Chit
Cit (IAST)Translation: "spirit / consciousness"
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: चित्
Transliteration: Cit
Translation: "spirit; consciousness; the individual self; Reality; Śiva (from he verb root cit = "to perceive, observe, think, be aware, know")"
Definition: "One of the three ultimate realities (Tattva-Traya) according to Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta."
The Upanishads: Volume I (Swami Nikhilananda)
"The Chit, or Consciousness, of Brahman, unlike the consciousness of the mind, is not related to an object. That Chit is Absolute Consciousness, which illumines the activities of the senses and mind during their states of waking and dreaming, as well as their inactivity in dreamless sleep."
References:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
- Nikhilananda, Swami (1949). The Upanishads: Volume I—Katha, Iśa, Kena, and Mundaka. New York, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. p. 37.
