Vinnana

Vijñāna (Sanskrit: विज्ञान) or viññāna (Pāli: विञ्ञान) is translated as "consciousness" or "life force" or simply "mind". It can also be translated as "divided knowing", in contrast to Jnana. This article considers the Buddhist concept primarily in terms of Early Buddhism's Pali literature as well as the literature of other Buddhist schools.
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Vijnana (Sanskrit) Vinnana (Pali) [from vi-jna to know exactly, perceive clearly from the verbal root jna to know] Mental powers; the perfect knowledge of every perceptible thing and of all objects in their concatenation and unity; the faculty of the higher manas. The tenth nidana or causes of existence; and the fifth skandha, "an amplification of the fourth -- meaning the mental, physical and moral predispositions" (ML 111).