manoviññāṇaṁ

manoviññāṇa

neuter nominative singular (or accusative singular)

mind-consciousness, consciousness associated with the mind
the sixth type of consciousness in the Abhidhamma classification

Built from

mano — stem · mind
The mind-faculty (indriya) as seat of cognition; from √man "think".
vi — prefix · apart, asunder
Marks the intensive and clarifying sense of knowing; works like Latin dis-.
ññāṇa — stem · knowing, consciousness
Derived from √jñā; viññāṇa is the knowing that arises when sense-faculties meet their objects (cakkhusamphassa, etc.). The compound as a whole marks the mental consciousness distinct from the five sensory consciousnesses.

Analysis. mano (mind) + viññāṇa (consciousness): the consciousness that arises when the mind-faculty contacts a mental object, as distinct from the five sensory consciousnesses; classified in the Abhidhamma as one of the six types of consciousness (the cakkhuviññāṇa, sotaviññāṇa, ghānaviññāṇa, jivhaviññāṇa, kāyaviññāṇa, and manoviññāṇa).

Etymology. viññāṇa < vi + jñā, "knowing apart" (vi- "asunder" + √jñā "know"; cognate with Latin gnōscere, English know); mano "mind" < Indo-European *men- (Latin mēns, English mind).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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