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buddhi

buddhi 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.

Noun

buddhi (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism) 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.

Origin of buddhi

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (buddhi).

Questions about buddhi

What does buddhi mean?
Buddhi 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.
What part of speech is buddhi?
Buddhi is a noun.

Words near buddhi in the dictionary

  1. Buddhahood
  2. Buddhaic
  3. Buddhaness
  4. buddhas
  5. Buddhaship
  6. buddhi
  7. Buddhic
  8. Buddhisation
  9. Buddhism
  10. Buddhisms
  11. Buddhist

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