Indriyavarga, Indriya-varga: 5 definitions

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Indriyavarga 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)

[«previous next»] — Indriyavarga in Yoga glossary
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Indriyavarga (इन्द्रियवर्ग) refers to “all the sense faculties”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Mind and breath always combine like water and milk, and [their] activity is similar. Therefore, as long as there is mind, there is activity of breath, and as long as there is breath, there is activity of mind. In that case, when one disappears, the other disappears and when one is active, the other is active. And when both are unimpaired, there is awareness of all the sense faculties (indriyavarga). When both have perished, there is the attainment of the state of liberation”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Indriyavarga in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Indriyavarga (इन्द्रियवर्ग).—the assemblage or collection of organs, the five organs of sense taken collectively; बलवानिन्द्रियग्रामो विद्वांसमपि कर्षति (balavānindriyagrāmo vidvāṃsamapi karṣati) Manusmṛti 2.215, 1,175; निर्ववार मधुनीन्द्रियवर्गः (nirvavāra madhunīndriyavargaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.3.

Derivable forms: indriyavargaḥ (इन्द्रियवर्गः).

Indriyavarga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indriya and varga (वर्ग). See also (synonyms): indriyagrāma.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Indriyavarga (इन्द्रियवर्ग).—m.

(-rgaḥ) the organs of sense collectively. E. indriya and varga a class.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Indriyavarga (इन्द्रियवर्ग):—[=indriya-varga] [from indriya > indra] m. the assemblage of organs, the organs of sense collectively.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Indriyavarga (इन्द्रियवर्ग):—[indriya-varga] (rgaḥ) 1. m. The senses.

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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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