What is the difference of Vinnana, Nana and Panna?

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What is the difference of Vinnana, Nana and Panna?

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What is the difference of Vinnana, Nana and Panna?
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Re: What is the difference of Vinnana, Nana and Panna?

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Greetings Sarath,

Nana is generally translated as knowledge, and panna as wisdom. Whilst those English definitions have subtle shades of difference in meaning, I cannot confirm without looking it up, whether they're intended in the Pali.

Vinnana, consciousness, is a different concept altogether.

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Re: What is the difference of Vinnana, Nana and Panna?

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retrofuturist wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 8:59 pm Greetings Sarath,

Nana is generally translated as knowledge, and panna as wisdom. Whilst those English definitions have subtle shades of difference in meaning, I cannot confirm without looking it up, whether they're intended in the Pali.

Vinnana, consciousness, is a different concept altogether.

Metta,
Paul. :)
I believe it has the same root, however, and a shared sense of knowing or cognising.
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