A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Jnanendriyas
This page describes Jnanendriyas which is located on page 114 of the second 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 “Jnanendriyas” according to 10 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) [by Deepak bagadia]
five jnanendriyas, five karmendriya and five tanmatras. Citta here is thus a “mind stuff”, a medium through which an individual soul materializes his individual world, lives and evolves in the world until he has become perfected and united with the universal consciousness....
Read full contents: Part 4.2 - The concept of Citta
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
Shri Gopa-kumara might object, “But the eyes are a knowledgeacquiring sense (jnanendriya), so the joy of darshana can arise within them and be sustained by them.” Pippalayana responds, “Self-realized sages have ascertained that the bliss of Bhagavan s darshana is achieved by the mind, which is the perfect receptacle (maha-patra) for the happiness of that vision.” The term maha-patra, meaning ‘worthy receptacle or prime minister, is a double entendre....
Read full contents: Verse 2.2.94
Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) [by N. Veerappan]
Citta Satvic ahankara leads to jnanendriyas (five senses). Faculty of vision (eye). Faculty of audition (ear). Faculty of olfaction (nose) (smell). Faculty of ductatory function (tongue). Tactile sensory function (body) (touch). Here Shaiva Siddhantha advocates that immediate contactual relation is a precondition of experience at the sensual and intellectual levels....
Read full contents: Evolution of tattvas
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