Sunday, May 12, 2019

Nāntaḥ-Prajñaṃ | "not consciousness inward"

Nantah-Prajnam

Nāntaḥ-Prajñaṃ (IAST)
Translation: "not consciousness inward"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 7)

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: नान्तः प्रज्ञं
Transliteration: Nāntaḥ-Prajñaṃ
Translation: "Neither inwards conscious"
Commentary: "i.e., the negation of Taijas or the dreaming state."

The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad (Swami Krishnananda)
Sanskrit: नान्तः प्रज्ञं
Transliteration: Nāntaḥ-Prajñaṃ
Translation: "not internal consciousness like dream"


References:
  1. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math
  2. Krishnananda, Swami (1996). The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad. Retrieved from https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mand_0.html.