mahat
महत् mahat'The great one'; in Samkhya the first evolute of *prakriti*, cosmic intellect (also called *buddhi*), from which *ahamkara* arises.
Where this term appears
- What is Samkhya? Philosophy
The first thing to emerge from root-nature is mahat , the great one, also called buddhi , intellect, the faculty of discernment and decision.