觀察 (1) To stare at; to watch intently. (2) 熟考To think deeply about, to consider in detail; to examine at length. (3) To decide, to make a determination.
對境之繫念,以智慧照察,正念觀彼,如實修行,稱為觀察。與「觀」之義同。往生論註卷下解釋觀察之字義(大四○‧八三六上):「心緣其事曰觀,觀心分明曰察。」華嚴經探玄記卷十謂,觀察有內心照察與舉目眄視二義。
瑜伽八十三卷三頁云:言觀察者,謂由無倒觀察作意,審諦觀察已斷、未斷、有餘、無餘。
praty-avêkṣ (√īkṣ), upa-parīkṣ (√īkṣ), parīkṣā, √paś, √paś, √dṛś, vyavalokayati, vibhāvana, pravicaya, vicāra; adhy-ā-√lamb, anugama, anulokanatā, anuvicāramāṇa, anuvicārayati, anuvilokayati, anusmaraṇatā, anvīkṣitṛ, -apekṣa, abhilakṣaṇa, avacāraṇa, avadhāraka, ava-√lok, avalokanīya, avalokayati, avalokya, īkṣika, udgṛhya, upadeśa, upanidhyāna, upa-ni-√dhyai, upaparīkṣaka, upaparīkṣaṇā, upaparīkṣā, upaparīkṣitavya, upalakṣaṇa, upalakṣaṇā, upa-lakṣaya (den.), √kal, gaṇaya (den.), darśana, dṛṣṭa, nidarśanā, nidhyapti, nir-√īkṣ, nirīkṣat, nirīkṣayet, nirdhārayati, parigaveṣayat, parijñāna, parijñāyate, parīkṣ (√īkṣ), prati-vi-√dṛś, prati-saṃ-√khyā, pratyavalokana, pratyavekṣaṇa, pratyavekṣaṇā, pratyavekṣā, pratyavekṣita, pra-√dṛś, pravicārayat, pravicārayamāna, pra-vi-√ci, pra-vi-√cit, pravicīyamāna, prekṣamāṇa, prekṣā, bhāvayati, bhāvita, manasi-karaṇa, mīmāṃsaka, mīmāṃsate, mīmāṃsā, vicaya, vicāraṇa, vicāraṇā, vicārayati, vicārita, vi-√ci, vidarśana, vidarśanā*, vi-√paś, vibhāvaka, vibhāvanatā, vibhāvanā, vibhāvayati, vibhāvita, vi-√mṛś, vi-√lok, vilokana, vilokayati, vilokita, viveka, vivecyamāna, vyavacāra, vyavacāraṇā, vyavacāraṇāvasthā, vyavacārayati, vy-ava-√lok, vyavalokana, vyavalokanā, vyavalokita, vy-upa-parīkṣ (√īkṣ), saṃtīraṇā, sam-anv-ā-√hṛ, samanvāhṛta, sam-ā-√lok, sam-ud-√īkṣ, saṃpaśyat.
===(術語)與觀想,觀念等同。