Advaita terminology

[Venkatraman.Chandrasekaran at NOKIA.COM]

> Jaladhar wrote:
> I meant the ego can exist without a physical body.  
> But of course the subtle body is still a body.

  Even when in coma or in deep sleep we say that there
is no ego. If this is the case how can ego exist in the
total absence of physical body with all its senses etc.,?
Please clarify.

  Thanks,
  chandrasekaran.