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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
- Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpaniṣadMithilā (kingdom of Videha) · -700explains
- VivekacūḍāmaṇiŚṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400explains
Key passages(13)
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4,3.9↗explains
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 217↗applies
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 98↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4,3.34↗explains
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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