("awareness, consciousness") Pure Awareness, or the transcendental Consciousness beyond all thought; the eternal witness (See also atman, purusha, drastr )
In reference books, op. cit. is used after an author's name to refer to a book of theirs which has already been mentioned. quoted in Iyer, op. cit., p. 332. opere citato (in the work cited). an abbreviation used in formal writing to refer to a book that has been mentioned before