Definitions

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  • noun philosophy five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy
  • noun a particular type of Sanskrit dictionary

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit कोश (kóśa, "sheath, vessel, container, layer etc.").

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Examples

  • The third dimension of consciousness is the realm of anandamaya kosha, which is full of bliss.

    Drishtikone.com - All Perspectives 2009

  • I have seen a kosha which is still in use in the neighbourhood of

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • Stress belongs to the first three sheaths i.e. from Annamaya to Manomaya kosha.

    The Indian concept of leadership is based on the ‘Rajarshi’ model Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Stress belongs to the first three sheaths i.e. from Annamaya to Manomaya kosha.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • "He who sent this gem bade me say, 'Yag-kosha gives a last gift and a last enchantment.'"

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • Uncertainly Conan approached, and Yag-kosha, or Yogah, as if sensing his uncertainty, indicated where he should strike.

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • Then lay this gem before him, and say, 'Yag-kosha gives you a last gift and a last enchantment.'

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • Then, like the bursting of a bubble, the great jewel vanished in a rainbow burst of iridescent gleams, and the ebony tabletop lay bare and deserted -- as bare, Conan somehow knew, as the marble couch in the chamber above, where the body of that strange transcosmic being called Yag-kosha and Yogah had lain.

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • "He who sent this gem bade me say, "Yag-kosha gives a last gift and a last enchantment.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian In a later portion of the tale, Howard had Yag-kosha explain to Conan " and the reader " the most important phases of the creation of the Hyborian world:

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

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