Jñeya

Jñeya (T. shes bya, ཤེས་བྱ་), or knowable thing, is defined in the pramana teachings as "that which can function as an object of the mind (T. blo)"

Rangjung Yeshe Wiki includes the following translations:

• knowable objects;
• any knowable entity or phenomena litt. that which generates knowledge,
• the phenomena which serves as a basis of knowledge,
• the subjects, "what has to be known"
• knowable things,
• object of cognition

Alternative Translations

• Knowable thing (Rigpa wiki)
• What can be known or cognized (Goodman, The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening)
• Cognandum
• Knowable phenomenon
• Object of knowledge

Sources

• Template:Goodman source
• Template:RW citation
• Template:Rangjung citation
• Notes on pramana (Dorje108)

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www.encyclopediaofbuddhism.org Jñeya