Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.129

c16.129

**Ahaṁkāra and Manas.** These two aspects in Sāṁkhya Phenomenology, the subject-ward and the object-ward forms of consciousness, develop into two strands of experience. The subject-ward pole, the pole of pure consciousness, develops into (1) *Ahaṁkāra* or Self-consciousness. From this again develops (2) *Manas* or Mind. The function of Mind is to connect the senses with the sense-impressions which the senses convey. The other aspect of consciousness directed towards objects develops into the experience of the external world, in the form of what are called the *Tanmātras* and the *Bhūtas*, the subtle and gross elements.