Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.137

c16.137

In a similar manner, the impulses that work through the organs of action, and the sensations that arise from the operation of each of the organs, may be separately experienced. As the text states: "Karmendriyāṇi yathāyathaṁ vachanādīn padārthān utpādayanti tataścha teshu padārtheshu teshāṁ ālochanātmakaṁ jñānaṁ jāyate." This is probably what the Sāṁkhya authorities describe as the emergence of the organs of action (*Karmendriyas*) from the plane of *Manas*.