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A kosha (also kosa; Sanskrit कोश, IAST: kośa), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the Atman, or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. The five sheaths, summarised with the term Panchakosha , are described in the Taittiriya Upanishad (2.1-5), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and they are often visualised as the layers of an onion. [ 3 ]
[citation needed] Shankara, not seeking a personal god, goes beyond Anandamaya Kosha in search of the transcendent Brahman. [3] The Indian tradition identifies it with the Anandamaya kosha, [web 1] and the deep sleep state, where buddhi becomes dormant and all concepts of time fail, although there are differences between these three descriptions.
Early concepts of the subtle body (Sanskrit: sūkṣma śarīra) appeared in the Upanishads, including the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad and the Katha Upanishad. [7]The Taittiriya Upanishad describes the theory of five koshas or sheaths, though these are not to be thought of as concentric layers, but interpenetrating at successive levels of subtlety: [8] [9]
A Panchayat office in Muhamma, Kerala. The Panchayat raj is a political system originating from the Indian subcontinent, primarily found in India and neighboring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. [1]
Muhamma Panchayat office, Kerala. Panchayati raj (council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India [1] as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities.
In yoga, Ayurveda, and Indian martial arts, prana (प्राण, prāṇa; the Sanskrit word for breath, "life force", or "vital principle") [1] permeates reality on all levels including inanimate objects. [2]
A Gupta era one-faced mukhalinga, Bhumara A four-faced mukhalinga, 10th century, Asian Art Museum. A mukhalinga or mukhalingam (Sanskrit: मुखलिङ्गम्, romanized: mukhaliṅga; literally "lingam with a face") is a lingam represented with one or more human faces in Hindu iconography. [1]
Pancha may refer to: Pancha (garment), an item of male clothing worn in South Asia; A clan of the Bharwad people of India; Pancha Carrasco (1826–1890), Costa Rica's ...