prajna
प्राज्ञ prājñaIn the Mandukya Upanishad, the deep-sleep state, the third quarter of the Self, an undivided mass of consciousness; distinct from turiya, the silent fourth.
Where this term appears
- The Aitareya Upanishad: the Self that entered through the skull Treatise
…üller's note draws the fine distinction the Sanskrit carries, between prajna , the state of knowing, and prajnana , the act of knowing, and observes that both are names of Brahman, the one ground on which all k…
- The Mandukya Upanishad: twelve verses, four states, one sound Treatise
The deep-sleep state (sushupta-sthana), unified (eki-bhuta), just a cognition-mass (prajnana-ghana), consisting of bliss... the Cognitional (Prajna), is the third fourth." (Mandukya 5, tr.