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Ahamkara manifests as the "me" in each person. Personal identity or the self-sense is its defining characteristic. It is the source of the distinction between the self and the other.
Ahamkara manifests as the "me" in each person. Personal identity or the self-sense is its defining characteristic. It is the source of the distinction between the self and the other.
=== Origin of Ahamkara ===
In the Bhagavadgita, Shri Krishna mentions Ahamkara as one of the eight-fold Prakriti of divine nature.
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।। (Bhag. Gita. 7.4)
This Prakrti of Mine is divided eight-fold thus: earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and also egoism.
Tattvabodha describes Ahamkara as अहंकर्ता अहङ्कारं ।
=== Nature and Function of Ahamkara ===
=== Nature and Function of Ahamkara ===