manas
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Origin of manas
< Sanskrit: mind
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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 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
For the same reason the statement that the manas is higher than the objects does not agree with Kapila's doctrine.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George
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
Hence the best thing that we can do is to evolve the lower manas, manas deeply tinged with kâma.
From London Lectures of 1907 by Besant, Annie Wood
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