Karanasharira, Karana-sharira, Karaṇaśarīra, Kāraṇaśarīra: 10 definitions
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Karanasharira has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Karaṇaśarīra and Kāraṇaśarīra can be transliterated into English as Karanasarira or Karanasharira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKāraṇaśarīra (कारणशरीर):—(kā + śa) n. the inner rudiment of the body, or causal frame, the seat of the soul [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]; vgl. [Colebrooke I, 372.]
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Kāraṇaśarīra (कारणशरीर):—[Vedānta lecture No. 27.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKāraṇaśarīra (कारणशरीर):—n. der ursächliche Körper [259,10.260,7.270,7.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
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Partial matches: Sharira, Karana.
Full-text: Karyasharira, Anandamaya, Anandamayakosha, Sharira-traya, Riti, Karanadeha, Kosha.
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