[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) › c7.1168 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1168 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1168 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1168) "The jīvātmā which is in the state of Turīya is not conscious internally. He whose inner consciousness is active is Taijasa. He is bahiḥprajña (conscious of the outer world). Bahiḥprajña is Vaiśvānara. He is not a combination of Taijasa and Turīya. He is not compact with consciousness as a conscious man not a conscious man; nor is he an unconscious man. He, who could be explained only by negations, cannot be seen. He is unmanifestable, indiscernible, unthinkable, indescribable and without any characteristic mark. Only by unswerving faith could he be known. It creates the universes and at the same time negates it. It is the supreme reality, the one without a second (dvaita). This is the state of Turīya.¹ - [Previous: c7.1167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1167) - [Next: c7.1169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1169) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1168) · Pramāṇa