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Hinduism Glossary of terms - C
| Terms | Indicates |
| Caitanya | The foundational Consciousness which has absolute freedom of knowing and doing, of jnana and kriya sakti< |
| Cakra | The group or Collective whole of saktis |
| Cakresvara | The master or lord of the group of saktis |
| Camatkara | Bliss of the pure I-consciousness; delight of artistic experience. |
| Candra | Prameya or object of knowledge; the apana prana or nadi (channel or nerve) |
| Caramakala | The highest phase of manifestation known as Santyatita or Santatita Kala |
| Carvaka | the materialist |
| Carvaka Darsana | materialistic philosophy |
| Cetana | Parama Siva, Self, Conscious individual. |
| Cetya | Knowable, object of consciousness. |
| Chaitanyam | Intelligence. |
| charyA | practice, observance |
| Cheda | Cessation of prana and apana by sounding of anacka (vowel-less) sounds. |
| Chit | Intelligence ; consciousness, perception |
| Chit Sakti | Divine Intelligence or Energy ; Gnana Sakti. |
| Chittam | Sence of Perception ; one of the four Andakaranas. |
| Cidakasa | The ether of consciousness |
| Churnika | A brief abstract ; a style of expression. |
| Cidghana | Mass of consciousness |
| Cidananda | lit., consciousness and bliss, (1) The nature of ultimate Reality consisting of consciousness and bliss. (2) The sixth stratum of ananda in uccara yoga of anava upaya |
| Cidanandaghana | Mass of Consciousness-bliss |
| Cinta | thought; idea |
| Cit | The Absolute; foundational consciousness; the consciousness that is the unchanging principle of all changes. |
| Citi | The consciousness-power of the Absolute that brings about the world-process. |
| Citi-cakra | Samvit-Cakra- the senses |
| Citkala | Energy of consciousness |
| Citprakasa | Light of consciousness |
| Citta | the individual mind, the limitation of Citi or Universal Consciousness manifested in the individual mind, the mind of the empirical individual, consisting mainly of Sattva, the mind of the Maya-pramata |
| Citta pralaya | Dissolution of the empirical mind in the higher consciousness |
| Citta sambodha | Awakening of the individual mind |
| Citta visranti | Repose of the empirical mind in the higher consciousness |
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