chit-jada granthi

From the functional point of view, [...] the ego has one and only one characteristic. The ego functions as the knot between 
the Self which is Pure Consciousness and the physical body which is inert and insentient. The ego is therefore called the chit-jada granthi. In your investigation into the source of aham-vritti, you take the essential chit aspect of the ego; and for this reason the enquiry must lead to the realization of the pure consciousness of the Self.
-Maharshi's Gospel Chapter 6


Chit-jada-granthi: the knot between the Self, which is pure consciousness, and the body, which is insentient.
-from the Glossary of Maharshi's Gospel