ahamkara
Noun
Meaning
ahamkara (countable and uncountable, plural ahamkaras)
(Hinduism) Attachment to one's ego.
Examples
Isaac, p. 342. Ahamkara, the ego or the phenomenal self, appropriates all mental experiences to itself and thus, personalizes the objective activities of mind and intellect by assuming possession of them.
These eight divisions are the elements, Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Akash, Mana, Buddhi, Ahamkara.