manas
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Origin of manas
< Sanskrit: mind
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Consciousness can only come to it through its connection with the sense organs and manas.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
He knows all things always and therefore does not require memory; all things are perceived by him directly without any intervention of any internal sense such as manas, etc.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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
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
The Sâ@mkhya epistemology that the anta@hkara@na assumes diverse forms in cognitive acts is also denied, and these are explained on the supposition of contacts of manas with the senses, âtman and external objects.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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