Pancavidya, Five Major Sciences; 五明; Tibetan: རིག་གནས་ཆེ་བ་ལྔ; Wylie: rig gnas che ba lnga; Sanskrit: Pancavidya;
Pancavidya are the five major science or class of knowledge (vidya) in ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries:
五明是古印度佛教寺院的五門主要學科:
- science of language; Sabdavidya; 聲明
- science of logic; Hetuvidya; 因明
- science of medicine; Cikitsavidya; 藥明
- science of fine arts and crafts; Silpavidya /Silpa-karma-sthana vidya; 工巧明
- inner science of inner knowledge, spirituality, study of the Tripiṭak; Adhyatmavidya; 內明