A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Samprajnata
This page describes Samprajnata which is located on page 179 of the third 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 “Samprajnata” according to 15 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) [by Makarand Gopal Newalkar]
In Samprajnata all that is wrong and bad is dropped, whereas in Asamprajnata even all that which is right and good is also dropped. Taimni explains the difference between Samprajnata and Asamprajnata-Samadhi. In Samprajnata Samadhi is that with prajna. The prefix a in Sanskrit means ‘not i.e. Asamprajnata-Samadhi means ‘not the Samadhi with prajna as opposed to misunderstood way ‘ Samadhi without prajna . Prajna means higher consciousness working through all stages of mind....
Read full contents: Sutra 1.22
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) [by Rajendralala Mitra]
Even in the argumentative meditation all the four kinds exist potentially, and successively as each is abandoned the others remain, and all these four kinds are Conscious meditation, or that which has a distinct recognition, samprajnata-samadhi....
Read full contents: Sutra 1.17
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) [by Deepak bagadia]
Sage Patanjali has mentioned various samapattis as the higher level of spiritual practices under astamga-Yoga as explained earlier, mainly two types of samadhi (Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1. 17, 1. 18) in Samadhipada; they are samprajnata and anya (asamprajnata). Samprajnata Samadhi means samadhi with prajna . Prajna stands for higher state of consciousness working through the mind in all its stages....
Read full contents: Part 4.9 - Samadhi and Samapattis
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