| 1. Kshetrajna ksetrajna (Sanskrit) [from kshetra field (body) + jna knower] The knower in or of the field; imbodied spirit, the conscious ego in its highest manifestations. Regarded as the sphere of action, or compounded constitution, of the knower or conscious entity; hence the spiritual ego, the human soul's spiritual parent, buddhi-manas. Kshetrajna often refers to the combination of atma-buddhi-manas called the reincarnating ego, or the Lord, in us. As imbodied ego, it is the cognizing and recognizing element in the human constitution |