A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Amrta
This page describes Amrta which is located on page 101 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 “Amrta” according to 118 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) [by H. H. Wilson]
apama somam amrita abhumaganma jyotir avidama devan | kim nunam asman krinavad aratih kim u dhurtir amrita martyasya || English translation: “We drink the Soma, may we become immortal; we have attained the light of (heaven), we have knownthe gods; what now could the enemy do to us, or what, O immortal, should the aggriever do to the mortal?”...
Read full contents: Rig Veda 8.48.3
Sanatkumara Samhita
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:त्वया यत् पच्यते देवि तद्-अन्नं मद्-अनुग्रहात्मिष्टं स्वाद्व्-आमृत-स्पर्धि भोक्तुर् आयुष्-करं तथा tvaya yat pacyate devi tad-annam mad-anugrahat mishtam svadv-amrita-spardhi bhoktur ayush-karam tatha Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents: tvaya—by You; yat—what; pacyate—is cooked; devi—O goddess; tad- annam—that food; mad-anugrahat—by my mercy; mishtam—delicious; svadu-amrita-spardhi—defeating nectar; bhoktuh—of the eater; ayush-karam—increasing the life;...
Read full contents: verse 209
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) [by Geetika Kaw Kher]
According to the natha texts moon (soma) is the drug of immortality (amrta) which resides in the Sahasrara or cerebral region of the body. In a normal human being this amrta dropped from Soma is consumed by sun which resides in the navel region through a serpent like channel. The face of this channel from where the amrta is dropped is designated as 10th door....
Read full contents: Sahajayana and the point of overlap
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