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Vīmaṁsā

Rememberance, Reminiscence, Thinking in terms of Memory, Recollection

References:

BD: Part IV The 10th Question, Part 1 The Powers
Warren: Buddhism in Translations: § 69. World-Cycles § 65. The Six High Powers


Pāḷi MO Hare Horner Bodhi Nanamoli Rhys Davids (Mrs)Rhys Davids Thanissaro Walshe Woodward
Vīmaṁsā Rememberance, Reminiscence, Recollection, Investigation Investigation investigation investigation investigation Discrimination Investigation Investigation, Consideration both found in [SN 5.51.15]

 

Pāḷi Text Society
Pāḷi English Dictionary
Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]

 

Vīmaṁsā: (f.) [fr. vīmaṁsati] consideration, examination, test, investigation, the fourth of the Iddhipādas, q. v.; D III.77 (-samādhi), 222; S V.280; A I.39, 297; III.37, 346...

Vīmaṁsati: [Vedic mīmāṁsate, Desid. of man. The P. form arose through dissimilation m>v, cp. Geiger, P.Gr. 46, 4] "to try to think," to consider, examine, find out, investigate, test, trace, think over...

 

From VI MANSA SATI: Re-Member-Memory. To piece together memories. The aspect of investigation of the etiology of a thing that involves tracing (remembering) memories back to their point of origin.

 


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