Suṣupti
सुषुप्तिस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminino) · सु उपसर्ग (su — bem) + स्वप् धातु (svap — dormir) + क्ति प्रत्यय
suṣupti
Mind and Psychology
AI translationDeep dreamless sleep; third of the three states
Suṣupti is the state in which neither the physical body is perceived nor does the mind project dreams. Consciousness remains (as the post-sleep report indicates: 'I slept well, I knew nothing') but without an object. In the Māṇḍūkya, it is the third pāda of ātman: Prājña, 'one whose knowledge is contracted'. The analysis of the three states reveals that in suṣupti, all dualities disappear — which proves that dualities are superimposed on consciousness, not intrinsic to it.
Occurrence in the corpus
सुषुप्तौ न शरीरेण संगतिः प्रत्यगात्मनः ।। नापि बुद्ध्यादिभिः साक्षात्तत्स्थानासंगतेर्भवेत् ।। ३४१ ।।
suṣuptau na śarīreṇa saṃgatiḥ pratyagātmanaḥ || nāpi buddhyādibhiḥ sākṣāttatsthānāsaṃgaterbhavet || 341 ||
— Brihadaranyaka Bhashya Vartikam →Using this in academic work? Get formal citation
Vishva Vidya (2026). Suṣupti (सुषुप्ति). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/sushupti
Vishva Vidya. "Suṣupti (सुषुप्ति)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/sushupti.
Vishva Vidya. "Suṣupti (सुषुप्ति)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/sushupti.
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