ahankara
[ uh-huhng-kahr-uh ]
/ ə hʌŋˈkɑr ə /
noun Hinduism, Buddhism.
the false identification of the purusha, or true inner self, with the body, the mind, or the outside world.
Nearby words
aha moment, ahab, ahab, captain, ahad ha-am, ahad haam, ahankara, ahasuerus, ahaus, ahaz, ahaziah, ahchoo
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
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