Friday, January 10, 2020

Indriya-Anapeksha (Perception Independent of the Senses)

Sanskrit Devanagari Calligraphy Lettering - Indriya-Anapeksha (Perception Independent of the Senses)

Indriya-Anapeksha

Sanskrit: इन्द्रियानपेक्ष
Transliteration: Indriya-Anapekṣa (IAST)
Translation: “a type of perception independent of the senses
Definition: It is of two kinds: self-accomplished (Svayaṃ-Siddha) and divine (Divya).*

इन्द्रिय – Indriya – fit for or belonging to or agreeable to Indra; exhibition of power, powerful act; bodily power, power of the senses; virile power; faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense**

अनपेक्ष – Anapekṣa – disregarding, irrespective of**

References:
*Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
**Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press

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