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World 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.
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe World can be denoted by the Sanskrit term Viśva, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] By means of an absorption for half a day, the light of his own self shines. Just like the sun shines forth with its [own] rays of light, the Yogin shines forth [and illuminates] the world (viśva). [...]”.
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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Starts with: World Honored One, World Honoured One, World of brahma, World of desire, World of form, World of formlessness, World of transmigration, World Period, Worldling, Worldly, Worldly reward.
Ends with: Brahma World, End of the world, External World, Human Realm, Immaterial World, Light of the world, Material World, Mundane world, Netherworld, Saha world, Subterranean realm, Three worlds, Underworld, Weight of the earth, Wonder of the world, World of desire, World of form, World of formlessness.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 231 - Durvāsas Curses Indra < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 8 - Prelude to the Churning of Ocean < [Section 4 - Brahma-khaṇḍa (Section on Brahman)]
Chapter 240 - Viṣṇu Incarnates as Vāmana < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 1 - Beneath the worlds < [Chapter 8]
Chapter 3: On the worlds (pṛthivī) < [Book 2]
Part 5 - On heretical tenets < [Chapter 6]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
IV, 3, 8 < [Fourth Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
III, 3, 16 < [Third Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
IV, 1, 6 < [Fourth Adhyāya, First Pāda]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto XCI - The Devī-Māhātmya: The Eulogy of the Goddess
Canto LXXXIV - The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXX - The words of the creator of worlds in the mundane stone < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter CLXXVI - Brahma gita: account of brahmanda or mundane system < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XVIII - Description of the universal sphere < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
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