Talumula, Tālumūla, Talu-mula: 3 definitions
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Talumula 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.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchŪrdhvabhāga (ऊर्ध्वभाग) refers to the “root of the palate”, according to the Advayatārakopaniṣad: an eighteenth-century Yoga Upaniṣad.—Accordingly: “The higher [yoga] which is without [mental] limitations is called Amanaska. A great ray of light exists in the region above the root of the palate (tālumūla-ūrdhvabhāga). Yogins should meditate on it. By doing so, the [eight] Siddhis beginning with minimization [are attain]”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTālumūla (तालुमूल).—the root or back-part of the palate.
Derivable forms: tālumūlam (तालुमूलम्).
Tālumūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tālu and mūla (मूल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTālumūla (तालुमूल):—[=tālu-mūla] [from tālu] n. the root of the palate, [ii, 16, 39].
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Urdhvabhaga, Bala.
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