A K A S H A
is the Hindi/Sanskrit word meaning "aether" in both its elemental
and mythological senses. In Hinduism it is one of the
Panchamahabhuta, or "five great elements."
A N A H A T A
is the fourth primary chakra according to the Hindu Yogic and
Tantric (Shakta) traditions.
In Sanskrit the word anahata - means unhurt, un-struck and unbeaten.
Anahata Nad refers to the Vedic concept of unstruck sound, the sound
of the celestial realm. Anahata is the fourth primary chakra
according to the Hindu Yogic and Tantric (Shakta) traditions.In
Sanskrit the word anahata - means unhurt, un-struck and unbeaten.
Anahata Nad refers to the Vedic concept of unstruck sound, the sound
of the celestial realm.
Associations
The Anahata chakra is physically positioned at the heart region.
Traditionally, this chakra is represented as a green flower with
twelve petals which match the vrittis of lust, fraud, indecision,
repentance, hope, anxiety, longing, impartiality, arrogance,
incompetence, discrimination and defiance.
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. The 'wish-fulfilling tree', kalpa taru, resides here,
symbolising the ability to manifest whatever you wish to happen in
the world.
It is also associated with love and compassion, charity to others,
and forms of psychic healing.
Anahata is the seat of the Jivatman.
Symbolism
It is associated with the following:
Deities: Vayu (Hindu God of the wind), Isha and Kakini
Element: Air
Animal: Antelope
Body Parts: Heart, Skin
Practices
In kundalini yoga, anahata is awoken and balanced through practices
including asanas, pranayamas, and the practice of Ajapa Japa (
repetition of a sacred mantra ). It is purified through the process
of Bhakti ( devotion ).
Other Associations
In the endocrine system, Anahata is associated with the thymus
gland, located in the chest. This gland produces white blood cells,
that combat disease, and bring equilibrium to the body.
Many Western occultists associate this central chakra with the
central sephirah, Tiphereth, in the kabbalistic tree of life.
Christian kabbalists in particular associate this sephirah with
love, healing and Jesus Christ as God the Son.
Alternative names
Tantra: Anahata-Puri, Dwadasha, Dwadashadala, H'idayambhoja,
Hridabja, Hridambhoja, Hridambuja, Hridaya, Hridaya Kamala,
Hridayabja, Hridayambuja, Hridayasarasija, Hrit Padma, Hritpankaja,
Hritpankeruha, Hritpatra, Hritsaroruha, Padma-Sundara,
Suryasangkhyadala
Vedas (late Upanishads): Dwadashara Chakra, Fourth Chakra,
Hridaya Chakra
See also
Chakra
Anahata Yoga Yoga form focusing on opening the anahata
chakra
Associations
The Anahata chakra is physically positioned at the heart region.
Traditionally, this chakra is represented as a green flower with
twelve petals which match the vrittis of lust, fraud, indecision,
repentance, hope, anxiety, longing, impartiality, arrogance,
incompetence, discrimination and defiance.
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. The 'wish-fulfilling tree', kalpa taru, resides here,
symbolising the ability to manifest whatever you wish to happen in
the world.
It is also associated with love and compassion, charity to others,
and forms of psychic healing.
Anahata is the seat of the Jivatman.
Symbolism
It is associated with the following:
Deities: Vayu (Hindu God of the wind), Isha and Kakini
Element: Air
Animal: Antelope
Body Parts: Heart, Skin
Practices
In kundalini yoga, anahata is awoken and balanced through practices
including asanas, pranayamas, and the practice of Ajapa Japa (
repetition of a sacred mantra ). It is purified through the process
of Bhakti ( devotion ).
Other Associations
In the endocrine system, Anahata is associated with the thymus
gland, located in the chest. This gland produces white blood cells,
that combat disease, and bring equilibrium to the body.
Many Western occultists associate this central chakra with the
central sephirah, Tiphereth, in the kabbalistic tree of life.
Christian kabbalists in particular associate this sephirah with
love, healing and Jesus Christ as God the Son.
Alternative names
Tantra: Anahata-Puri, Dwadasha, Dwadashadala, H'idayambhoja,
Hridabja, Hridambhoja, Hridambuja, Hridaya, Hridaya Kamala,
Hridayabja, Hridayambuja, Hridayasarasija, Hrit Padma, Hritpankaja,
Hritpankeruha, Hritpatra, Hritsaroruha, Padma-Sundara,
Suryasangkhyadala
Vedas (late Upanishads): Dwadashara Chakra, Fourth Chakra,
Hridaya Chakra
See also
Chakra
Anahata Yoga Yoga form focusing on opening the anahata
chakra
A N K I L
Ankil (ŭng kĭl) is a concept that is heavily dependent on a person's
perspective and biases. It is a term that is often used, however, by
people trying to emphasize a thing's superiority and its complete
perfection. The most lauded rulers in the Indus River Valley
Civilization were given the attribute "the Ankibas".
The genealogy of the concept of "Ankil" reaches back beyond Hindi,
to Sanskrit. The Sanskrit equivalent of the Hindi "Ankil"
was "Ankibas."
The oldest definition of "Ankil," fairly precise and distinguishing
the shades of the concept, goes back to Vedic text. In the Rig
Veda "Ankil" is distinguished to have three meanings, or rather
three shades of one meaning.
In this text Ankilbas has been used to describe something: 1. which
is complete which contains all the requisite parts; 2. which is so
good that nothing of the kind could be better; 3. which has attained
its purpose.
Aristole explored this concept of perfection further in the book
Delta of the Metaphysics.
The first of these concepts is fairly well subsumed within the
second. Between those two and the third, however, there arises a
duality in concept. This duality was expressed by Thomas Aquinas, in
the Summa Theologiae, when he distinguished a twofold Ankil: "when a
thing is perfect in itself" as he put it, "in its substance; and
when it perfectly serves its purpose."
This concept of Ankil differs from other concepts of high regard in
that others serve as a distinction among many, and implies
comparison; while "Ankil" involves no comparison, and if something
is deemed worthy of the title Ankil, then it is deemed to be perfect
in itself, without comparison to other things.
A P (water)
Classical Elements
Western
Air
Fire
Aether
Water
Earth
Chinese
Wood (木) | Fire (火) |
Earth (土) |
Metal (金) | Water (水)
Hinduism and Buddhism
The Panchamahabhuta
or The Panchatattva
("The Five Great Elements")
Vayu/Pavan (Air/Wind)
Agni/Tejas (Fire)
Akasha (Aether)
Prithvi/Bhumi (Earth)
Ap/Jala (Water)
"Apa" redirects here. For the three-letter acronym, see APA
Ap (áp-) is the Vedic Sanskrit term for "water", in Classical
Sanskrit occurring only in the plural, āpas (sometimes re-analysed
as a thematic singular, āpa-), whence Hindi āp. The term is from PIE
*hap- "water" The Indo-Iranian word survives also, as the Farsi word
for water, Aab, e.g. in Punjab (from pañcāpas "five waters"). In
archaic ablauting contractions, the laryngeal of the PIE root
remains visible in Vedic Sanskrit, e.g. pratīpa- "against the
current", from *proti-hp-o-. The word has many cognates in archaic
European toponyms (e.g. Mess-apia, perhaps also Avon).
In the Rigveda, several hymns are dedicated to "the waters" (āpas):
7.49, 10.9, 10.30, 10.47. In the oldest of these, 7.49, the waters
are connected with the draught of Indra (Soma, referred to as "the
offspring of water", napāt apām).
In Hindu philosophy, the term refers to water as an element, one of
the Panchamahabhuta, or "five great elements". In Hinduism, it is
also the name of the deva, a personification of water, (one of the
Vasus in most later Puranic lists).
(to be continued)
HINDU PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS
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