Five major fields of knowledge

The major topics of study in the ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries: (1) art and craftsmanship (bzo rig-pa, Skt. śilpavidyā), (2) medicine (gso-ba rig-pa, Skt. cikitsāvidyā), (3) languages and grammar (sgra rig-pa, Skt. śabdavidyā), (4) logic (gtan-tshig rig-pa, Skt. hetuvidyā), and (5) inner or exceptional self-knowledge (nang-rig-pa, Skt. adhyātmavidyā). Someone who masters all five is conferred the degree "mahapandit" (pan-chen; great learned master).

Tibetan: རིག་གནས་ཆེ་བ་ལྔ། rig-gnas che-ba lnga


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