Anandamayakosha, Ānandamayakośa, Anandamaya-kosha, Anamdamayakosha: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ānandamayakośa can be transliterated into English as Anandamayakosa or Anandamayakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: Siva Gita A Critical StudyĀnandamayakośa (आनन्दमयकोश) or simply Ānandamaya refers to the “body of bliss” and represents one of the five philosophical kośas (“sheaths”) through which the soul functions simultaneously in the various planes or levels of existence.—Ānandamayakośa is the intuitive-superconscious sheath or actinic-causal body. The inmost soul form (svarūpa), the ultimate foundation of life, intelligence and higher faculties. Its essence is Parāśakti (pure consciousness) and Paraśiva (the Absolute). It is the soul itself, a body of light, also called kāraṇa śarīra, a causal body, and karmāśaya, the holder of karmas of this and all past lives.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismAnandamaya means composed of ananda, or bliss.
1) In the Upanishads the sheath is known also as the causal body. In deep sleep, when the mind and senses cease functioning, it still stands between the finite world and the self. Anandamaya, or that which is composed of Supreme bliss, is regarded as the innermost of all. The bliss sheath normally has its fullest play during deep sleep: while in the dreaming and wakeful states, it has only a partial manifestation. The blissful sheath (anandamaya kosha) is a reflection of the Atman which is truth, beauty, bliss absolute.
2) In Advaita Vedanta the Ānandamaya kośa 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.
3) The Indian Theosophist T. Subba Row correlated the five koshas with Blavatsky's septenary principle. The Anandamaya-kosa (sheath of bliss or Karanopadhi - causal body) is here associated with the Spiritual Soul or Buddhi principle (the sixth of the seven principles)
4) In the teachings of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Himalayan Academy), the Anandamaya kosha is not a sheath in the same sense as the four outer koshas, but rather constitutes the soul itself, a body of light. As well as being the Causal body and the repository of karma, it is also the Karana chitta, the "causal mind" or superconscious mind, of which Parashakti (or Satchidananda) is the substratum. This Anandamaya kosha evolves through all incarnations until finally merging in the Primal Soul, Parameshvara. It then becomes Sivamayakosha, the body of Siva.
Source: MahaVastu: HinduismAnandamaya Kosha is part consciousness (Atma) carrying the core desire with a purpose to manifest and experience joy. This innermost core body of one's being has a pure part of Universal Consciousness (Parma Atma) experienced as eternal joy or bliss. Other functions of this Kosha (body) are co-creation like the Creator himself, peak experiences of super consciousness and sexual ecstasy (beyond normal sexual pleasures).
India history and geography
Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of KeralaAnandamayakośa (अनन्दमयकोश) refers to the “bliss sheath” and represents one of the Pañcakośa or “five sheaths” of the Human Body which corresponds to the Pañcaprākāra (five enclosures) of the Temple.—The five sheaths are: the physical sheath (annamaya-kośa), the vital body sheath (prāṇamaya-kośa), the mental sheath (manomaya-kośa), the intellectual sheath (vijñānamaya-kośa), and the bliss sheath (anandamaya-kośa). These five sheaths represent the physical body of the deity on the horizontal plane.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryānandamayakōśa (आनंदमयकोश).—m S The fifth of the five kōśa (Obstructing cases or coverings of the Spirit or Divine particle); viz. Sensibility to contemplate its good works, and susceptibility of satisfaction or complacency from the contemplation; proneness to ascribe to itself its virtue and goodness, and to rejoice therein. With this kōśa agrees the dēha called kāraṇadēha or avidyā, as with prāṇamayakōśa, manōmayakōśa & vijñānakōśa collectively agrees sūkṣmaśarīra or liṅgadēha, and with annamayakōśa agrees sthūladēha.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishānandamaya-kōśa (आनंदमय-कोश).—m The fifth of the five coverings of the Spirit; viz. Sensi- bility to contemplate its goodness and derive satisfaction from such contemplation.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀnandamayakoṣa (आनन्दमयकोष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) The innermost case of the body, or cansal frame enshrining the soul. E. ānandamaya and koṣa sheath.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀnandamayakoṣa (आनन्दमयकोष):—[=ā-nanda-maya-koṣa] [from ānanda-maya > ā-nanda > ā-nand] m. the innermost case of the body, the causal frame enshrining the soul.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀnandamayakoṣa (आनन्दमयकोष):—[ānandamaya-koṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. The case enshrining the soul.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀnaṃdamayakōśa (ಆನಂದಮಯಕೋಶ):—[noun] (myst.) the fifth of the five sheaths or vestures of the soul; the causal frame enshrining the soul; bliss-made sheath.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kosha, Anandamaya, Koca.
Full-text: Kosha, Anandamaya, Ishana, Pancakosha, Annamayakosha.
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