[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) › c8.1884 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1884 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1884 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1884](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1884) Cit means knowledge, splendour, consciousness. Ānanda means bliss. Paul Deussen writes that the ancient Upaniṣads do not include in the definition of Brahman the term ‘ānanda’. - [Previous: c8.1883](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1883) - [Next: c8.1885](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1885) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1884](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1884) · Pramāṇa