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Yoga Annamaya koshaAntah karana

ANTAHKARANA - general concept for the psychic functions, the inner instruments or internal organs:
1) MANAS - the mind, the inner organ of perception
2) BUDDHI - the understanding, the intellect, ...

 


Antah karana
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inner instrument; experienced or manifest mind which includes the four aspects of manas, buddhi, chitta and ahamkara ...

Antahkarana
The psychological apparatus (the \"inner organ\") of the individual.
Apana ...

Antahkarana
Internal instrument such as mind, intellect, ego and the subconscious mind.
Anga ("limb") ...

Antahkarana: The mind.
Antaratma: The inner self, residing in the heart.
Ardha Chandrasana: In Hatha Yoga, the Half-Moon posture.

Anasûyantah: life without envy.
Anga Mahârâja: the father of king V e n a.
Angamejayatva: instability of the body.

Antahkarana - Fourfold internal organs, viz., Manas, Chitta, Buddhi and Ahankara.
Anubhava - Experience.
Asana - Seat; posture.

antahsukhontararamah he who has the inner happiness and the inner ease and repose. [see the following]
antah sukhontararamas tathantarjyotir eva yah he who has the inner happiness and the inner ease and repose and the inner light. [Gita 5.24] ...

Manas or "Antahkarana" evolves from the total sum of the sattva aspect of Pañca Tanmatras or the "Ahamkara" ...

(1) Antahkarana Laya Chintana, (2) Pancha Bhuta Laya Chintana and (3) Omkara Laya Chintana. In Antahkarana Laya, you must think that the mind is merged in Buddhi; Buddhi in Avyaktam; and Avyaktam in Brahman.

Though the Antahkarana is one, yet it assumes four forms, viz., (i) Manas, (ii) Buddhi, (iii) Chitta and (iv) Ahamkara according to the different functions it performs. Likewise, though Prana is one, it assumes five forms viz.

Feelings are experienced by the antahkarana (the manifest mind), not by the self. In the Yoga Sutras (2:24) it is said that avidya, i.e. false knowledge, is the cause of the self's experience of pleasure and pain.

A faculty of the mind (antah-karana) which, in Indian philosophy, constructs one's sense of limited identity, creates the illusion of a separate self with a specific personality and qualities, ...

Initially kumbhaka (holding of the breath) is performed with effort, after inhalation (antah kumbhaka) or exhalation (bahya kumbhaka). When holding of the breath becomes natural (sahaj), we call it kevala kumbhaka.

Antahkarana: The fourfold internal instrument viz., mind, Buddhi, Chitta and Ahamkara.
Antaranga: Internal.
Antarmukha: Inward.
Anusandhana: Enquiry.
Anushthana: Sustained practice.
Anvaya: Qualities.
Anyatha: Separate.

antahkarana: inner instrument or organ; the fourfold mind: mind, intellect, ego and subconscious mind
arati: waving of light before the Lord
artha: an object of desire, wealth
asana: posture, seat
ashram: hermitage ...

See also: Yoga, Mind, Body, Karana, Spirit