buddhi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buddhi
< Sanskrit; compare bodhati (he) awakes
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When purusha first focuses on prakriti, buddhi, or spiritual awareness, results.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
These the occult system or esotericism divides into seven, farther adding to these—kama, manas, buddhi and atman.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
It takes the changing, impure, sorrowful, and objective prak@rti or buddhi to be the changeless, pure, happiness-begetting subject.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
Hence we conclude that the buddhi and the individual soul are spoken of.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by George Thibaut
The action of the senses, ahamkâra, and buddhi, may take place sometimes successively and at other times as in cases of sudden fear simultaneously.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
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