Quotes like सतां हि सन्देहपदेषु वस्तुषु प्रमाणमन्तःकरणप्रव्रुत्तयः indicate words like अन्तःकरण and अन्तःकरणप्रवृत्तयः as words close in meaning to conscience in classical works.
In most contemporary Indian languages, Sanskrit borrowings like अन्तःकरण , अंतरात्म(न्) is used in this sense. In Tamil, the word manassaaklshin is found used, which can be guessed to have some Sanskrit source. On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 4:46 PM Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi < [email protected]> wrote: > A colleague who is not on this list asks whether there is any literature > on ‘the concept of conscience or its analogues in pre-modern Indian > literature’. > > Thank you, > > Ram > > > > Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad > > Fellow of the British Academy > > Distinguished Professor of Comparative Philosophy and Religion > > Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion > > Lancaster University > > U.K. > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- Nagaraj Paturi Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. Senior Director, IndicA BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru. Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru BoS Rashtram School of Public Leadership Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Studies in Public Leadership Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies, FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of Liberal Education, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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