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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:01:01 +0530
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] "Psychological complexity" of Sanskrit language/literature
 
The term 'self-actualization' sounds very close to Aatmasaakshaatkaasra. 
There is the important difference, of course, that 'self-actualization' as it is used in western psychology tends to involve maximal individuation, whereas ātmasākṣātkāra or ātmībhāva involve the opposite: becoming devoid of individuation – devoid of both qualitative and numerical individuation for Advaitins; devoid of qualitative individuation for Naiyāyikas, Sāṅkhyas, etc.

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Alex Watson
Professor of Indian Philosophy
Ashoka University