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Dream (Svapna)

The dream: a whole private world spun from the mind's own stored impressions.

Svapna is the dream state — consciousness turned inward, weaving a private world out of its own stored impressions while the senses rest. Unlike waking's shared, solid world, the dream world is self-luminous and personal, built entirely from the mind's own material. The contemplative traditions prize it as evidence that consciousness can project a whole convincing world from within, a clue to how it projects the waking world too.

How it traveled

  1. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
    Mithilā (kingdom of Videha) · -700
    explains
  2. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi
    Śṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400
    explains

Key passages(13)

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

Very high

Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

Very high

Paramārthasāra · Abhinavagupta

Very high

Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)

Very high

Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)

Very high

Aṣṭāvakra-gītā · Aṣṭāvakra

High

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

High

Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

High

Praśna Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)

High

Upadeśasāhasrī · Ādi Śaṅkara

High

Tantrasāra · Abhinavagupta

High

Śiva-sūtra · Vasugupta

High

Spanda-kārikā · Bhaṭṭa Kallaṭa

Moderate