[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) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt) › 50.167 # 一切經音義 50.167 English (machine translation) 50.167 - **Language:** English ### [50.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.50.167) Investigation and discernment (Fanqie: 𦙃 \[s-\] + 吏 \[-i\]. In Sanskrit, vitarka translates as 'investigation' \[xun\], and vicāra translates as 'discernment' \[ci\]. Xun means seeking out, ci means examining. It is either volition or wisdom searching into an object: the coarse state is called xun; these very same two factors thoroughly examining the object in a subtle state is called ci, hence the term 'investigation and discernment'. The old names 'sensory thought and contemplation' \[jueguan\] were due to translators not examining the original language—in the Sanskrit text, bodhi is jue, and vipaśyanā is guan—which led to this error). - [Previous: 50.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.50.166) - [Next: 50.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.50.168) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.50) ## Linked texts (1) - [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.50.167) — 慧琳, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.50.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.50.167) · Pramāṇa