ahankara

American  

[uh-huhng-kahr-uh] / ə hʌŋˈkɑr ə /

noun

Hinduism, Buddhism.

1. the false identification of the purusha, or true inner self, with the body, the mind, or the outside world.

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Etymology

Origin of ahankara

< Sanskrit ahaṅkāra ego consciousness, equivalent to aham I + -kāra making or producing (a sound), saying, as in śītkāra making the sound śīt

Example Sentences

The seat of the manas is the root of the throat, of buddhi the face, of chitta the umbilicus, and of ahankara the breast.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various