Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.154

c16.154

He also describes the function of *Buddhi* thus: "The sense intuits an object; *Manas* reflects on it; *Ahaṁkāra* appropriates it to itself; *Buddhi* resolves, 'this I should do by it,' and then one proceeds to action." And again: "In dark a person at first apprehends an object as something undifferentiated, then reflects upon it, and determines it to be a dangerous robber by his bow and arrow, then thinks of him in relation to himself, e.g. 'he is rushing to attack me', and then resolves or determines, 'I must run away from this place.'"