78 Spirituality Studies 11-2 Fall 2025 Notes [1] Vāsanā is the “imprint of actions” (Sa. saṃskāra) “left in the mind (the inclinations that the strength of saṃskāras produce) and the inclinations or propensities towards like maturations (vipāka) that develop in the mind. Vāsanās lie dormant in the mind until maturity of karma” (Veda Bharati 2015, 487). [2] As given in Pratyabhijñāhr̥dayam (Kṣemarā ja 2014, 12–13, 165), mā yā (Sa. “measurable experience”, the principle of veiling the Infinite and projecting the finite) produces the following five kañ cukā s: niyati (Sa. reduces the freedom and pervasiveness of the Universal Consciousness, limitation in respect of cause and space), kā la (Sa. reduces the eternity of the Universal Consciousness, limitation of time into past, present, and future), rā ga (Sa. reduces all-satisfaction of the Universal Consciousness, desire for this and that), vidyā (Sa. reduces omniscience of the Universal Consciousness, limitation in respect of knowledge), Kalā (Sa. reduces the universal authorship of the Universal Consciousness, limitation of authorship or agency). [3] In Kāma-kalā-vilāsa (Puṇyānanda et al. 1953, 9) verse 3, it is said: “The Supreme Shakti is resplendent… Her form is manifested through the union of the first letter of the alphabet (A) and the vimarśa letter (Ha).” (i.e., aham). Verse 5 runs as: “Ahamkara, which excels all and is the massing together of Siva and Sakti and the fully manifested union of the letters A and Ha, and which holds within itself the whole universe is Cit. Thus, the ahamkara is the experience of ‘I-ness’.” [4] God, guru, Absolute, Self, and pure Consciousness are used interchangeably in this paper referring to the very same Reality behind these words.
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