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'''Chit''' ({{lang-sa2|चित्}}) is a [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] word meaning [[awareness]] or [[consciousness]],<ref name="Maharishi">[http://www.bienfaits-meditation.com/en/maharishi/videos/sat-cit-ananda Maharishi's Teaching, ''Meaning of the word “Satcitananda” (Sat Chit Ananda)'']</ref> "true awareness"{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}, "to be aware of",<ref name="SDchit">[http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&beginning=0+&tinput=+chit&trans=Translate&direction=AU Sanskrit Dictionary, ''chit'']{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> "to understand",<ref name="SDchit" /> "to comprehend".<ref name="SDchit" /> It is a core principle in all ancient spiritual traditions originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]]. In [[Upanishads]] it is referred to as ''the Drishta'' or ''the Seer'', the Sense that makes sense of all other sense experiences. Chit is one of the three aspects forming the [[Satcitananda]] nature of the Absolute, according to the [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[Shastra|scriptures]].