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  • noun ether or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

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Examples

  • Panca Budhi indriya and Panca Karmendriya, Panca Tanmatra and growth become Panca Maha Butha (akasa, Pertiwi, teja, apah, bayu).

    Yoga is Fenomenal Hindu Teachings 2009

  • Panca budhi indriya dan panca karmendriya, panca tan matra dan berkembang menjadi panca maha butha (akasa, pertiwi, teja, apah, bayu).

    Yoga Ajaran Hindu Fenomenal 2009

  • The thinking principle in man, having experiences of nature through its vehicles, the subtle, astral and gross physical bodies, translates these sensations into its own set of correspondences: this principle in man, called the Manas, is associated with the element of akasa, whose property is sound; the Manas moves about in akasa, and so all ideas which enter into the mind awaken their correspondences and are immediately mirrored in sound.

    AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

  • "This soul power, of which I speak, is the hidden akasa in all men -- it is the man himself -- and when once recognized, the body is relegated to its proper sphere as the servant, and not the master; then it is that man realizes his own power and supremacy over all things."

    The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888

  • "This soul power, of which I speak, is the hidden akasa in all men -- it is the man himself -- and when once recognized, the body is relegated to its proper sphere as the servant, and not the master; then it is that man realizes his own power and supremacy over all things."

    The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888

  • The varying vibrations of this ether, or universal akasa, make the world and all that is in it; and these vibrations are interpenetrable and non-obstructive.

    The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888

  • The varying vibrations of this ether, or universal akasa, make the world and all that is in it; and these vibrations are interpenetrable and non-obstructive.

    The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888

  • The varying vibrations of this ether, or universal akasa, make the world and all that is in it; and these vibrations are interpenetrable and non-obstructive.

    The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888

  • "This soul power, of which I speak, is the hidden akasa in all men -- it is the man himself -- and when once recognized, the body is relegated to its proper sphere as the servant, and not the master; then it is that man realizes his own power and supremacy over all things."

    The Ghost of Guir House Charles Willing Beale 1888

  • As to the adepts of magic, especially in Siam and the East Indies, they are too familiar with the properties of the akasa, the mysterious life-fluid, to even regard the insensibility of the

    The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Freemasonry 2010

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