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a sanskrit term in indian philosophy this article s style of writing may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions december 2012 learn how and when to remove this message part of a series on hinduism hindus mythology origin and history dravidian folk religion indus valley civilisation itihasa purana epic puranic royal genealogies epic puranic chronology śramaṇa tribal religions vedic religion sampradaya traditions shaktism shaivism kapalika pashupata pratyabhijña smartism vaishnavism pancharatra other denominations deities trimurti brahma shiva vishnu tridevi saraswati lakshmi parvati others vedic deities agni chandra indra tridasha adityas ashvins rudras vasus post vedic dashavatara krishna rama ganesha hanuman kartikeya shakti amman durga kali radha sita concepts cosmology guṇa mythology pancha bhuta panchikarana prakṛti pramana shabda purusha tanmatras tattva supreme reality brahman nirguna saguna om saccidānanda god deva devata devi god and gender ishvara puruṣārtha meaning of life artha dharma kama moksha āśrama stages of life brahmacharya gṛhastha sannyasa vānaprastha saṃsāra cycle of birth and death karma maya pāpa mahapataka paramātman prāyaścitta punya mind and ethics achourya ahamkara ahimsa akrodha ānanda anātman antahkarana arishadvargas arjava ātman dayā dāna niti śastra shraddha mitahara niyama aparigraha prajña samatva santosha sastra pramanam satya shaucha svādhyāya dama sūkṣma śarīra titiksha vairagya viveka yamas practices worship arti bhajan bhakti dāna exorcism homa japa kirtan murti prarthana puja temple matha sevā śrauta tarpana tirtha tirthadana vrata yajna yatra meditation dhyana nididhyāsana tapas yoga asana bhakti yoga hatha yoga jnana yoga karma yoga kundalini yoga rāja yoga sādhanā sadhu yogi yogini rites of passage annaprashana antyesti chudakarana garbhadhana jatakarma karnavedha keshanta nāmakaraṇa nishkramana pumsavana simantonayana pumsavana ritushuddhi samavartanam simantonnayana upanayana vidyāraṃbhaṃ vivaha festivals diwali ganesh chaturthi holi janmashtami kumbh mela maha shivaratri navaratri durga puja ramlila vijayadashami makar sankranti new year bihu puthandu ugadi vaisakhi vishu pongal onam raksha bandhan rama navami ratha yatra vasant panchami philosophical schools six astika schools samkhya yoga nyaya vaisheshika mīmāṃsā vedanta advaita dvaita vishishtadvaita achintya bheda abheda shuddhadvaita svabhavika bhedabheda akshar purushottam darshan other schools ājīvika buddhism jainism charvaka gurus rishi philosophers ancient saptarshi vashistha kashyapa atri jamadagni gotama vishvamitra bharadwaja agastya angiras aruni ashtavakra jaimini kanada kapila patanjali pāṇini prashastapada raikva satyakama jabala valmiki vyasa yajnavalkya medieval abhinavagupta adi shankara akka mahadevi allama alvars basava chaitanya ramdas kathiababa chakradhara changdev dadu dayal eknath gangesha gaudapada gorakshanath haridasa thakur harivansh jagannatha dasa jayanta bhatta jayatirtha jiva goswami jñāneśvar kabir kanaka dasa kumārila bhaṭṭa madhusūdana sarasvatī madhvacharya matsyendranatha morya gosavi mukundraj namdev narahari tirtha narasimha saraswati nayanars nimbarkacharya srinivasacharya prabhākara purandara dasa raghavendra swami raghunatha siromani raghuttama tirtha ram charan ramananda ramanuja ramprasad sen ravidas rupa goswami samarth ramdas sankardev satyanatha tirtha siddheshwar sripada srivallabha sripadaraja surdas swaminarayan syama sastri thiruvalluvar tukaram tulsidas tyagaraja vācaspati miśra vadiraja tirtha vallabha vedanta desika vidyaranya vyasaraja modern sri aurobindo bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati bhaktivinoda thakur chandrashekarendra saraswati chinmayananda dayananda saraswati jaggi vasudev krishnananda saraswati mahavatar babaji mahesh yogi narayana guru nigamananda nisargadatta maharaj prabhupada radhakrishnan r d ranade ramakrishna rama tirtha ramana maharshi ravi shankar ramdas samarth sathya sai baba shirdi sai baba shraddhanand satyadhyana tirtha siddharameshwar maharaj sivananda saraswati trailanga u g krishnamurti upasni maharaj vethathiri maharishi vivekananda yogananda texts sources and classification of scripture śruti smṛti ācāra ātmatuṣṭi scriptures timeline of hindu texts vedas rigveda yajurveda samaveda atharvaveda divisions samhita brahmana aranyaka upanishads upanishads principal upanishads rigveda aitareya kaushitaki yajurveda brihadaranyaka isha taittiriya katha shvetashvatara maitri samaveda chandogya kena atharvaveda mundaka mandukya prashna vedangas shiksha chandas vyākaraṇa nirukta kalpa jyotisha other scriptures bhagavad gita agama s hinduism itihasas ramayana mahabharata puranas vishnu purana bhagavata purana devi bhagavata purana naradiya purana vāmana purana matsya purana garuda purana brahma purana brahmanda purana brahma vaivarta purana bhavishya purana padma purana agni purana shiva purana linga purana kūrma purana skanda purana varaha purana markandeya purana upavedas ayurveda dhanurveda gandharvaveda sthapatyaveda shastras sutras and samhitas arthashastra brahma sutras charaka samhita dharma shastra kama sutra natya shastra nyāya sūtras panchatantra pramana sutras purva mimamsa sutras ramcharitmanas samkhya pravachana sutra shilpa shastras shiva swarodaya sushruta samhita vaiśeṣika sūtra yoga sutras yoga vasistha stotras stutis and bhashya abirami antati hanuman chalisa kanakadhara stotra kanda shasti kavasam shiva stuti vayu stuti tamil literature athichudi eighteen greater texts eighteen lesser texts five great epics iraiyanar akapporul kamba ramayanam kural naalayira divya prabandham thiruvilaiyadal puranam tirumurai tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai tiruppukal vinayagar agaval other texts hindu culture and society society caste varna brahmin kshatriya vaishya shudra jāti dalit persecution adivasi untouchability gramanya by region india violence nepal bali united states dasa dvija gotra hindu art bhagavata mela bharatanatyam bommalattam carnatic music hindu iconography kai silambattam kalaripayattu kavadi aattam kathak kathakali kolattam koothu kuchipudi manipuri mayilattam mohiniyattam nritta nritya odissi pandav lila rasa sattriya yakshagana yantra hindu architecture hindu temple architecture talamana vastu shastra hindu music alankāra raga sangita shruti svara tala vadya food and diet jhatka mitahara sattvic vrata time keeping practices calendar panchangam shaka era units of time vikram samvat other society related topics discrimination persecution nationalism organisations reform movements other topics hinduism by country balinese hinduism caribbean shaktism greater india hinduism other religions hinduism and jainism and buddhism and sikhism and judaism and christianity and islam glossary outline hinduism portal v t e ahaṃkara sanskrit अहंकार romanized ahaṁkāra meaning i making is a sanskrit term in hindu philosophy referring to the construction of a self concept or the false identification of the self puruṣa ātman with impermanent entities such as the body mind or material objects 1 it evolves from mahat tattva and is one of the four functions of the antaḥkaraṇa functions of the mind 2 ahamkara in the bhagavad gita edit in the bhagavad gita ahamkara is presented as the ego or the false identification of the self atman with material nature which obstructs spiritual liberation moksha in 3 27 krishna warns that actions driven by ahamkara believing i am the doer bind the soul to karma all actions are performed by the gunas of nature but one deluded by ahamkara thinks i am the doer 3 easwaran notes that ahamkara fuels desires that obscure the true self a theme evident in krishna s call for humility in 13 8 12 where virtues like absence of pride and humility are praised as paths to wisdom 4 in 18 17 krishna describes the liberated state one who is free from the notion of ahamkara and whose intellect is unattached neither kills nor is bound by actions 5 philosophical implications edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed august 2020 learn how and when to remove this message vedic philosophy also teaches that when one s mind is in a state of ahaṁkāra one is in a state of subjective illusion where the psyche is bound to the concept of one s self with an external thing this thing can be tangible and material or it can be a concept such as the concept of the fight for peace here the ego is involved in constructing the illusion examples of ahaṃkāra in action consider how an otherwise sensible young man might feel if his new sports car was a reflection of his true self it would encourage him to race against another person recklessly similarly consider how someone who believed in the fight for peace and ordinarily behaved in a non violent manner fought against someone who threatened or challenged their notions of peace in both cases the mind has averred a state of illusion appearing real to the person who blurs the line between subjectivity and reality this illusory state often causes people to do things that can be categorized as out of character for them ahaṁkāra and spiritual development edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed june 2017 learn how and when to remove this message ahaṁkāra is the instrument of ahaṃ the spirit the principle of individuation acting as an independent conscious entity within the impure reality which does not have consciousness of its own ahaṁkāra is actually soul ego soul the instrument of the spirit made by thought material dark energy and dark material for the individual development of the ego soul like deha material body mold which is the instrument for solitary evolution of the ego soul mind it is a receptacle of cit śakti its consciousness a diminutive spark from cit the universal consciousness it manifests itself by assuming authorship of all the actions of buddhi manas the senses and organs of action it is believed to exist in the sphere of duality in a state of identification with the physical body its needs and desires it is related to vak tattva one of the 36 tattvas in vedic and hindu philosophy in ahaṁkāra a state of rajas guṇa agitation predominates this is because it identifies only with a small part of the creation the body and rejects everything else as not me it becomes subject to a series of afflictions such as pride egoism competitiveness hate and jealousy though ahaṁkāra is generally a state of illusion vak tattva one of the 36 tattvas can appear when one does not succumb to it in vak tattva the individual s will determination and sense of morality come into play which is the first step on the path to enlightenment however a person who is sufficiently harmonious but has a powerful ahaṁkāra personality is thought to be impossible to exert the level of effort necessary to accede to a higher spiritual level in samkhya edit according to evolutionary chain described in samkhya the evolution process begins with mahattattva followed first by buddhi and then ahaṁkāra 2 the position of ahaṁkāra and buddhi are sometimes presented in a reversed order because as the principle of i ness the ahaṁkāra is allowed control over the manas sensorial mind and buddhi superior intellect intuition yet buddhi is a superior tattva and ahaṁkāra is thus only able to be in a superior position to buddhi from a functional point of view from an absolute point of view ahaṁkāra is created by buddhi and thus subordinate to it see also edit antahkarana inner cause chod to sever cognitive dissonance anatta ego death egolessness humility mindstream shadripu svabhava ramana maharshi i am a strange loop self concept jainism ahankar pride references edit ahaṁkāra britannica academic edition 1 2 dalal roshen hinduism an alphabetical guide p 176 isbn 978 0 14 342317 1 oclc 885369022 radhakrishnan sarvepalli ed 1957 a source book in indian philosophy 12 pr ed princeton nj princeton univ pr pp 113 114 isbn 978 0 691 01958 1 cite book isbn date incompatibility help eknath easwaran ed 2007 the bhagavad gita the classics of indian spirituality tomales ca nilgiri press pp 208 209 isbn 978 1 58638 019 9 radhakrishnan sarvepalli 1948 the bhagavadgītā with an introductory essay sanskrit text english translation and notes george allen unwin ltd p 365 isbn 978 81 7223 084 1 cite book isbn date incompatibility help external links edit the knot of the heart v t e indian philosophy topics atheism atomism idealism logic monotheism vedic philosophy kama artha moksha ancient āstika hindu samkhya nyaya vaisheshika yoga mīmāṃsā vedanta shaiva raseśvara pashupata shaivism pāṇiniya nāstika ājīvika ajñana charvaka jain anekantavada syādvāda buddhist philosophy and early buddhist schools śūnyatā madhyamaka yogachara sautrāntika svatantrika medieval vedanta 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