Caitanya = The foundational Consciousness which has absolute freedom of knowing and doing, of jnana and kriya sakti
Cakra = The group or Collective whole of saktis
Cakresvara = The master or lord of the group of saktis
Camatkara = Bliss of the pure I-consciousness; delight of artistic experience.
Candra = Prameya or object of knowledge; the apana prana or nadi (channel or nerve)
Caramakala = The highest phase of manifestation known as Santyatita or Santatita Kala
Carvaka = the materialist
Carvaka Darsana = materialistic philosophy
Cetana = Parama Siva, Self, Conscious individual.
Cetya = Knowable, object of consciousness.
Chaitanyam = Intelligence.
charyA = practice, observance
Cheda = Cessation of prana and apana by sounding of anacka (vowel-less) sounds.
Chit = Intelligence ; consciousness, perception
Chit Sakti = Divine Intelligence or Energy ; Gnana Sakti.
Chittam = Sence of Perception ; one of the four Andakaranas.
Cidakasa = The ether of consciousness
Churnika = A brief abstract ; a style of expression.
Cidghana = Mass of consciousness
Cidananda = lit., consciousness and bliss, (1) The nature of ultimate Reality consisting of consciousness and bliss. (2) The sixth stratum of ananda in uccara yoga of anava upaya
Cidanandaghana = Mass of Consciousness-bliss
Cinta = thought; idea
Cit = The Absolute; foundational consciousness; the consciousness that is the unchanging principle of all changes.
Citi = The consciousness-power of the Absolute that brings about the world-process.
Citi-cakra = Samvit-Cakra- the senses
Citkala = Energy of consciousness
Citprakasa = Light of consciousness
Citta = the individual mind, the limitation of Citi or Universal Consciousness manifested in the individual mind, the mind of the empirical individual, consisting mainly of Sattva, the mind of the Maya-pramata
Citta pralaya = Dissolution of the empirical mind in the higher consciousness
Citta sambodha = Awakening of the individual mind
Citta visranti = Repose of the empirical mind in the higher consciousness
Hinduism Glossary of Terms – C
