Category: philosophyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC
विवेकः
/vivekaḥ/Roman
English meaning: discrimination, discernment, right judgment
Sanskrit Definition
(संस्कृतम्)सत्यासत्ययोः नित्यानित्ययोः च भेदज्ञानम्।
English Definition
The faculty of discernment; the ability to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Example
“विवेकेन एव मनुष्यः सत्पथं जानाति।”
In English: “Only through discernment does a person know the right path.”
Synonyms
- प्रज्ञा
- बुद्धिः
- विचारः
Antonyms / Opposites
- अविवेकः
- मोहः
Literary Heritage
“मन्दः कवियशः प्रार्थी गमिष्याम्युपहास्यताम्। प्रांशुलभ्ये फले लोभादुद्बाहुरिव वामनः।।”
/Mandah kaviyashah prarthhi gamishyamyupahasytam. Pramshu-labhe phale lobhadud-bahur iva vamanah./
“Feeble-minded yet aspiring to a poet's fame, I go to be ridiculed — like a dwarf reaching for high fruit.”
“रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः साधुः सत्यपराक्रमः”
/Ramo vigrahavan dharmah sadhuh satya-parakramah/
“Rama is righteousness incarnate — virtuous and true in valour.”
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- संस्कृतम्
- Sanskrit
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- Devanagari
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