Aññā
aññindriyaṃ A~n~naa, Omniscience
It is not the ability to know and see all things at all times,
it is the ability to know what one wishes to know whenever one wishes to know it.
References:
DhammaTalk, On Omniscience
[MN 90]
PTS, Middle Length Sayings, II, #90: At Kannakatthala, Horner, trans., pp309;
WP, Nanamoli/Bodhi, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #90: At Kannakatthala
ATI: At Kannakatthala Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.
MN 112
| Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward | Warren |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aññā | Omniscience, Answer Knowledge | Profound Knowledge, Knowledge | Omnicience | Final Knowledge, Knowledge | Final Knowledge | Knowledge | Realization |
Pali Text Society
Pali English Dictionary
Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]
Aññā: [Sk. ājñā, = ā + jñā, cp. ājānāti] knowledge, recognition, perfect knowledge, philosophic insight, knowledge par excellence, viz. Arahantship, saving knowledge, gnosis...M I.445; S I.4...24...II.221; V.69, 129...133, 237; A III.82, 143, 192; V.108... - aññaṃ vyākaroti to manifest ones Arahantship (by a discourse or by mere exclamation) Vin I.183; S II.51 sq., 120; IV.139; V.222; J I.140; II.333...
