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Big toe means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchBig toe (meditation) (i.e., ‘meditating on the two big toes’) forms part of the various Teachings or Techniques (saṅketa) on Layayoga, according to the Dattātreyayogaśāstra verse 21-26.—Note: The Dattātreyayogaśāstra’s techniques (saṅketa) of Layayoga can be summarised as meditation on the void, gazing on the tip of the nose, meditating on the back of the head, gazing between the eyebrows, meditating on the forehead and brow, meditating on the two big toes and lying on the ground like a corpse.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Training of Elephants < [Chapter 3]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.4.22 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Notes on Āsana (postures) < [Notes]
Part 3: Story of the Yakṣa and painter < [Chapter VIII - Initiation of ṛṣabhadatta and devānandā]
Part 2: Birth of Mahāvīra < [Chapter II - Mahāvira’s birth and mendicancy]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 32 - The Twelve Saṃsāric Debts of the Buddha < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
The Story of Sāmaṇera Sangharakkhita < [Chapter 40 - The Buddha Declared the Seven Factors of Non-Decline for Rulers]
Part 5 - The Archery Display < [Chapter 2 - The Performance of the Ploughing Ceremony]
Prediction Based On Physical Traits Of Women < [Astrology In Garuda Purana]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)