GLOSSARY : SAIVASIDDHANTHA TERMS AND THEIR ANALOGUES IN PSYCHO-ANALYSIS  AND PHENOMENOLOGY:

Some of the terms are shown below to give random glimpses into these similarities:

1.Id&pasam

2.-Ego:pasu

3.-Superego:pathi

4.-Anavam:affect,emotions,mood,narcissism…

5.-Kanmam:psychomotor activity,goal directed actions, conations..

6.-Mayam:cognition, thought process, higher mental fuctions, primary mental functions..

7.-Avan:father, father god,siva..

8.-Aval:mother, mother god, sakthi..

9.-Adhu:child, hermaphrodite,inanimate, world as a whole..( though traditional explanation of ADHU  is for inanimate objects, for the sake of psychodynamic explanation it is exchanged with the child)

10-Iruvinai oppu:oral stage of the child

11.-Mala paribaham:anal stage of the child

12.-Sakthinibatham:oedipal stage (phallic) stage of the child.

13.-Sakkiram:conscious, alert state, wakeful state..

14.-Sopanam:sleep+dream state (REM sleep-rapid eye movement sleep. Also called as paradoxical sleep when the eyes move horizontally and the body parts are in relaxed state. The sleep is superficial and the dreams are very concrete.the dream is clearly recollected by the person. Normally 25% of the sleep is in this state)

15.-Suzhuthi: deep sleep (NREMsleep- non rapid eye movement sleep. The body and muscles are in tense state. Sleep is deeper. Dreams are abstract and surreal. Often the dream is not recollected by the person)

16.-Dhooriam:dissociative states( loss of association between the identity,memory and orientation in the person’s mental state. Also known as hysterical conversion reaction in lay terms)

17.-Suddha avathai: psychological distress with good insight

18.-Sakala avathais: psychological distress with part insight

19.-Kevala avathais: psychological distress with poor insight

20.-Melal avathais:autonomic arousal with head and neck symptoms[i]

21.-Mathial avathais:autonomic arousal with chest symptoms

22.-Keezhal avthais:abdomen and genitalia symptoms due to ANS  arousal.

23.-Anathi state: borderline state( border line personality type- lack of inner self, fragile ego, self destructive behaviours, frequently changing values)

24.-Anava state :narcissism state( grandiosity, lack of empathy for others and sense of entitlement)

25.-Lingam:conscious (? Supraconscious, transcendentalism?)

26.-Nandi:part conscious,preconsconscious and part unconscious.

27.-Palipeedam:unconscious

28.-Malam: Freudian feces, childhood conflict with mother, psychological state where there is struggle for autonomy from mother.

29.-Mala paribaham: elimination vs. retention (anal function) in the children between the ages of 2-3. Struggle for taking some and reject some from the mother.

30.-Kalai states: defense mechanisms of the mind,prognosticators of the mental morbidity..

31.-Vignana kalar:  mayam only-defenses that use higher mental functions (e-g:intellectualization)-best prognosis

32.-Pralaya kalar:  anavam+kanmam-better prognosis

33.-Sakalar: consists anavam+kanmam+mayam-poor prognosis

34.-Rajo,thamo,sathva:  these GUNA are anolagous to personality traits. “Thamo” standing for poor adjustment. Sathva” for good adjustment. Rajo” can be in between. More a social diagnosis or description than a psychological one .

 

 

 

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[i] [i] Autonomic nervous system( ANS) controls the bodily organs like heart,respiratory system, alimentary system, urinary and genitalia organs. Psychological distress leads to ANS arousal and disturbances in the organ functions