buddhi

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buddhi

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Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (buddhi).

noun

Hinduism, uncountable 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.

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"buddhi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/buddhi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"buddhi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buddhi.

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@misc{buddhi_2026,
  title = {buddhi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buddhi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}