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Letters on Himself and the Ashram

The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo. Volume 35

His Life and Attempts to Write about It
The Terminology of His Writings

Psychic Being [1]

I have translated the words “psychic being” as jīva but I was doubtful whether jīva conveys the idea of the psychic being.

How can jīva = psychic being? Ask X for the proper word — if there is any.

15 June 1931