prana-bodystubschool: yoga-tantra· Frawley — Astrology of the Seers

Manas (the sensory-emotional mind)

मनस्manas

also: manas, mind, feeling-mind

pra-manas

Definition

The mind / consciousness generally — the feeling-and-sensory faculty of the inner instrument (antahkarana). In Frawley's Vedic psychology it is what the Moon represents: receptivity and feeling-potential, whose fluctuations ('conditioned consciousness') must not be mistaken for true awareness, and which is to be made receptive to the inner Sun of truth.
Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.

Connections (1)

corresponds-to · 1
  • ↔Moon (Chandra)Modern
    Frawley reads the Moon AS the mind-faculty manas: 'The Moon represents the mind or consciousness generally (Manas), our feeling potential' (book p.226, verified p221.png). The Moon is the psychological significator of the sensory-emotional mind, its receptivity and feeling-sensitivity; the lunar 'fluctuations' are the citta-vritti to be stilled. The correspondence is symbolic/structural (a graha standing for a faculty of the inner instrument), hence corresponds-to rather than governs.

Sources

  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersPsychological Indicators — The Moon (book p.226)Traditional✓ verified'The Moon represents the mind or consciousness generally (Manas), our feeling potential.'

Other attributes

System Of Origin
yoga-tantra
Location In Body
not stated in this chapter (classically associated with the heart/mind; not specified by Frawley here)
Function
feeling, receptivity, sensory-emotional cognition; the seat of mental fluctuation (citta-vritti) per the Yoga-Sutras frame Frawley invokes
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