Definition of "manas" [manas]

• The mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals (noun)

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• "XIII, 5); 'ten are the vaikârika beings, the manas is the eleventh,' and others."
• ""lower manas" rather than "manas"; because the full development of the mânasic principle in man is reserved for the Fifth Round, and not for the Fourth, and we, of course, are still in the Fourth Round."
• "For instance, Buddhism has been exploring the world of the collective subconscious through the notions of manas-vijñāna (the seventh consciousness) and ālaya-vijñāna (the eighth consciousness) for several thousand years."