The Yogic Concept of Mind
As per sage Patanjali, arresting of the Citta, or the personality complex, which is made up of 17 components is Yoga, Mind is one of these components which make up the Citta. Out of the seventeen components twelve have already been mentioned in the description on the evolution of prakriti in the beginning of this article ( ahamkara, five senses of cognition, five instruments of action, and the Mind), the remaining five are subdivision of prana, the bio motor force, ( prana, samana, apana, udana, and vyana). In fact any activity, including the activities of the Citta can only take place in the presence of prana – the driving force behind any action in the universe. Mind is web of information that the sense organs, as present in the gross body, gather by there contact with the objects of the external world.