svapna
स्वप्न svapnaThe dream state, aware of inner impressions; the second of the four states in the Mandukya Upanishad, mapped to the sound U of OM.
Where this term appears
- Not This, Not This Treatise
The second is svapna , dream, in which awareness is turned inward and knows the subtle world of impressions and images built from memory, lit from within.
- 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).