Manomayakosha, Manomayakośa, Manomaya-kosha, Manomayakoṣa: 9 definitions
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Manomayakosha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Manomayakośa and Manomayakoṣa can be transliterated into English as Manomayakosa or Manomayakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: Siva Gita A Critical StudyManomayakośa (मनोमयकोश) or simply Manomaya refers to the “mind-formed sheath” and represents one of the five philosophical kośas (“sheaths”) through which the soul functions simultaneously in the various planes or levels of existence.—Manomayakośa is the lower astral body, from manas, “thought, will, wish”. The instinctive-intellectual sheath of ordinary thought, desire and emotion. The manomayakośa takes form as the physical body develops and is discarded in the inner worlds before rebirth.
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: HinduismManomaya means composed of manas or mind. The mind (manas) along with the five sensory organs is said to constitute the manomaya kosa. The manomaya kosa, or “mind-sheath” is said more truly to approximate to personhood than annamaya kosa and pranamaya kosha. It is the cause of diversity, of I and mine. Sankara likens it to clouds that are brought in by the wind and again driven away by the same agency. Similarly, man’s bondage is caused by the mind, and liberation, too, is caused by that alone.
(Manomaya kosha is one of the five coverings of the Atman (kośa), or Self according to Vedantic philosophy)
Source: MahaVastu: HinduismManomaya Kosha is the domain of functions of the human mind. This is the central layer among the 5 Kosha. The function of this Kosha is primarily to receive information through 5 senses and process that information for manifestation of core purpose. Manomaya Kosha has 3 layers as recognized by contemporary psychology. They are conscious mind, sub-conscious and super conscious state of mind. In Medical Science these states are studied in brain wave theory and known as Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta states of brain activity. Through Yogic or Tantric meditations, awareness is expanded to Alpha, Theta and Delta brain wave patterns, where an ordinary human being falls asleep, that's when Alpha waves are activated in the brain.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Ananda Marga: Realsm of the MindThe Subtle Mind is called the Manomaya Kosa. Man means "to think", and it is this layer of mind which gives the experience of pleasure and pain through thought, memory and dreams. This kosa is developed naturally through physical clash, and in Ananda Marga sadhana by pranayama with cosmic ideation.
India history and geography
Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of KeralaManomayakośa (मनोमयकोश) refers to the “mental 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 Dictionarymanōmayakōśa (मनोमयकोश).—m S The third of the five kōśa or investments of the caitanya; viz. the principle in which inheres the consciousness of individuality (existence distinct from brahma) and the sense of property; the mind which affirms its personality and its proprietorship over its body and certain other externals. See pañcakōśa.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryManomayakośa (मनोमयकोश) or Manomayakoṣa (मनोमयकोष).—the second of the five vestures or sheaths which are supposed to enshrine the soul.
Derivable forms: manomayakośaḥ (मनोमयकोशः), manomayakoṣaḥ (मनोमयकोषः).
Manomayakośa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms manomaya and kośa (कोश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryManomayakośa (मनोमयकोश).—m.
(-śaḥ) The second of the five sheaths in which the soul is encased, (in Vedanta Phil.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryManomayakośa (मनोमयकोश):—[=mano-maya-kośa] [from mano-maya > mano > man] m. the mental sheath (the 2nd of the subtle sheaths in which the soul is encased), [Vedāntasāra]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kosha, Manomaya, Koca.
Full-text: Kosha, Pancakosha, Manomaya, Anandamayakosha, Sadyojata, Annamayakosha, Vijnanamayakosha, Pranamayakosha, Temple, Human body, Pancaprakara, Panch, Panca.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
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