ahankara
[ uh-huhng-kahr-uh ]
/ ə hʌŋˈkɑr ə /
noun Hinduism, Buddhism.
the false identification of the purusha, or true inner self, with the body, the mind, or the outside world.
Origin of ahankara
< Sanskrit
ahaṅkāra ego consciousness, equivalent to
aham I +
-kāra making or producing (a sound), saying, as in
śītkāra making the sound
śīt