vaishvanara
वैश्वानर vaiśvānaraIn the Mandukya Upanishad, the waking state, the first of the four quarters of the Self, cognisant of the outer world.
Where this term appears
- The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: the forest of Yajnavalkya Treatise
"Verily the dawn is the head of the horse which is fit for sacrifice, the sun its eye, the wind its breath, the mouth the Vaishvanara fire, the year the body of the sacrificial horse" (Brihadaranyaka 1.1.1, tr.
- The Mandukya Upanishad: twelve verses, four states, one sound Treatise
enjoying the gross, the Common-to-all-men (Vaishvanara), is the first fourth" (Mandukya 3, tr.