Shunyamanas, Śūnyamanas, Shunya-manas: 4 definitions
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Shunyamanas 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.
The Sanskrit term Śūnyamanas can be transliterated into English as Sunyamanas or Shunyamanas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchŚūnyamanas (शून्यमनस्) refers to “having made the mind a void”, according to the Kaulajñānanirṇaya 14.82-84.—Accordingly: “I shall talk about [a practice] higher than [the previous one]. Listen, O you who are venerated by the adepts. [The Yogin] should not contemplate water, fire, wind nor ether; not below, above [nor] in the space between [the two]. My dear, [by doing so, the Yogin] becomes [insentient] like a piece of wood [or] a clod of earth, when the no-mind state of mind arises, O beautiful one. Having made the mind a void (śūnyamanas) in the void, free of thought, he becomes one whose condition is unchanging”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚūnyamanas (शून्यमनस्).—a. absent-minded, listless.
Śūnyamanas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śūnya and manas (मनस्). See also (synonyms): śūnyamanaska.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūnyamanas (शून्यमनस्).—([abstract] tva [neuter]*) = śūnyacitta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚūnyamanas (शून्यमनस्):—[=śūnya-manas] [from śūnya > śū] mfn. = -citta, [Śāntiśataka]
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: Shunya, Manas.
Starts with: Shunyamanaska, Shunyamanassu.
Full-text: Shunyamanaska.
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