| Term |
distinguishing
Referenced by: distinguish (alternative term) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | 'du-shes |
| Sanskrit | samjna |
| Pali | |
| Definition | One of the five ever-functioning subsidiary awarenesses (mental factors) that takes an uncommon characteristic feature of the appearing object of a nonconceptual cognition or an outstanding feature of the appearing object of a conceptual cognition, and ascribes a conventional significance to it, different from that of everything else that appears in the background within that cognition. It does not necessarily ascribe a name or mental label to its object, nor does it compare it with previously cognized objects. Some translators render the term as "recognition." |
| German | auseinanderhaltendes Gewahrsein |
|---|---|
| French | distinguer |
| Italian | discernimento |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | discrimination |
| Russian | различение |