1 Recognition; tadabhijñānahe- torhi dattaṃ tena mahātmanā Rām. (abhijñāna is a combination of anubhava or direct perception and smṛti or recollection; a sort of direct perception as- sisted by the memory; as when we say ‘this is the same man I saw yesterday’ soyaṃ hyo dṛṣṭo naraḥ, anubhava or direct perception leading to the identification expressed by ayaṃ and the memory leading to the reference to past action...