manas
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- manasic adjective
Etymology
Origin of manas
< Sanskrit: mind
Example Sentences
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It is atomic in size and the vehicle of memory; all affections of the soul such as knowing, feeling, and willing, are generated by the connection of manas with soul, the senses and the objects.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
It is evident that on this view the importance of manas is reduced to a minimum and it is regarded as being only the faculty of desire, doubt and imagination.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
The words which denote soul in the @Rg-Veda are manas, âtman and asu.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
Three manas are sown on a rupini about the 1st of July, and about the 1st of November produce eight patis.
From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis
With each single connection of soul with manas we have a separate affection of the soul, and thus our intellectual experience is conducted in a series, one coming after another and not simultaneously.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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