A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Abhangas
This page describes Abhangas which is located on page 1 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Abhangas” according to 7 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana [by Gaurapada Dasa]
And abhanga-shlesha is only artha-shlesha because, owing to an absence of a difference of words at that time, there is a union of two meanings, by the model that two eggplants come from the same plant. ” That is not true, by the axiom that words which sound the same are different when there is a difference in meaning (therefore abhanga-shlesha as well is shabda-shlesha), since only sound is the main thing in being a cause of the perception of amazingness (therefore shabda-shlesha rightly is an ornament of sound...
Read full contents: Text 9.35
Sanatkumara Samhita
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:अभङ्ग-मर्दनं कृत्वा दासैः संस्नापितो मुदाधौत-वस्त्र-धरः स्रग्वी चन्दनाक्त-कलेवरः abhanga-mardanam kritva dasaih samsnapito muda dhauta-vastra-dharah sragvi candanakta-kalevarah Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents: abhanga-mardanam—massage; kritva—doing; dasaih—by servants; samsnapitah—bathed; muda—happily; dhauta-vastra-dharah—wearing clean garments; sragvi—garlanded; candanakta-kalevarah—anointed with sandal paste....
Read full contents: verse 213
Manasara (English translation) [by Prasanna Kumar Acharya]
The distance between the two eyes of the ankles in that (abhanga) pose should be three parts. 111. The distance between the two knees should be discreetly made eight parts. 112. The distance between the root of the two thighs should be two and a half parts. 113. The distance between the tip of the two largest toes should be twelve parts. 114. The measures of the interspace in the abhanga pose are thus described; those of the samabhanga pose will be stated here (below). 115....
Read full contents: Chapter 67 - The measures along the plumb lines (pralamba-lakshana)
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