serpent-lore

an examiner; an adjucator.

searching out, investigating; examining.

examining.

the art of prognosticating from parts of, or marks on, the body

the knowledge or competence required of a khattiya; polity; self-interest; expediency.

the skill in polity; the branch of knowledge that is political science

it is (not) the case; it is (not) possible

…furnishing (the possibility of) individual identity (conditioned by avijjā and saṅkhārā) and experience (by means of the senses)

knowing the three Vedas; possessed of the three knowledges.

tevijjaka¹

mfn. who knows the three Vedas.

tevijjaka²

mfn. connected with the three Vedas; belonging to those who know the three Vedas.

worldly science (especially connected with prognosticating)

…listed as kāma, bhava, avijjā, and sometimes, ditthi, which form an obstacle to the realization of the truth. 2. affliction, pain (so…