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Amanaskatā is the alert state of dynamic fullness of the self (atman), it is the condition where there is no mind, the mindless state; it is the state when the mind dissolves and the self shines.[1] It is the transmental state which is also called no-mindedness (unmani) and yogic sleep (yoga-nidra) as the prolonged absorption in the formless ecstasy or nirvikalpa samadhi; it is the state in which the jivanmukta (liberated being) exists experiencing a sense of universality.[2] According to the Laya-chintana of Antahkarana ('mind'), the mind is absorbed in Mahat (Buddhi), Individual Buddhi is absorbed in the Cosmic Buddhi, Cosmic Buddhi in Avyakta which is Brahman; in other words, the effect is absorbed into cause.[3]

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  1. B.K.S.Iyengar. Astadala Yogamala Vol.7. Allied Publishers. p. 197. ISBN 9788184242836.
  2. Georg Feuerstein (1989). Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy. J.P.Tarcher. p. 242. ISBN 9780874775259.
  3. Vishnu Devananda (1999). Meditation and Mantras. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 122. ISBN 9788120816152.