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Matted lock 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 BirchMatted Lock are denoted by the Sanskrit term Jaṭā, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Putting on ochre garments, carrying a skull, plucking out clumps of hair, maintaining non-vedic religious observances, ashes, ascetic clothing and matted locks (jaṭā), behaving as if mad, [the ascetic practice of] nakedness, [studying] the Vedas, Tantras and so on and the meeting [of learned people] for [reciting] poetry in the assembly: All [this] is exertion for the sake of filling one's stomach and is not the cause of the highest good. [...]”.
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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Full-text (+181): Jata, Jatalya, Kapartti, Kaparttam, Sundarar, Kesava, Puricatai, Piraveni, Kankataran, Jatajuta, Kankaiperron, Jatabhara, Cataippinnal, Bhasma, Virabhadra, Nilcataiyon, Muti-cataimunivan, Turccati, Ardhajata, Jatadhara.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 5 - Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice < [Book 4 - Fourth Skandha]
Chapter 4 - Liberation of the Lord of Elephants < [Book 8 - Eighth Skandha]
Chapter 4 - Satī’s Self-immolation by Yoga < [Book 4 - Fourth Skandha]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Odisha State Museum, Bhubaneswar < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Jagannatha Temple at Dolamundai, Cuttack Town < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Jaina Antiquities at Panchagaon (Khordha) < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.109 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.3.50 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 3.4.8 < [Section 4 - Fourth Tiruvaymoli (Pukalum nal oruvan)]
Pasuram 7.5.7 < [Section 5 - Fifth Tiruvaymoli (Karpar-irama-piranai)]
Pasuram 10.4.6 < [Section 4 - Fourth Tiruvaymoli (Carve tavanori)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.128 < [Section XIV - Expiation for the killing of a Kṣatriya, or a Vaiśya or a Śūdra]
Verse 6.6 < [Section III - Details of the Hermit’s Life]
Verse 7.153 < [Section XII - Daily Routine of Work]
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