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					Saññā,(f.) [fr.saṁ+jñā] (pl.saññāyo and saññā -- e.g.M.I,108) 1.sense,consciousness,perception,being the third khandha Vin.I,13; M.I,300; S.III,3 sq.; Dhs.40,58,61,113; VbhA.42.-- 2.sense,perception,discernment,recognition,assimilation of sensations,awareness M.I,293; A.III,443 (nibbāna°); S.III,87; Sn.732 (saññāya uparodhanā dukkhakkhayo hoti; expld as “kāmasaññā” SnA); Miln.61; Dhs.4; DhsA.110,200 (rūpa° perception of material qualities).-- 3.consciousness D.I,180 sq.; M.I,108; Vbh.369 (nānatta° c.of diversity:see nānatta); Miln.159; J.IV,391; is previous to ñāṇa D.I,185; a constituent part of nāma S.II,3,cp.Sn.779; according to later teaching differs from viññāṇa and paññā only as a child’s perceiving differs from (a) an adult’s,(b) an expert’s Vism.436 sq.; Dhs.trsln 7 n.2,17 n.2.--nevasaññā-nâsaññā neither consciousness nor unconsciousness D.III,224,262 sq.; M.I,41,160; II,255; III,28,44; Ps.I,36; Dhs.268,582,1417; Kvu 202; Nett 26,29; Vism.571.-- 4.conception,idea,notion D.I,28; III,289 (cp.Dial.III,263:“concept rather than percept”); M.III,104; S.I,107; Sn.802,841; J.I,368 (ambaphala saññāya in the notion or imagining of mango fruit); Vism.112 (rūpa° & aṭṭhika°).saññaṁ karoti to imagine,to think J.II,71; to take notice,to mind J.I,117.-- 5.sign,gesture token,mark J.I,287; II,18; paṇṇa° a mark of leaves J.I,153; rajjusaññā a rope used as a mark,a guiding rope,J.I,287; rukkha-saññaṁ pabbata-saññaṁ karonto,using trees and hills as guiding marks J.IV,91; saññaṁ dadāti to give the sign (with the whip,for the horse to start) J.VI,302.-- 6.saññā is twofold,paṭighasamphassajā and adhivacanasamphassajā i.e.sense impression and recognition (impression of something similar,“association by similarity,” as when a seen person calls up some one we know),Vbh.6; VbhA.19 sq.; threefold,rūpasaññā,paṭighasaññā,and nānattasaññā A.II,184; S.II,211; cp.Sn.535; or kāma°,vyāpāda°,vihiṁsā° (as nānatta°) Vbh.369,cp.VbhA.499; fivefold (pañca vimutti-paripācaniyā saññā); anicca°,anicce dukkha°,dukkhe anatta°,pahāna°,virāga° D.III,243,cp.A.III,334; there are six perceptions of rūpa,sadda,gandha,rasa,phoṭṭhabba,and dhamma,D.II,309; S.III,60; the sevenfold perception,anicca-,anatta-,asubha-,ādīnava-,pahāna-,virāga-,and nirodha-saññā,D.II,79; cp.A.III,79; the tenfold perception,asubha-,maraṇa-,āhāre paṭikkūla-,sabbaloke anabhirata-,anicca-,anicce dukkha-,dukkhe anatta-,pahāna-,virāga-,nirodha-saññā A.V,105; the one perception,āhāre paṭikkūlasaññā,Cpd.21.-- 7.See further (unclassified refs.):D.I,180; II,277 (papañca°); III,33,223; S.II,143; A.II,17; IV,312; Nd1 193,207; Nett 27; Vism.111,437,461 sq.(in detail); VbhA.20 (pañca-dvārikā),34; VvA.110; and on term Cpd.40,42.
  --gata perceptible,the world of sense M.I,38.--bhava conscious existence Vism.572; VbhA.183.--maya= arūpin M.I,410 (opp.manomaya=rūpin).--vedayitanirodha cessation of consciousness and sensation M.I,160,301; III,45; A.I,41; Kvu 202; S.II,212.--viratta free from consciousness,an Arahant,Sn.847.--vimokkha emancipation from consciousness Sn.1071 sq.; Miln.159=Vin.V,116.(Page 670)