jagrat
जाग्रत् jāgratThe waking state of consciousness, aware of external objects; the first of the four states analysed in the Mandukya Upanishad, mapped to the sound A of OM.
Where this term appears
- Not This, Not This Treatise
The first is jagrat , waking, in which awareness is turned outward and knows the world of solid external things.
- Dakshinamurti: Shiva as the silent guru Deities
Another reads them as the three ordinary states, jagrat , waking, svapna , dream, and sushupti , deep sleep, the three the self passes through and is never confined to.
- The Three Cities Treatise
The first reading is the three states of consciousness - jagrat (waking), svapna (dreaming), sushupti (deep sleep).