[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1129 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1129 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1129 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1129) (Antaḥkaraṇa, due to differences in state assumes four forms. When once conception and doubt arise in a subject, then it is called mind. When there is no doubt, but there is assuredness it is called understanding (buddhi). The function of examining a subject again and over again belongs to citta. To think of ‘I’ is egoism or ahaṃkāra). - [Previous: c7.1128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1128) - [Next: c7.1130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1130) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1129) · Pramāṇa