| Term |
primary consciousness
Referenced by: consciousness, primary (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | rnam-shes |
| Sanskrit | vijnana |
| Pali | |
| Definition | Within a cognition of an object, the awareness of merely the essential nature of the object that the cognition focuses on. Primary consciousness has the identity-nature of being an individualizing awareness. |
| German | Primärbewusstsein |
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| Italian | coscienza primaria |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | [diverse-know]; consciousness; main consciousness; [ordinary] consciousness{N}; knower; cognition |
| Russian | первичное сознание |