A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Yogamaya
This page describes Yogamaya which is located on page 638 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 “Yogamaya” according to 30 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
महा-विभूति–ग्रेअत् ओपुलेन्चे; शब्देन–ब्य् थे wओर्द्; योग–maha-vibhuti-shabdena yoga-shabdena ca kvacit | yogamayadi-shabdena ya kvacic ca nigadyate || 173 || maha-vibhuti–great opulence; shabdena–by the word; yoga–yoga; shabdena–by the word; ca–also; kvacit–sometimes; yoga-maya–by Yogamaya; adi–and so forth; shabdena–by the word; ya–who; kvacit–sometimes; ca–also; nigadyate–is spoken of. The Lord s shakti is known variously in different places by such names as maha-vibhuti, yoga, and Yogamaya....
Read full contents: Verse 2.4.173
The Bhagavata Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
equates Radha with yogamaya as follows: yogashya sambhogasya mayo manam paryaptir yasyam sa yoga-maya shri radha—SG “Radha in whom was the highest accomplishment of enjoyment”—SG Padaratnavali: exercising his own essential powers. Various conjectures are expressed by annotators why Lord Krishna exercised his yogic Maya Potency....
Read full contents: Notes regarding Radha and Yogamaya
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita [by Narayana Gosvami]
My yogamaya-shakti is inconceivable and consequently beyond comprehension. No amount of reasoning, however clever, will allow one to understand and measure the activities of yoga-maya. It is your duty to at least understand by intuitive knowledge that I, Bhagavan, endowed as I am with inconceivable potency, am not bound by any rules governing the mundane plane. By My mere will, all the entities of Vaikuntha can easily manifest their supremely pure forms in this material world....
Read full contents: Verse 4.6
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