Bondage: 7 definitions
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Bondage means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity, the history of ancient India. 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)
Bondage is denoted by the Sanskrit term Bandhana, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “I shall speak of the highest knowledge by which the highest reality becomes manifest and, as a result of which, all bondage (bandhana) beginning with the snare of hope is cut away. [...]”.
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).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Bondage refers to one the “thirty-two astrological lots” (sahamas), as discussed in the fourth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—The so-called lots (Sanskrit: sahamas; Arabic: sahm, translating κλῆρος) are derived by measuring the longitudinal distance between two predefined points in a horoscope (typically two planets) and projecting it from a third point (typically the ascendant degree). Of these 32 lots [e.g., Bondage], all but two are present in what has become the most widespread list of Tājika sahamas, compiled some three centuries later by Nīlakaṇṭha and comprising 50 items.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
India history and geography
Bondage and Salvation (of souls) were investigated by those pursuing the spiritual life in the Hermitages (or Ashrams) of ancient India, as vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 87.20-28: Here is a vivid description of the intellectual and spiritual life in the Aśrama of a Jaina Muni. Uddyotanasūri gives a list of twenty-one methods of study and discussions and approaches to the tenets of religion and philosophy, [e.g., deliberating about Bondage and Salvation of souls] [...]. Also see the description of the hermitage of Divākara Mitra described by Bāṇa in the Harṣacarita.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: The, The, Bondage, Te.
Starts with: Bondage of anger, Bondage of lust, Bonds of birth.
Full-text (+1136): Bandha, Bandhana, Karmabandha, Moksha, Mukti, Dakshinabandha, Chan wu ming, Vinibandha, Amoksha, Samsarapasha, Mukta, Samsarabhiru, Samsarabhirutva, Samsaranirvega, Jie fu, Chinnabhavanettisutta, Ditthibandhanabaddha, Bandhanivritti, Sthiti, Rinabandha.
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Search found 382 books and stories containing Bondage, Bondages, The bondage; (plurals include: Bondages, Bondageses, The bondages). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 3 - On bondage < [Chapter 8]
Part 3 - Bondage of life-span < [Chapter 8]
Part 2 - On karma bondage, etc., of infernal beings < [Chapter 2]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 7 - The Story of King Hariścandra < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
Chapter 5 - The Dialogue Between Vyāsa and Nārada < [Book 1 - First Skandha]
Chapter 13 - Discourse of Nārada < [Book 1 - First Skandha]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 9 - The holy rite of Pāśupata < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 80 - The holy Pāśupata rite (pāśupatavrata-māhātmya) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 35 - Defeat of Kṣupa < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXVIII - Inquiry into the nature of internal and external relations < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter XVII - On the extirpation of avarice < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter XI - Cause of the production of the world < [Book IV - Sthiti prakarana (sthiti prakarana)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 21 - Birth of Vālmīki < [Section 7 - Vaiśākhamāsa-māhātmya]
Chapter 262 - Jñāna-Yoga Explained < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 26 - Greatness of Gokarṇa Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Preface (research background) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Introduction (getting liberated from bondages) < [Chapter 6 - Means to Release]
Liberation of self in Shaiva Siddhanta < [Chapter 7 - Liberation]
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