manas
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Origin of manas
< Sanskrit: mind
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The work of the organs, inclusive of the manas, is to act as instruments of cognition and action, while the work of breath is to maintain the body and the organs.
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
This manas alone by itself brings about cognitions, pleasure, pain, desire, aversion, effort, etc.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
In the eighth book it is said that soul and manas are not perceptible, and that in the apprehension of qualities, action, generality, and particularity perception is due to their contact with the thing.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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
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