Relating to Mind; an idea relating to matter; intellectual response in contrast to emotional one.
involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
of or relating to the chin- or lip-like structure in insects and certain mollusks
of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"
having to do with the mind or mental ability
adjective - Latin mentum = chin; or Latin mens = mind.
ama - unresolved thoughts, feelings, emotions in the form of toxins that block normal activity of the mind ( Mental Clarity, Triphala)
1. pertaining to thought or mind, eg mental processes: 2. pertaining to the chin, eg mental scale, mental gland (the latter in salamanders): 3. a scale on the chin (usually when related to lizards or snakes)
single scale at the anterior border of the lower jaw in lizards and snakes
triangular scale found at the front of the lower jaw
The Mental faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy, is the conceptual and cognitive mind. Unlike Western psychology, in which mind and consciousness are considered the same, Sri Aurobindo strongly distinguishes between the "Mental" and the "Vital" (emotional) faculties, as well as between Mind and pure Consciousness. Sri Aurobindo in part bases his concept of the Mental on his reading of the Taittiriya Upanishad, the mental being (or perhaps just the Mental Purusha) is the mano-maya-atma - the self made of mind (manas).