[INDOLOGY] 'conscience'

[Asko Parpola]

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 <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Quotes like सतां हि सन्देहपदेषु वस्तुषु प्रमाणमन्तःकरणप्रव्रुत्तयः indicate words like अन्तःकरण and  अन्तःकरणप्रवृत्तयः  as words close in meaning to conscience in classical works. 
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> In most contemporary Indian languages, Sanskrit borrowings like अन्तःकरण , अंतरात्म(न्‌) is used in this sense. 
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> In Tamil, the word manassaaklshin is found used, which can be guessed to have some Sanskrit source. 

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