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Wakefulness 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
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchWakefulness is denoted by the Sanskrit term Jāgaraṇa, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] People who belong to the mundane world experience sleep and wakefulness (jāgaraṇa), [whereas] the Yogins who have realized the highest reality do not wake and do not sleep. In sleep, a portion of consciousness is lost and in wakefulness, there is grasping at sense objects. The wise know that there is an inner reality beyond sleep and wakefulness. [...]”.
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).
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Full-text (+67): Jagara, Jagarya, Jagradavastha, Yoginidra, Vinidratva, Prabodha, Jagriti, Jagala, Jagarana, Ujagara, Jagridavastha, Jagriya, Pratijagara, Jagga, Jagaruka, Cakkiratai, Jagarti, Vinidrata, Tankalanem, Jagararpa Sutta.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.17.21 < [Chapter 17 - The Gopis Describe Their Remembrance of Sri Krsna]
Verse 4.19.80 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Part 14 - Macrocosmic and Microcosmic body < [Philosophy of Kashmir Tantric System]
Part 15 - Fifteen states formed by Jāgrat, Svapna, Suṣupti and Turīya < [Philosophy of Kashmir Tantric System]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCLXXV < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Section XXXVII < [Anugita Parva]
Section CCLXXX < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.14.85 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Verse 2.17.19 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvīpa and Descriptions of the Devotees’ Glories]
Verse 2.10.236 < [Chapter 10 - Conclusion of the Lord’s Mahā-prakāśa Pastimes]
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
5.2. Three states of Ātman < [Chapter 6 - Śiva as Brahman in Śaiva Upaniṣads]