buddhiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Buddhi is a feminine Sanskrit noun derived from the same root (budh – to be awake; to understand; or to know that is gyan) as its more familiar masculine form Buddha. Buddhi is a composite of mind and ego, and principally the faculty of I-sense, which derives the sense of individuality (atman), a sense or principle of pure ego, and which is due, in part, to the reflection on it, as an object seen (pramana), i.e., the self-effulgence and illumination of Purusha in the witness brings I-sense and Buddhi into the awareness of the mind.