Pranamaya, Prāṇamaya: 11 definitions
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Pranamaya 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
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: ISKCON Press: GlossaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय, “consciousness”).—Absorbed in maintaining one's bodily existence.
Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)Prāṇamaya (प्राणमय) refers to “the second of the five stages of consciousness in which one per-ceives life in terms of preservation (13.5)”. (cf. Glossary page from Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: Siva Gita A Critical StudyPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय) or Prāṇamayakośa refers to the “sheath composed of prāṇa or vital force” and represents one of the five philosophical kośas (“sheaths”) through which the soul functions simultaneously in the various planes or levels of existence.—Prāṇamaya-kośa is the prāṇic or health body, or the etheric body or etheric double, co-existing within the physical body as its source of life, breath and vitality, and is its connection with the astral body. Prāṇa moves in the prāṇamaya-kośa as five primary currents or vāyus, “vital airs or winds”. Prāṇamaya-kośa disintegrates at death along with the physical body.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय).—a. Living, breathing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) Living, breathing, endowed with breath or life. E. prāṇa and mayaṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय).—[prāṇa + maya], adj., f. yī, Consisting in breath or life.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय).—[adjective] consisting of breath, breathing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय):—[=prāṇa-maya] [from prāṇa > prān] mf(ī)n. consisting of v° air or breath, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrāṇamaya (प्राणमय):—[prāṇa-maya] (yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) a. Full of life.
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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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Starts with: Pranamayakosha, Pranamayati.
Full-text: Pranamayakosha, Kosha, Annamaya, Manomayakosha, Piranamayakocam, Annarasamaya, Sukshmasharira, Aghora, Pancakosha, Vijnanamayakosha, Annamayakosha, Anandamayakosha, Vanmaya, Temple, Human body, Panch, Panca.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.273 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.283 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.284 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.33 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Taittiriya Upanishad (by A. Mahadeva Sastri)
Chapter XII - Prāṇamaya-kośa < [A - Brahmavidyā expounded]
Chapter XI - Brahman the Self < [B - Brahmavidyā Explained]
Chapter XIII - Manomaya-kośa < [A - Brahmavidyā expounded]
Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)
Sutra 1.1.14 < [First Adhyaya, First Pada]
Sutra 1.1.13 < [First Adhyaya, First Pada]
Nor do Smriti and Purana teach such a doctrine < [First Adhyaya, First Pada]
Samkhya thoughts in the Mahabharata (by Shini M.V.)
The doctrine of Kośas (five sheaths) < [Chapter 3 - The Philosophical Tenets in the Śānti-parva]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)