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'''Ahaṃkāra''' (devanāgarī: अहंकार) is a [[Sanskrit]] term derived from ''aham'' ("ego", "I") and ''kara'' ("maker", "doer", from the verbal root ''kri'', "to do"). It is the sense of “I-am-ness” the individual ego, which feels itself to be a distinct, separate entity. It provides identity to our functioning, but ahamkāra also creates our feelings of separatness. Ahaṃkāra is one of the four parts of the [[antahkarana]] (the "inner organ"), other three parts being [[buddhi]] (the intellect), [[citta]] (the memory) and [[manas]] (the mind). | '''Ahaṃkāra''' (devanāgarī: अहंकार) is a [[Sanskrit]] term derived from ''aham'' ("ego", "I") and ''kara'' ("maker", "doer", from the verbal root ''kri'', "to do"). It is the sense of “I-am-ness” the individual ego, which feels itself to be a distinct, separate entity. It provides identity to our functioning, but ahamkāra also creates our feelings of separatness. Ahaṃkāra is one of the four parts of the [[antahkarana]] (the "inner organ"), the other three parts being [[buddhi]] (the intellect), [[citta]] (the memory) and [[manas]] (the mind). | ||
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Revision as of 15:04, 30 March 2012
Ahaṃkāra (devanāgarī: अहंकार) is a Sanskrit term derived from aham ("ego", "I") and kara ("maker", "doer", from the verbal root kri, "to do"). It is the sense of “I-am-ness” the individual ego, which feels itself to be a distinct, separate entity. It provides identity to our functioning, but ahamkāra also creates our feelings of separatness. Ahaṃkāra is one of the four parts of the antahkarana (the "inner organ"), the other three parts being buddhi (the intellect), citta (the memory) and manas (the mind).