ahankara (ahaṃkāra)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: ahamkara

Short Description: the ego; the “I”-consciousness

Long Description: the ego; the “I”-consciousness. (This is the sense of being an individual, separate from others; identifying oneself, subjectively, as a distinct ego.)

Sources: Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi