prajnana
प्रज्ञान prajñānaConsciousness or knowing; in the Aitareya Upanishad's great saying prajnanam brahma, consciousness itself is identified with brahman.
Where this term appears
- What are the Upanishads? Scriptures
From the Aitareya : prajnanam brahma . Prajnana , consciousness or awareness.
- The Aitareya Upanishad: the Self that entered through the skull Treatise
…jnana , consciousness; ajnana , perception; vijnana , discrimination; prajnana , intelligence; medhas , wisdom; drishti , insight; dhriti , steadfastness; mati , thought; manisha , thoughtfulness; juti , impuls…
- The Equation Treatise
Hume, who renders prajnana as intelligence rather than the more common consciousness, gives it as "Brahma is intelligence." Consciousness, intelligence, the awareness that knows: this, the text says, is what br…
- 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...