Prajñānam Brahma

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Prajñānam Brahma (Skt., ‘consciousness is Brahman’). One of the five Hindu mahāvākyas (great precepts): ‘All that is is guided by prajñānam, is founded on prajñānam. Prajñānam is Brahman’ (Aitareya Upaniṣad 3. 5. 3).