cetanā

Devanāgarī: चेतना Translation: consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence; percipient, conscious, sentient, intelligent Similar words:ātman, cit, dṛś, puruṣa, draṣṭṛ Opposite words:citta, acetana, anātman Related concepts:īśvara

Appears in

Yoga Sūtra:

Chapter 1: 29

Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

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Commentaries around

“In Yoga Sutra Chapter One, the role for
Īśvara Praṇidhānā in the Samādhi Yoga section can
be as an appropriate Upāya for a Śikṣaṇa situation,
Here, its purpose is in turning inwards. as in
realising what is consciousness, through a Japam
Mantra practice within an Antar Aṅga Sādhana.”
– Paul Harvey on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 23

“The Yoga of cause and effect.
Animate and inanimate.
Spirit and matter”
– Paul Harvey Introduction to Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Two

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