Vasana is…
“Vasana: (Sanskrit) “Subconscious inclination.” From vas, “living, remaining.” The subliminal inclinations and habit patterns which, as driving forces, color and motivate one’s attitudes and future actions. Vasanas are the conglomerate results of subconscious impressions (samskaras) created through experience. Samskaras, experiential impressions, combine in the subconscious to form vasanas, which thereafter contribute to mental fluctuations, called vritti. The most complex and emotionally charged vasanas are found in the dimension of mind called the subsubconscious, or vasana chitta.”
from Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary on Vasana
“va⋅sa⋅na [vah-suh-nuh] /ˈvɑsənə/
–noun Yoga.
any subconscious force that affects character.
Origin:
< Skt vāsanā"
“Vasana means fragrance - the fragrance of what we have done and thought of. Whatever we do and whatever we think of, they all leave impressions on us, they pressurize us to repeat ourselves”
“A behavioural tendency is called a vAsanA in Sanskrit, literally meaning wishing or desiring but used in Advaita in the sense of the sub-conscious or latent tendencies in one’s nature that will have their way eventually, like it or not.”
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