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AntahkaranaThe psychological apparatus (the \"inner organ\") of the individual. Apana ...
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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.
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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.
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- Earth, ĀPAS - Water, TEJAS - Fire, VĀYU - Air, ĀKĀSHA - Space) and 3 Gunas ( RAJAS - activity, movement, restlessness, passion; TAMAS - rigidity, laziness, darkness, ignorance; SATTVA - harmony, light, purity, knowledge), the Antahkaranas ( MANAS ...
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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 ...
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See also: Karana, Antah, Mind, Yoga, Spirit

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