The following study may be useful: Bisgaard, Daniel James, 1994. Social conscience in Sanskrit literature. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. xxix, 141 pp.
Best wishes, Asko Parpola > On 18. Jul 2022, at 7.56, Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
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