Definitions for "Antahkaran"
The inner sense organs consisting of the conscious mind, subconscious mind, intellect and ego.
'Inner faculty'. The complete mind which comprises of four aspects, each characterised by its individual functions: called the man when generating thoughts and desires; the buddhi when consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming convictions, or discriminating; the chitt when repeatedly contemplating or focusing; and the ahamkãr when forming a sense of being. Normally used in the singular since all four are aspects of the one antahkaran, but also often referred to as being four different antahkarans.