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→परिचयः ॥ Introduction
* Empirically, 'aham,' is referred to as Jeeva, Dehin, Kshetrajna
* Empirically, 'aham,' is referred to as Jeeva, Dehin, Kshetrajna
* Psychologically, 'aham,' is referred to as Ahamkara, Jnatr, Bhoktr, Karta and so on.
* Psychologically, 'aham,' is referred to as Ahamkara, Jnatr, Bhoktr, Karta and so on.
== Ahamkara - Self and Identity ==
The fundamental questions - who identifies with non-self, who has to make the discrimination between non-self and Self, and who has to make the conscious attempt to dis-identify with non-self, have always challenged the mankind. Ancient Indian seers posit ahamkara, regarded as one of the antahkaranas ("the inner instrument," mind) as the one involved in this process.
== Components of Ahamkara ==
Four sub-concepts of ahamkara based on Indian tradition have been described:
individuality (vaishishtya)
separation-differentiation (dvaita bhava)
agency (kartatva)
identification (abhimana).
While ‘individuality’ represents uniqueness, ‘separation-differentiation’ marks the feeling of being different from others, ‘agency’ signifies the sense of doer-ship and ‘identification’ indicates relationship with worldly objects, involving associations and companionship (sanga), attractions and attachments (moha) and mineness or ownership (mamkara) (Salagame et al. 2005, p. 75).
== Ahamkara in different schools of thought ==
== Ahamkara and Personal Growth ==
== References ==
== References ==
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