A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Kosa
This page describes Kosa which is located on page 188 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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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa [by Dhrubajit Sarma]
Sanskrit kosha texts. The Sanskrit kosha texts or the Sanskrit lexicography has an ancient origin. The kosha or kosha also means thesaurus. It is an abridgement of abhidhanakosha or the treasure of words. It is used to mean dictionary or lexicon. Other terms employed to designate kosha are namamala i.e. garland of nouns or namaparayana i.e. complete list of nouns. Again, Sanskrit poeticians take the kosha-kavya in a different sense also....
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Vivekachudamani [by Shankara]
Notes:[Modification of Nescience—The experience of the Sushupti state will be spoken of in the next Sloka to be the typical enjoyment of the Anandamaya Kosha. And deep sleep is always a state of intense ignorance. Hence this Sheath must be a modification of Nescience. Pleasure and the rest—The reference is to the Taittiriya Upanishad II. v., where Priya, Moda and Pramoda (various degrees of enjoyment) are said to be the attributes of the Anandamaya Kosha. ]...
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) [by A. Yamuna Devi]
Introduction (Kosha Literature–A Brief Survey). [Note: Amarasimha, in the Nanartha varga of his Amarakosha, arranges the words by their final endings; accordingly the word kosha is arranged among the ‘sha -antas. Kshirasvamin too prefers the word kosha....
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