trough (=  जल-द्रोणी),  L.
 

 N.
  of wk.

 वि-वेक b &c.
   See under वि-√ विच्.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 वि-वेक,  अस्,  m. discrimination,  judgment,  the
faculty of distinguishing and classifying things ac-
cording to their real properties
 (in the Vedānta
system) the power of separating the invisible Spirit
from the visible world,  (or spirit from matter,  truth
from untruth,  reality from mere semblance or illu-
sion)
 true knowledge
 discretion
 discussion,  in-
vestigation
 a receptacle for water,  reservoir,  basin
(= जल-द्रोणी).
—विवेक-ज,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  produced
or arising from discrimination.
—विवेक-ज्ञ,  अस्,  आ, 
अम्,  skilled in discrimination,  intelligent.
—विवेक-
ज्ञान,  अम्,  n. knowledge arising from discrimina-
tion,  faculty of discrimination.
—विवेक-ता,  f. or
विवेक-त्व,  अम्,  n. judgment,  discrimination,  the
faculty of judgment.
—विवेकदृश्व-ता,  f. or विवेक-
दृश्व-त्व,  अम्,  n. the character of a discerning man, 
discrimination,  discernment.
—विवेक-दृश्वन्,  आ, 
m. one who sees or is conversant with true know-
ledge,  a wise or discerning man.
—विवेक-पदवी, 
f. ‘path of discrimination, ’ reflection.
—विवेक-विलास, 
अस्,  m.,  N. of a work.
—विवेक-सार,  N. of a general
Vedānta disquisition in sixteen sections by Rāmendra-
yati.
—विवेक-सिन्धु,  N. of an elementary treatise
on the Vedānta by Mukunda-rāja.

Macdonell

English

 विवेक vi-veka,  m.
  [√ vic] discrimination,  🞄distinction
 investigation,  discussion,  criticism
 🞄discernment,  judgment: -khyāti,  f.
  🞄correct judgment
 -jña,  a.
  having correct 🞄knowledge,  of (—°)
 -jñāna,  n.
  correct knowledge
 🞄-bhāj,  a.
  discerning
 -mantharatā,  f.
  feebleness of judgment
 -rahita,  pp. lacking 🞄an interstice (breasts) and lacking discernment
 🞄-vat,  a.
  judicious,  discerning.

Benfey

English

 विवेक विवेक,  i. e. वि-विच् + अ,  m.
 
 1. Discrimination,  Man.  1,  26
 Pañc.
i. d. 294.
 2. Judgment,  Bhartṛ. 2,  10.
 3. Discussion,  investigation. 
 4. True
knowledge,  Bhartṛ. 1,  89.
 5. A reser-
voir.
 -- Comp.
 
अ-, 
 I. m.
  absence of dis-
crimination or judgment,  Hit. iv. d. 97.
 II. adj.
  wanting discrimination,  stupid, 
Hit. i. d. 135,  M.M.

Hindi

(मीटर) विवेक

Apte Hindi

Hindi

विवेकः
पुं*
  - वि + विक् + घञ्
"विवेचन,  निर्धारण,  विचारणा,  विज्ञता"

विवेकः
पुं*
  - -
"विचार,  विचारविमर्श,  गवेषणा"

विवेकः
पुं*
  - -
"भेद,  अन्तर,  (दो वस्तुओं में) प्रभेद"

विवेकः
पुं*
  - -
"दृश्यमान जगत् तथा अदृश्य आत्मा में भेद करने की शक्ति,  माया या केवल बाह्म रूप से वास्तविकत को पृथक करना"

विवेकः
पुं*
  - -
सत्य ज्ञान

विवेकः
पुं*
  - -
"जलाशय,  पात्र,  जलाधार"

L R Vaidya

English

 viveka {% m. %} 1. Judgment,  discrimination,  विवेकप्रध्वंसादुपचितमहामोहगहनो विकारः M.M.i.
discussion,  investigation,  यच्छृंगारविवेकतत्वमपि यत्काव्येषु लीलायितम् Git.G.xii.
distinction,  difference,  परात्मीयविवेकं च प्रामुष्णात् कपिरक्षसाम् Bt.xvii.60
the power of distinguishing reality from illusion (in Vedānta phil.)
a reservoir,  a basin.

Bopp

Latin

 विवेक m. (r. विच् praef. वि s. अ) distinctio. MAN. 1. 26.

Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

English

 विवेक in law. See Kāla,  Jāti,  Tithi,  Dāna,  Prāyaścitta, 
Śuddhi,  Śrāddha,  Sambandha,  Smṛti.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 viveka,  m., 
(1) (= Pali id.,  e.g. Vism. 〔140.17 ff.〕) separation,  aloofness (from sin): rāgadveṣamoha-vivekakuśalamūlāś ca bhavanti Mv 〔i.134.3〕 (prose)
(2) (= Pali id.) solitude,  seclusion (of life): ete … vivekārāmā vivekābhiratāḥ
 naite kulaputrā devamanuṣyān upaniśrāya viharanty asaṃsargacaryābhiratāḥ SP 〔309.10—11〕 (rightly Kern,  wrongly Burnouf)
 sukho vivekas tuṣṭasya LV 〔380.16〕 (vs),  Tib. dben pa
 atyabhīkṣṇaṃ vivekaṃ sevanti Mv 〔i.96.6〕,  of backsliding Bodhisattvas,  they devote themselves too earnestly to solitude (which violates the Bodhisattva ideal)
 vivekādayaḥ Mvy 〔2987〕 = Tib. dben paḥi rnam paḥi miṅ la,  names for varieties of solitude (list includes prānta,  araṇya,  etc.)
 °kam anubṛṃhayet Ud 〔xiii.6〕 = Pali Dhp. 〔75〕 °kam anubrūhaye
 saṃgaṇikayāpi vivekagocaraḥ Śikṣ 〔202.20〕,  even with a crowd,  he ranges in solitude.

Lanman

English

 viveka,  m.
	—1. a separating apart
	—2.
discrimination,  discernment,  good judgment
[√vic + vi,  216. 1: for mg 2,  cf.
discrimination w. Lat. discrimināre,  ‘separate, 
’ fr. discrīmen of the same root as
discernere,  ‘separate’
 cf. also discernment
with discernere.]

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

--source--
 
सतीर्थ्यास्त्वेकगुरवो विवेकः पृथगात्मता ॥ ७९ ॥
-wordlist-
 
सतीर्थ्याः (पुंब),  एकगुरवः (पुंब),  विवेक (पुं),  पृथगात्मता (स्त्री)

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 विवेकः,  पुं,
   परस्परव्यावृत्त्या वस्तुस्वरूपनिश्चयः ।प्रकृतिपुरुषयोर्विभागेन ज्ञानं इत्यन्ये । इतिभरतः ॥
 तत्पर्य्यायः । पृथगात्मता २ । इत्य-मरः ॥
 विवेचनम् ३ । इति शब्दरत्नावली ॥
पृथग्भावः ४ । इति धरणिः ॥
“विवेको वस्तुनो भेदः प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य वा ॥
”इति जटाधरः ॥
यथा । नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकस्तावत् ब्रह्मैव नित्यंवस्तु ततोऽन्यदखिलमनित्यमिति विवेचनम् ।इति वेदान्तसारः ॥
 (यथा,  मनौ । १ । २६ ।“कर्म्मणाञ्च विवेकार्थं धर्म्माधर्म्मौ व्यवेचयत् ॥
”)जलद्रोणी । विचारः । इति मेदिनी ॥
 (यथा, मनौ । १ । ११२ ।“तस्य कर्म्मविवेकार्थं शेषाणामनुपूर्व्वशः ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 विवेक पु०
  वि + विच--घञ् । १ याथार्थ्येन वस्तुस्वरूपाव-धारणे २ प्रकृतिपुरुषयार्भदज्ञाने च जटा० ।३ अन्योन्यधर्मव्यावर्त्तनेन वस्तुस्वरूपावधारणे । विवेकचू-तत्प्रकारो दृश्यः । ४ विचारे ५ जलद्रोण्याम् मेदि० ।संज्ञायां कर्त्तरि घञ् । ६ विचारके च प्राड्विवेकः ।

Capeller

German

 विवेक m.
  Scheidung,  Trennung,  Unterscheidung, 
Untersuchung,  Prüfung
Einsicht,  Verstand.

Burnouf

French

 विवेक विवेक m.
  (विच्) distinction
 faculté d'analyse
et de comparaison. 
		 Réservoir d'eau,  bain. 
विवेकिता f.
  (sfx. ता) qualité de pouvoir être
distingué,  analysé et comparé.
विवेकिन् a. (sfx. इन्) qui sait faire les distinctions,  les
analyses.
विवेचन n.
  (sfx. अन) distinction,  analyse.
विवेचनीय a. (sfx. ईय) discernable,  analysable.
विवेचयामि (c. de विच्) distinguer धर्माधर्मौ
le juste et l'injuste.

Stchoupak

French

 वि-वेक-
 m.
  séparation,  distinction,  discrimination 
 discernement, 
raisonnement,  raison 
 -वन्त्- a. judicieux 
 qui a du discernement 
 -इन्-
a. id. 
 -इता- f.
  -इत्व- nt. raisonnement (juste),  discernement 
°वेक्तृ- ag. qui raisonne bien,  qui comprend juste 
 °वेक्य- a. v. à
distinguer.
°ज्ञ- ag. qui sait raisonner,  discerner,  judicieux 
 ifc. versé dans.
°पदवी- f.
  réflexion. 
°परिपन्थिन्- a. hostile au raisonnement.
°भङ्ग- m.
  destruction de la raison. 
°भाज्- ag. = °ज्ञ-।
°भ्रष्ट- a. v. qui ne sait plus discerner.
°रहित- a. v. non séparé,  rapproché (dit des seins) et privé de
raisonnement.
°विश्रान्त- a. v. inintelligent.
विवेकार्थम् adv. pour discerner,  pour établir une différence.

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