In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Sphaṭikamaṇi (स्फटिकमणि) refers to a “crystal”, according to the Brahmānanda’s Jyotsnā (verse 4.6).—Accordingly, “Because of the transformation into the self’s form, of the mind [which is] situated in the self, the state of the self’s form [prevails], like [the transformation] of a crystal (sphaṭikamaṇi), situated near a China rose, into the form of a China rose”.

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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).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)

Sphaṭikamaṇi (स्फटिकमणि) refers to “(pure) crystals and gems”, according to the thirty-third chapter of the Saṃvarodayatantra: a Buddhist explanatory Tantra of the Cakrasaṃvara cycle.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind meditation: “[...] Free from meditation and concentration and beyond [both] Yoga and reasoning, he leads people to absorption in ‘suchness’, when the mind becomes steady in awareness. Its form is like the sky, the dwelling place of the ether and like a pure crystal and gem (sphaṭikamaṇi), [it is] without beginning or end, unelaborated, beyond the senses, unchanging, without appearance, completely void, free of ills, the light of the world, the destruction of the bonds of existence, inexpressible by words and even beyond the sphere of the mind”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sphaṭikamaṇi (स्फटिकमणि).—m.,

Sphaṭikamaṇi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sphaṭika and maṇi (मणि). See also (synonyms): sphaṭikāśman, sphaṭikātmana.

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

Sphaṭikamaṇi (स्फटिकमणि).—[masculine] (& śilā [feminine]*) the same.

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

Sphaṭikamaṇi (स्फटिकमणि):—[=sphaṭika-maṇi] [from sphaṭika > sphaṭ] m. crystal, [Prabodha-candrodaya]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sphaṭikamaṇi (ಸ್ಫಟಿಕಮಣಿ):—[noun] = ಸ್ಫಟಿಕ - [sphatika -] 2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sphatika, Mani.

Starts with: Sphatikamanigriha, Sphatikamanishila, Sphatikamanivat.

Full-text: Sphatikamanishila, Sphatikamanivat, Sphatikamanigriha, Sphatika, Sphatikashman, Sphatikatmana.

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