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righteousness and morality

sensual pleasures

prosperity and economic values

Human purpose; artha (prosperity and economic values), kama (sensual pleasures), Dharma (righteousness and morality), and Moksha (liberation from the cycle of reincarnation).

Kosha means sheath or covering.

Illusion

The fourth lotus of the Yogis, opposite the heart; mystic sounds heard by the Yogis.

Inaction.

Food; object of senses; anything taken in by senses.

Egoism or self-conceit; the self-arrogating principle ‘I’, ‘I am’-ness; self consciousness. Rajasika Ahamkara: Dynamic egoism with passion and pride. Sattvika Ahamkara: Egoism composed in the sense of goodness and virtue. Tamasika Ahamkara: Egoism as expressed in ignorance and inertia.