Vaisvanara (Hinduism)

The first "quarter" or condition of the self or [Atman]

according to the Mandukya Upanishad, that which is common to all, enjoying material objects through the organs of sense, the motor organs, the pranas and the aspects of mind; its field the waking (outwardly cognitive) state. It is associated with the syllable "A" of the mystic word "AUM".