Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / Consciousness and the mind (चित्त) / 6
6
the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
तन्मयो मायाप्रमाता tanmayo māyāpramātā
The line
Made of that mind, he is the knower under māyā (माया).
नेपालीमा
त्यही मनबाट बनेको हुनाले ऊ मायाअन्तर्गतको ज्ञाता हो।
Where it sits
7 says what this one knower contains. The word māyā (माया) here is the limited knowing, not a story about a person.
Split: tanmayaḥ (तन्मयः) + māyāpramātā (मायाप्रमाता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tanmayaḥ (तन्मयः) | nominative singular, masculine | made of that. tat (तत्) is the mind of 5. maya (मय) means made of. Recited tanmayo (तन्मयो) before m (म्). |
| māyāpramātā (मायाप्रमाता) | nominative singular, masculine | the knower who belongs to māyā (माया). pramātṛ (प्रमातृ) is a knower. māyā (माया) is the measuring that makes a limited knower. |
The phrases
Two nominatives. The knower under māyā (माया) is made of that mind. The subject is carried from 5.
Sanskrit in this line
tat (तत्) plus mayaḥ (मयः) is tanmayaḥ (तन्मयः), and before the labial m (म्) the visarga is heard as o (ओ): tanmayo māyāpramātā (तन्मयो मायाप्रमाता).
Say it back
Say what the māyā (माया) knower is made of.