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Manomaya means composed of manas or mind. The mind, along with the five sensory organs, is said to constitute the manomaya kosa. The manomaya kosa, or "mind-sheath" is said more truly to approximate to personhood than annamaya kosa and pranamaya kosha. It is the cause of diversity, of I and mine.
According to three bodies doctrine in Hinduism, the human being is composed of three shariras or "bodies" emanating from Brahman by avidya, "ignorance" or "nescience". They are often equated with the five koshas (sheaths), which cover the atman.
In Advaita Vedanta the Anandamaya kosha is the innermost of the five koshas or "sheaths" that veil the Atman or Supreme Self. Unlike the next three more outer koshas, it constitutes the karana sarira or causal body. It is associated with the state of dreamless sleep and samadhi.
The fifth anuvaka of Ananda Valli states that the "manomaya kosha" (thought, will, wish) envelops a deeper more profound layer of existence, which is the "vijnana-maya kosha" (knowledge, ethics, reason). This is the realm of knowledge observed in all human beings.
He states that "right knowledge arises at the moment of hearing," [33] and rejects prasamcaksa or prasamkhyana meditation, that is, meditation on the meaning of the sentences, and in Up.II.3 recommends parisamkhyana, [283] separating Atman from everything that is not Atman, that is, the sense-objects and sense-organs, and the pleasant and ...
The second is Pranamaya kosha, symbolizing the sheath of vital force or prana (breath). [5] The third is Manomaya kosha, symbolizing the sheath of the thoughts, the mana. [5] The fourth is the Vijnanamaya kosha, symbolizing, the sheath of the intellect. [5] The fifth and innermost is the Anandamaya kosha, symbolizing the sheath of bliss. [5]
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The subtle body is sometimes known as manomaya-kāya, the “body made of mind” and is the means for synchronising the body and the mind, particularly during meditation. [24] The subtle body consists of thousands of subtle energy channels , which are conduits for energies or "winds" (lung or prana) and converge at chakras. [22]