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  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   सम्प्रज्ञातः- Samprajñāta   Etymology सम् + प्र + ज्ञा + क्त = सम्प्रज्ञात sam+pra+jñā + kta = samprajñāta In the above etymology – ·        The Prefixes are सम् & प्र -   sam+pra. The prefix ‘sam’ has been given a host of meanings in the dictionaries [1] . Among them सम्यक् - Samyak – well -   is the meaning that has been utilized in the commentaries of Yogasūtra for the current word under consideration. ·        Similarly the prefix ‘Pra’ has many meanings [2] – of which in the current context the meaning भृश – exceedingly -   seems appropriate.   ·        The Root word is   ज्ञा jñā – which given the meaning – अवबोधन – avabodhana – to know/to realize/ To understand. [3] ·        Suffix क्त – kta (going by the view of the commentators of yogasūtra ) is added to the root in the sense of instrumentality. No grammatical prescrption in this regard is found. The derivative statement: Going by the above et

  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   विचारः - Vicāra  Etymology वि + चर् + घञ्   = विचारः vi + car   + ghañ   = vicāraḥ ·        वि - Vi is the prefix - that means विशेष – special (in the context of the word) ·        चर्   - Car – is the root that means गति & भक्षण - gati & bhakṣaṇa – to move and to eat ·        घञ्   Ghañ is the suffix that means भाव bhāva – the act. The suffix is added as per the Grammar rule भावे bhāve ( अष्टाध्यायी     aṣṭādhyāyī   3.3.18) The derivative statement to the word is - विशेषेण चरणं पदार्थादिनिर्णये ज्ञानमिति [1] viśeṣeṇa caraṇaṃ padārthādinirṇaye jñānamiti – special movement (of the mind) towards determining the meaning of the word/object – knowledge   Lexicon    In amarakośa one related reference can be found. The connected word   is   Vicāraṇā. Its reference is as follows   – … चर्चा संख्या विचारणा 1.5.2 …carcā saṃkhyā vicāraṇā The words –, Carcā, Saṃkhyā, vicāraṇā all relate to analy