buddhi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

buddhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit बुद्धि (buddhi).

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