Sahasrara, Sahasrāra, Sahastrara, Sahasra-ara: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSahasrāra (सहस्रार):—(sahasra + 1. ara)
1) adj. tausendspeichig: Viṣṇu’s Diskus (Rad) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 5, 4.] —
2) m. n. eine für eine umgestülpte Lotusblüthe geltende Stelle auf dem Kopfe [Śabdakalpadruma] nach dem [TANTRASĀRA.]
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: Aara, Sahasra, Ara.
Starts with: Sahasrara-cakkararekai, Sahasraracakra, Sahasraraja, Sahasrarakalpa, Sahasrarashmi, Sahasrarashmitanaya.
Full-text (+53): Sahasrarakalpa, Kundalini, Cakra, Sahasraraja, Sahassara, Intiralokam, Vaimanika, Shrim, Sahasrara-cakkararekai, Shatara, Mahanada, Geya-cakra, Citrasundari, Dattavirya, Cacaram, Khecarimudra, Rupatita, Satyashri, Svadhishthana, Damadhara.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.19 - The sixteen Kalpa, nine Graiveyaka and five Anuttara < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.29 - Lifetime in the first two Kalpa among the heavenly beings < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.31 - Lifetimes of Deva from Brahmaloka to Acyuta kalpa < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study) (by Ashok Majumdar)
5. The concept of Kundalini (the static form of all creative energy) < [Chapter 5 - Exposition of Thought science, Tantra and Mantra]
6. The concept of Cakra (psychic centres) < [Chapter 5 - Exposition of Thought science, Tantra and Mantra]
2.2. Description of Laya-yoga < [Chapter 2 - The Eight Components of Yoga]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 227-228 [Sahasrāra and shower of Somarasa] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Verse 101 [Nāda’s path] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 96 [Praṇava produced by Cakrapañcaka in Kuṇḍalinī] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Paduka-panchaka (the five-fold footstool) (by Arthur Avalon)
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 6: Varuṇā’s third incarnation < [Chapter II - Previous births of Pārśvanātha]
Part 32: Description of the Upper World (ūrdhvaloka) < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 11: Birth of Puruṣottama < [Chapter IV - Anantanāthacaritra]
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