ahaṅkāra

ahaṅkāra m. (-raḥ)

1 Pride.

2 Individuality, sense of self.

3 One of the elements of creation, consciousness, individualization.

E. aham I, and kāra what makes; thinking highly of one's self.

aha-ṅkāra (raḥ) 1. m. Pride.

Ahaṅ-kāra, as, m. the making of self, sense of

self, thinking of self, egotism, individuality; self-con-

sciousness, pride, haughtiness; (in the Sāṅkhya phil.)

the third of the eight producers or elements of crea-

tion, viz. the conceit or conception of individuality,

individualization. —Ahaṅkāra-vat, ān, atī, at, con-

scious, selfish, proud.

ahaṅkāra

m. (-raḥ)

1. Pride.

2. Individuality, sense of self.

3. One of the
elements of creation, consciousness, individualization.

E. aham 1,
and kāra what makes; thinking highly of one's self.

ahaṅkāra m. (ex aham ego et kāra faciens) sui conscientia,

sui studium, superbia. BH. 2. 71. 7. 4.

ahaṅkāra;
darpo mado'valepo māno garvo bhavedahaṅkāraḥ .
āveśaḥ saṃvegaḥ saṃrambhaḥ sambhramastathāṭopaḥ .. 722 ..
4.1.1.722

ahaṅkāra pu0 ahamiti kriyate'nena kṛ—ghañ . 1 ahamityabhi-
māne ātmani utkarṣāvalambane 2 garvve 3 tadāśraye antaḥ-
karaṇabhede “manobuddhirahaṅkāraścittaṃ karaṇamāntaram .
saṃśayoniścayo garvvaḥsmaraṇaṃ viṣayā ime” vedā0 pari0 .
sāṃkhyamatasiddhe 4 abhimānakāraṇe mahattattvajanye pañcata-
nmātrādīnāṃ kāraṇe tattvabhede ca yathoktaṃ sāṃ0 kā0 . “prakṛte-
rmahāṃstato'haṅkārastasmādgaṇaśca ṣoḍaśakaḥ . tasmādapi
ṣoḍaśakāt pañcabhyaḥ pañca bhūtāni” ityuddiśya tallakṣaṇakāryye
tatraivokte yathā “abhimāno'haṅkārastasmāt dvividhaḥ pravarttate
sargaḥ . ekādaśakaśca gaṇastanmātrapañcakaṃ caiva” . vyākhyātaṃ
ca kau0 “abhimāno'haṅkāraḥ yat khalvālocitaṃ, matañca
tatrāhamadhikṛtaḥ, śaktaḥ khalvahamatra, madarthā evāmī viṣayāḥ,
mattonānyo'trādhikṛtaḥ kaścidastyato'hamasmīti yo'bhimānaḥ
so'sādhāraṇavyāpāratvādahaṅkāraḥ tamupajīvya hi buddhi-
radhyavasyati “karttavyametanmayeti” . tasya kāryyabhedamāha
tasmāt dvividhaḥ pravarttate sargaḥ . prakāradvayamāha ekā-
daśakaśca gaṇaḥ indriyāhvayaḥ tanmātrapañcakañcaiva dvividhaeva
sargo'haṅkārāt na tvanyaityevakāreṇāvadhārayati” . “sattva
rajastamasāṃ sāmyāvasthā prakṛtiḥ prakṛtermahān mahato'ha-
ṅkāro'haṅkārāt pañca tanmātrāṇyumayamindriyam” sā0 sū0 .
ahaṅkārasattve pramāṇamapi darśitam “bāhyābhyantarābhyāṃ
taiścāhaṅkārasya” sā0 sū0 “bāhyābhyantarābhyāmindriyābhyāṃ
taiḥ pañcatanmātraiśca kāryyaistatkāraṇatayāhaṅkārasyānumānena
bodhaḥ ityarthaḥ . ahaṅkāraścābhimānavṛttikamantaḥkaraṇadravyaṃ
natvabhimānamātraṃ dravyasyaiva loke dravyopādānatvadarśa-
nāt . suṣuptyādāvahaṅkāravṛttināśena bhūtanāśaprasaṅgā-
dvāsanāśrayatvenaivāhaṅkārākhyadravyasiddheśceti . atretthamanu-
mānam . tanmātrendriyāṇi abhimānavaddravyopādānakāni
abhimānakāryadravyatvāt . yannaivaṃ tannaivam . yathā puruṣādi-
riti . nanvabhimānavaddravya mevāsiddhamiti cedahaṃ gaura
ityādivṛttyupādānatayā cakṣurādivat tatsiddheḥ . anena
cānumānena mana ādyatirekamātrasya tatkāraṇatayā prasā-
dhyatvāt . atra cāyamanukūlastarkaḥ . “bahu syāṃ prajāye
ya” ityādi śrutismṛtibhyastāvadbhūtādisṛṣṭerabhimānapūrvvaka-
tvādbuddhivṛttipūrvvakasṛṣṭau kāraṇatayābhimānaḥ siddhaḥ . tatra-
caikārthasamavāyapratyāsattyaivābhimānasya sṛṣṭihetutvaṃ lāghavāt
kalpyata iti . nanvevaṃ kulālāhaṅkārasyāpi ghaṭopādā-
natvāpattyā kulālamuktau tadantaḥkaraṇanāśe tannirmitaghaṭa-
nāśaḥ syāt na caitadyuktam puruṣāntareṇa sa evāyaṃ
ghaṭa iti pratyabhijñāyamānatvāditi cennaivam mukta-
puruṣabhogahetupariṇāmasyaiva tadantaḥkaraṇamokṣottaramucchedāt .
na tu pariṇāmasāmānyasyāntaḥkaraṇasvarūpasya vocchedaḥ
“kṛtārthaṃ prati naṣṭamapyanaṣṭaṃ tadanyasādhāraṇatvāditi” yoga-
sūtre muktapuruṣopakaraṇasyāpyanyapuruṣārthasādhakatvasiddheriti .
atha vā ghaṭādiṣvapi hiraṇyagarbhāhaṅkāra eva kāraṇamastu
na kulālādyahaṅkārastathāpi sāmānyavyāptau na vyabhicāraḥ
samaṣṭibuddhyādyupādānikaiva hi sṛṣṭiḥ purāṇādiṣu sāṃkhya-
yogayośca pratipādyate na tu tadaṃśavyaṣṭibuddhyādyupādānikā
yathā mahāpṛthivyā eva sthāvarajaṅgamādyupādānatvaṃ na tu
pṛthivyaṃśaloṣṭāderiti” sāṃ0 prava0 bhā0 . manunāpyuktam “mana-
saścāpyahaṅkāramabhimantāramīśvaram” . “ahaṅkāraśca vīrarase
vyabhicāribhāvaḥ . asyādhiṣṭhātā” śaṅkaraḥ . nirahaṅkāra-
rūpatvāddayāvīrādireṣa naḥ” sā0 da0 “nāhaṅkārāt paro-
ripuḥ” . “ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā karttāhamiti manyate” gītā .