My deepest thanks to all who replied on and off list for such a wonderful range of leads, so characteristic of the generosity of this list,
Best,
Ram

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Fellow of the British Academy
Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy
Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion
Lancaster University
UK

From: Asko Parpola <aparpola@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 8:03:52 AM
To: Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com>
Cc: Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi <c.ram-prasad@lancaster.ac.uk>; Indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: [External] Re: [INDOLOGY] 'conscience'
 

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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@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.

In most contemporary Indian languages, Sanskrit borrowings like अन्तःकरण , अंतरात्म(न्‌) is used in this sense.

In Tamil, the word manassaaklshin is found used, which can be guessed to have some Sanskrit source.