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the Jar-maker: so what generates the notion of subjectivity, personality or I-ness (a) is called Ahankår. Thus it is a principle (a) of differentiation, individuation and sub jectification revealed in the form of selfconsciousness and is intellectual in essence proceeding as it does from intellection.
This Ahankára, when affected by the Sattva-, evolves the eleven organs and when affected by the Tama guna, it evolves the five Tanmåtras. The third guna, Rajas, is manifested in the activity implied in this two-fold creation.
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These are the five elemental essences viz., visibility, audibility, the capacity of producing odour, the capacity of producing mâtrâs. taste, and tangibility. The principle which generates the notion of subjectivity (ahankara), also generates under the influence of inertia or :, the five rudimentary essences or Tanmåtrås.
Just as the Tanmåtras are evolved by Ahankara under the influence of the quality IV. The eleof तमः, so the eleven organs are evolved ven organs. by the same principle under the influence of the quality of
(Sattva). The eleven organs
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