noun
enlightenment through knowledge
Rare Buddhist term for spiritual understanding or insight attained through intellectual knowledge, as opposed to faith or practice alone.
仏教の古い文献では、「知解」によって悟りに至る道が説かれることがある。
In old Buddhist texts, the path to enlightenment through '知解' (knowledge-based understanding) is sometimes expounded.
理解 is the common word for 'understanding' or 'comprehension', whereas 知解 is a rare Buddhist term for a specific type of spiritual insight.
Rare kanji spelling; the word itself is a rare Buddhist term.
Alternate rare kanji spelling using 智 (wisdom).
Compound of 知 (knowledge) and 解 (understanding). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in Buddhist contexts as a technical term.