Anahata, 础苍腻丑补迟补, An膩ha峁璦: 20 definitions
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: Chakras: Hinduism础苍腻丑补迟补 N膩da = unlimited, infinite sound. The 础苍腻丑补迟补 Chakra is one of the most beautiful and richest Chakras, and invites us to dwell longer in its inexhaustible treasures of delightful feelings and experiences. It is located in the region of the heart, in the centre of the chest, and this is why it is also known as the Heart Centre. And it is not without reason that the heart is regarded as the symbol of love, for the 础苍腻丑补迟补 Chakra is the seat of love.
The 础苍腻丑补迟补 Chakra is our inner temple in which the divine 膧tm膩, 鈥渢he flame of life鈥�, resides. Self-Realisation, also known as God-Realisation, involves the recognition of our own Self, the 膧tm膩. To show that something belongs to us or concerns us we spontaneously point to the centre of the chest, the site of the 础苍腻丑补迟补 Chakra. No-one points to the head, the stomach or any other part of the body. This shows clearly that we spontaneously identify ourselves with the 膧tm膩 within the heart centre.
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) refers to the 鈥渦nstruck sound鈥�, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.鈥擜ccordingly, as 莫艣vara says to V膩madeva: 鈥淸...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] By means of an absorption for two Palas (i.e., twelve breaths), a sound in the heart rises up. [The Yogin] should recognize it to be the unstruck sound (补苍腻丑补迟补) and should not fix his mind on it. [...]鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram1) 础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) refers to 鈥渦nstruck sound鈥� and represents one of the three kinds of Caitanya (鈥渃onsciousness鈥�), according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淐onsciousness (caitanya) is said to be (of three kinds) gross, very subtle and Unstruck Sound [i.e., 补苍腻丑补迟补]. The Body (辫颈峁囜笉补) made of these principles is the differentiated (sakala) (aspect) whose form is the ghost (which is the goddess's vehicle). Complete and made of the six parts (noted below), it is sustained by Pure Knowledge (艣耻诲诲丑补惫颈诲测腻). Above it is the measure (called) Sound (苍腻诲补尘腻迟谤腻), which is just a straight (line) (峁沯耻尘腻迟谤腻). [...]鈥�.
2) 础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) or 础苍腻丑补迟补dhvani refers to the 鈥渦nstruck sound鈥� symbolizing the energy of transcendental consciousness, according to K峁mar膩ja in his commentaries on the Netratantra and the Svacchandabhairavatantra, which is well known to the Kubjik膩 Tantras.鈥擲ound is the reflective awareness of the energy of transcendental consciousness, which, becoming conscious of itself, assumes the form of 鈥楿nstruck Sound鈥� (补苍腻丑补迟补-dhvani). It is not manifest as the individual phonemic energies of Speech, but is the phonemic energy (惫补谤峁嘺) of all these as the instrumental cause of their manifestation, and underlies them when they are manifest individually. As such it can be identified with the emissive power of consciousness (visarga), as yet unmanifest, that resides in the junction between transcendent 艢iva and his immanent energy. [...]
3) 础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) or 础苍腻丑补迟补cakra refers one of the 鈥渟ixteen stations of the ascent of 办耻峁囜笉补濒颈苍墨鈥� according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] (4) One should think of the Wheel of Unstruck Sound [i.e., 补苍腻丑补迟补-cakra] above that (in the heart) as white and red. In the middle of that is the Great Sound (尘补丑腻谤腻惫补), the most excellent Heart of the Yogin墨, which is said to be dark blue, and red. [...] (Perfect) contemplation (蝉补尘腻诲丑颈) is with (these) sixteen aspects and is (attained) within the form of the sixfold deposition (峁岣峢腻苍测腻蝉补). He who knows this is (a veritable) Lord of Yogis, the others (who do not) are (just) quoting from books. Once attained the plane that is Void and Non-void, the yogi is freed from bondage鈥�.
Cf. 础苍腻丑补迟补tattva (lit. 鈥減rinciple of unstruck sound鈥�), which is the ninth station of the ascent of 办耻峁囜笉补濒颈苍墨.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) refers to the 鈥渦nstruck (active ideation)鈥�, according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of K峁mar膩ja: a 艢aiva text from the 9th century in which 艢iva (Bhairava) teaches P膩rvat墨 topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.鈥擜ccordingly, [verse 22.14]鈥斺�淧ra峁嘺va is the universal pulse or throb that is unstruck (补苍腻丑补迟补), active ideation (verbalization that is not the result of contact with organs) which is like kalpa, the first acceptance of the cognition and action of all that is to be known and done for all living beings, because there could be no knowing and no doing without [辫谤补峁嘺惫补]. [...]鈥�.
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shai)础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) or 础苍腻丑补迟补cakra refers to one of the topics discussed in the 惭补丑腻尘辞办峁-罢补苍迟谤补, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue 鈥淣otices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)鈥� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.鈥擳he Mah膩mok峁tantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 艣lokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.鈥� The catalogue includes the term鈥敶〔阅宄蟛钩俨�-cakra-vivara峁嘺 in its 鈥榮ubject-matter list鈥� or Vi峁ya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads鈥�57 艣e pa峁璦le,鈥摬共阅宄蟛钩俨筩akravivara峁嘺m.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Gitashastra (science of music)
: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (gita)础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�) refers to 鈥渟ound perceived in a mystic state鈥� or 鈥渟ounds which from the sky (ether)鈥� and represents one of the two divisions of N膩da (the other being 腻丑补迟补), according to the Sa峁単墨t膩r峁嘺vacandrik膩.鈥擧ere, 腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补 has been defined as the combination of both varieties namely 腻丑补迟补 and 补苍腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补. And 补苍腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补 is that 苍腻诲补 which emanates from the sky (ether). The word 腻丑补迟补 literally means 鈥榮truck鈥� and 补苍腻丑补迟补鈥斺�榰nstruck鈥�. R. K. Shringy and Prem Lata Sharma say that 腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补 is an object of sense perception and 补苍腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补 is a matter of mystic experience of Yoga in which sound and light are fused together and there is direct perception. The current definition of these terms is that 腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补 refers to man-made sounds and 补苍腻丑补迟补-苍腻诲补 refers to sounds of nature.
Gitashastra (啶椸啶むざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 驳墨迟补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismAnahata is the fourth primary chakra according to the Hindu Yogic, Shakta and Buddhist Tantric traditions. In Sanskrit the word anahata means unhurt, unstruck and unbeaten. Anahata Nad refers to the Vedic concept of unstruck sound, the sound of the celestial realm. Ananhata is usually associated with a calm serene sound void of violence.
The Anahata chakra is positioned in the central channel in the spine at the heart region, with its kshetram, or superficial activation site, actually in the heart region between the two breasts.
Anahata is represented by a smoke-grey lotus flower, with 12 petals. Inside of it is a smoke-coloured region that is made from the intersection of two triangles, creating a shatkona. The shatkona is a symbol used in Hindu Yantra that represents the union of both the masculine and feminine form. More specifically, it is meant to represent Purusha (the supreme being), and Prakriti (mother nature, or causal matter). Often this is represented as Shiva – Shakti. The deity of this region is Vayu, who is smoke coloured and four-armed, holding a kusha and riding upon an antelope, the animal of this chakra.
The seed syllable is the mantra 'Yam', dark-grey in colour. Within the bindu or dot above the syllable resides the deity Isha (Lord in an all pervading form). Isha is either shining white or blue in color, has either one or five faces with three eyes on each face; has two, four or ten arms; is clad in a tiger skin, holds a trident and a drum and/or is making gestures of granting boons and dispelling fear. His shakti is Kakini, who is shining yellow or rose in colour. She has a number of variations, having either one, three or six faces, two or four arms, and holding a variety of implements, occasionally a sword, shield, skull and trident. She is seated on a red lotus.
The twelve petals are vermilion coloured, and upon them are inscribed the syllables kam, kham, gam, gham, ngam, cham, chham, jam, jham, nyam, tam and tham in Sanskrit. They match the vrittis of lust, fraud, indecision, repentance, hope, anxiety, longing, impartiality, arrogance, incompetence, discrimination and defiance.
Function:
Anahata is considered the seat of the Jivatman, and Para Shakti. In the Upanishads, this is described as being like a tiny flame that resided inside the heart. Anahata is so called because it is in this place that sages hear that sound (Anahata – Shabda) which comes without the striking of any two things together." It is associated with the element of air, the sense of touch, and with actions of the hands.
Anahata is associated with the ability to make decisions outside of the realm of karma. In Manipura and below, man is bound by the laws of karma, and the fate he has in store for him. In Anahata, one is making decisions, 'following your heart', based upon one's higher self, and not from the unfulfilled emotions and desires of lower nature. As such, it is known as the heart chakra.
It is also associated with love and compassion, charity to others, and forms of psychic healing.
: Hindupedia: The Hindu EncyclopediaSound is produced through contact, vibration and obstruction. This is called 腻丑补迟补. However cosmic hiss if one can hear is eternal and existent. This is called 础苍腻丑补迟补. It is not produced by us but only heard. A yogi can hear this.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�).鈥�a.
1) Unbeaten, unwounded, intact.
2) [腻丑补迟补峁� chedo bhogo v膩 tann膩sti yasya] New and unbleached (as cloth) (Mar. 办辞谤别峁�).
3) Not produced by beating (as sound).
4) Not multiplied.
-tam, -迟补岣� The 4th of the mystical Chakras in the body, (tantra艣膩stre prasiddha峁� h峁沝ayasthita峁� su峁m峁嚹�- madhyastha峁� dv膩da艣adalapadmam); 啶多が啷嵿う啷� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶く啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啷嬥そ啶ㄠぞ啶灌い啷� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啷� 啶呧え啶距す啶むぞ啶栢啶 啶むい啷� 啶う啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶啶ㄠた啶た啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷�啶班啶むた啶むぎ啷� (艣abdo brahmamaya岣� 艣abdo'n膩hato yatra d峁浥泍ate | an膩hat膩khya峁� tat padma峁� munibhi岣� parik墨rtitam) ||
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-迟补岣�-迟腻-迟补峁�) 1. Unhurt, unbeaten, unwounded, intact. 2. New and unbleached, (as cloth.) m.
(-迟补岣�) The fourth of the mystical Chakras or circles of the body. E. an neg. and 腻丑补迟补 beaten.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�).鈥擺adjective] unbeaten (drum); 鈥� unhurt*; *unwashed, new (cloth).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�):鈥擺=an-腻丑补迟补] mfn. unbeaten, unwounded, intact
2) [v.s. ...] new and unbleached (as cloth)
3) [v.s. ...] produced otherwise than by beating
4) [v.s. ...] not multiplied
5) [v.s. ...] n. the fourth of the mystical cakras, or circles of the body.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�):鈥擺tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.
(-迟补岣�-t膩-tam) 1) Unhurt, unbeaten, unwounded.
2) Unwashed, new (as cloth).
3) (In music.) Not beat or struck, not produced in the ordinary way (as a sound). See 补苍腻丑补迟补苍腻诲补. Ii. n.
(-tam) 1) A new garment (see 腻丑补迟补).
2) The fourth of the six mystical Chakras or circles of the body. E. a neg. and 腻丑补迟补.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�):鈥擺补苍腻+丑补迟补] (ta岣�-t膩-ta峁�) m. f. n. New and unbleached (cloth). a. Unhurt.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnahata (嗖呧波嗖灌菠):鈥擺noun] the fourth of the six mystical circles in human body, as the centres of mystical power.
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础苍腻丑补迟补 (嗖呧波嗖距补嗖�):鈥擺adjective] unbeaten; unwounded; intact; unstruck.
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础苍腻丑补迟补 (嗖呧波嗖距补嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a cloth that is never-washed.
2) [noun] that which cannot be broken through.
3) [noun] that which is not multiplied.
4) [noun] the mystical circle, fourth of six such circles, in the human body, awakening of which is supposed to release super-human powers.
5) [noun] (mus.) the sound below the hearing threshold (having lesser loudness, believed to be heard only by mystics).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary础苍腻丑补迟补 (啶呧え啶距す啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. unbeaten; unhurt; unwounded; 2. not produced by beating;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: An, Na, Ahata.
Starts with: Anahatacakra, Anahatacakravivarana, Anahatacitta, Anahatadhvani, Anahatagraha, Anahatalile, Anahatam, Anahatamati, Anahatanada, Anahatanatha, Anahatapadma, Anahatapadma, Anahatatattva, Anahateshvara.
Full-text (+117): Anahatanada, Anahatam, Anahatacakra, Cakra, Shatcakra, Ahata, Anahatatattva, Anahateshvara, Nada, Shabda, Yam, Anahath, Anahatadhvani, Anahatapadma, Anahatanatha, Anupahata, Unstruck sound, Kubjika, Ahatanada, Pata.
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