Note 42 — INTRODUCTION. (continued 2)

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The pratyagâtman is in reality non-object, for it is svayamprakâsa, self-luminous, i.e. the subjective factor in all cognition. But it becomes the object of the idea of the Ego in so far as it is limited, conditioned by its adjuncts which are the product of Nescience, viz. the internal organ, the senses and the subtle and gross bodies, i.e. in so far as it is jîva, individual or personal soul. Cp. Bhâmatî, pp. 22, 23: 'kidâtmaiva svayamprakâsoszpi buddhyâdivishayavikkhuranât kathamkid asm upratyayavishayoszhamkârâspadam jîva iti ka jantur iti ka ksheuajña iti kâkhyâyate.'