[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [唯識二十論述記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834) › 1.4 # 唯識二十論述記 1.4 唯識二十論述記 1.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.4) 梵云：「毘若底」（此云識）；「摩呾喇多」（此云唯）；「憑始迦」（此云二十）；「奢薩呾羅」（此云論）；順此方言，名《唯識二十論》。「唯」者獨但簡別之義；「識」者了別詮辨之義。唯有內心，無心外境，立唯識名，至下當釋，識即是唯，故言「唯識」，是持業釋；復言「二十」，是頌數名，合名《唯識二十論》者，帶數釋也。論如常釋，釋義及難，至文當敘。舊論但名《唯識論》者，譯家略也。 > In Sanskrit, vijñapti means 'consciousness' (shi); mātratā means 'only' (wei); viṃśikā means 'twenty' (ershi); śāstra means 'treatise' (lun). In accordance with the language of this region, it is named Viṃśikāvijñaptimātratāsiddhi. 'Only' has the meaning of sole, mere, and exclusionary; 'consciousness' has the meaning of discernment, expression, and distinction. Because there is only inner mind and no external objects outside the mind, the name vijñapti-mātra is established, as will be explained below. Consciousness is itself 'only', hence one says 'vijñapti-mātra', which is a karmadhāraya compound. Furthermore, saying 'twenty' is the designation of the number of verses; combining them as the Viṃśikāvijñaptimātratāsiddhi is a compound carrying a number (dvigu). 'Treatise' is explained as usual; the exposition of its meaning and objections will be presented when we come to the text. The older treatise was called simply Treatise on Vijñapti-mātra because the translators abbreviated it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834~en-mt.1.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1834.1.4) · Pramāṇa