the fundamental distinguishing human feature is mind and intellect, collectively called the manas, which interprets and structures what is received through the senses. The manas is located in an internal organ called the antahkarana, which has four identifiable segments. When merely an indeterminate cognitive faculty, it is called mind or manas; when that cognitive ability leads to understanding, it is called buddhi or intellect; when, as a consequence of such understanding, it creates self-consciousness, it is ego or ahamkara; and when, beyond the ego, it is in a state of higher concentration
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