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ubhayanityatvat | उभयनित्यत्वात्
Implying the jiva remains as it is forever: Brahma Sutra 2.2.34 . LEARN MORE * Soul
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utkranti | उत्क्रांति
utkranti (Devanagari: उत्क्रांति ISO15919: utkrāṁti ) means to go up. The Vedanta and Vedic verses state that the jiva departs the body then goes up to the moon. From there goes to svarga or naraka and then comes back ( agati ) into another form in this world. LEARN MORE
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ansha | अंश
amsha (Devanagari: अंश ISO15919: aṁśa ) means a part, a fraction or a power. For example a rock is an amsha of the entire land. An jiva is an eternal amsha of God. Also written as ansha, ansh LEARN MORE * amshi * The Supreme God * Soul REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta -
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anshi | अंशी
amshi (Devanagari: अंशी ISO15919: aṁśī ) means the source. For example the amshi of a rock is the land, whereas amshi of jiva is God. Also written as anshi LEARN MORE * The Supreme God * Soul REFERENCE Bhakti Shatak - Hundred Gems of Divine Love - an in-depth analysis
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annamaya kosha | अन्नमय कोष
annamaya kosha (Devanagari: अन्नमय कोष ISO15919: annamaya kōṣa ) or the food sheath. This is the outermost sheath covering the antahakaran of materially bound jiva . This sheath is made up of sthula sharira , pancha karmendriya and pancha jnanendriya . Anna means the food. The gross material body is nurtured by
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antahkarana | अंतःकरण
antahakarana (Devanagari: अंतःकरण ISO15919: aṁtaḥkaraṇa ) is the inner machinery. The word antaha means "internal" and karana refers to the machine which performs actions. Thus, antahakarana is only worker in the human being. According to God's law all actions of the antahakarana done in a
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atma | आत्मा
Soul: the real self that is spiritual in nature and imparts consciousness to the body. Prahlada stated twelve qualities/attributes of the soul: it is eternal, indestructible, pure, it is one, the knower, the support, unchangeable, the observer and the means. It pervades the body and is independent. It is
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bhuta | भूत
bhuta (Devanagari: भूत ISO15919: bhūta ) has a few different meanings * Evil spirit or ghost. * one of the gross elements of pancha mahabhuta * jiva is also referred to as bhuta Also written as bhut, bhoot, bhoota LEARN MORE * Soul Reference: Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love
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adharma | अधर्म
Adharma ( adharma (Devanagari: अधर्म ISO15919: adharma ) means going against dharma , or irreligion. Dharma and adharma are not decided by human opinion, culture, or common sense—they are decided only by the Vedas , the eternal words of God. What the Vedas declare as right is truly right, and what they
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aham chetana | अहं चेतना
aham chetana (Devanagari: अहं चेतना ISO15919: ahaṁ cetanā ) means the false ego. It is also called dehabhiman (Devanagari: देहाभिमान ISO15919: dehābhimāna ) means false pride generated since the jiva considers itself to be a material body. The cause of this disillusion is Maya . See the references
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anu | अणु
Minute: meaning it is very subtle. In reference to the individual soul ( jiva ). LEARN MORE * Soul Reference: Who am I? Who is Mine? Vol. 1, Ch. 3
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anuchit | अणुचित
anuchit (Devanagari: अणुचित ISO15919: aṇucita ) means having limited consciousness. Jiva is anuchit since jiva provides consciousness to only the body in which it resides. LEARN MORE * Soul * Vibhuchit