Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition)
author: B. N. K. Sharma
edition: 2008, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1835
ISBN-10: 8121500354
ISBN-13: 9788121500357
Topic: Hindu-philosophy
Elements of which the physical body is composed
This chapter describes Elements of which the physical body is composed located on page 359 of volume 2 in the book Brahma Sutras (Critical Exposition) compiled by B. N. K. Sharma. This book contains a Critical Exposition of the Brahmasutras of Badarayana including a thorough research on the commentaries of Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva. The Vedanta Sutras represent an important treatise of Indian Philosophy teaching Vedic concepts as found in the Upanishads..
Sanskrit name of chapter: mamsadhikaranam or mamsadhikarana (mamsa-adhikarana / adhikaranam). This edition includes the original Sanskrit text, an English translation, references to commentaries, detailled footnotes, IAST transliterated words and a large index.
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The Concept of Sharira as Prameya [by Elizabeth T. Jones]
Air is an element of the body because the body inhales and exhales air. The third opponent holds that the human body is constituted by all the five elements. The four elements and akasha make the human body porous. Gautama had not attempted to reply to these three different forms of theories. Gautama concludes by citing scriptural authority....
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita [by Asokan. G]
In Sushruta also the gross elements are known by specific names as earth, water, fire, air and akasha on the basis of the predominance of the subtle element in the gross element. The Vedantins proposes an arithmetical formula in the process of mutual involvement of the “simple subtle physical elements” (apancikkrtabhuta/tanmatra). According to them gross elements are produced by the combination of the subtle elements particularly possesed of the ingredient tamas....
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Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
The elements, mingling with their counterparts in the body, increase and grow. Water, fire, wind are always awake in the bodies of living creatures. They are the roots of the body. Pervading the five life-breaths (already mentioned) they reside in the body....
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