taijasa
तैजस taijasaIn the Mandukya Upanishad, the dreaming state, the second quarter of the Self, cognisant of inner impressions.
Where this term appears
- The Mandukya Upanishad: twelve verses, four states, one sound Treatise
The second quarter turns inward: svapnasthano 'ntahprajnah , "the dreaming state, inwardly cognitive... the Brilliant (Taijasa), is the second fourth" (Mandukya 4, tr.