Sahajananda, Sahajānanda: 7 definitions
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Sahajananda means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द) refers to “innate bliss”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.132.—Accordingly, “[The passage] ‘inasmuch as they are [somehow] manifest in the concept [representing them’ means the following]. [...] And ‘liberation,’ [apprehended] as consisting of an absolute fullness the essence of which is nothing but the plenitude of a bliss that is not brought about [because in fact it is] innate (sahajānanda), [...]—[all these] must belong to the realm of phenomena; otherwise such [things] as the fact that [they] can be desired, the search for the realization of this [desire], their determination [as having] this [particular] form and place, the practice in accordance with [this determination], etc., would [all] be impossible”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch1) Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द) refers to a possible author of the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with topics as absorption (laya), yogic powers (siddhi) and liberation, presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva.—The colophons of a south-Indian manuscript C3 ascribe the text to a Sahajānanda. [...] However, the addition of numerous verses which are not found in other south-Indian manuscripts, suggests that the redactor may have been Sahajānanda, who saw himself as the author of a new text. Nonetheless, the name is of little value in determining the author of the original work.
2) Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द) refers to the “bliss of the natural no-mind state”, according to the Amanaska Yoga.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Salutations to you, the guru, who are the embodiment of the bliss of the natural [no-mind] state (sahajānanda-rūpin) and whose nectar [in the form] of words, kills the delusion which is the poison of rebirth. [This] imperishable and untainted knowledge stimulates the [Yogin’s] nectar. [This] extraordinary no-mind [knowledge] is superior [to all other knowledge because it] bestows bliss. [...]”.
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).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Inner Kalacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the IndividualThe four types of Innate Bliss (sahajānanda) are part of the Sixteen Aspects (ṣoḍaśākārā) of Gnosis (jñāna) in terms of conventional reality.
- the innate bliss of the body (kāya-sahajānanda)
- the innate bliss of the mind (citta-sahajānanda)
- the innate bliss of speech (vāc-sahajānanda)
- the innate bliss of gnosis (jñāna-sahajānanda)
Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द) or “innate bliss” refers to one of the four faces of Cakrasaṃvara, according to the Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—Accordingly, [while describing the iconography of Cakrasaṃvara]: “In the Saṃvara Maṇḍala atop Mount Sumera within a vajra-canopy (vajrapañjara) there is a variegated lotus, on top of that a palace, in the middle of which is the Blessed Lord, standing in ālīḍhāsana, "archer's pose", on Bhairava and Kālirātrī, lying upon a solar-disc, atop the pericarp of the lotus, dark-blue with four faces [e.g., sahajānanda, "innate bliss"], which starting in the front (and going counter-clockwise) are dark-blue, green, red and yellow, each with trinetra, "three eyes", [...]”
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Svātmārāma (Haṭhapradīpikā).
2) Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द):—(?): Śikṣāpattrī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sahajānanda (सहजानन्द):—[=saha-jānanda] [from saha-ja > saha] m. Name of the founder of a Vaiṣṇava sect (also called Svāmi-nārāyaṇa, born about 1780 A.D.), [Religious Thought and Life in India 148; 149]
2) [v.s. ...] of an author (also da-tīrtha and -nātha), [Catalogue(s)]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sahaja, Ananda.
Starts with: Sahajanandanatha, Sahajanandarupin, Sahajanandatirtha.
Full-text: Svatmarama, Anandanandanatha, Shikshapattri, Kularahasya, Ananda, Sahajanandarupi, Sahaja, Hathapradipika, Tantraratna.
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Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
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4.4a. Grace to Pramāṇas: The Divine Birth on Earth < [Chapter 2 - Analysis on the Basis Of Epistemology]
7.2. What to Understand in Upāsanā < [Chapter 4 - Analysis on the Basis of Spiritual Endeavour]
Paduka-panchaka (the five-fold footstool) (by Arthur Avalon)
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
(i) Kāmākṣī < [58. (various)]
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)