Koshas and the Gunas Flashcards by Natalie Hurtado

Q

What are the five koshas?

A

Annamaya kosha
Pranamaya kosha

Manomaya kosha
Vijnanamaya kosha
Anandamaya kosha

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What is Annamaya kosha?

A

Food or material/physical body

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What is Pranamaya kosha?

A

Vital energy body/vital-air sheath

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What is Manomaya kosha?

A

Mental body/mental sheath

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What is Vijnanamaya kosha?

A

Higher mental body/Intellectual sheath

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What is Anandamaya kosha?

A

Transcendental body/Bliss sheath

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Our Physical body includes which kosha/s?

A

Annamaya kosha

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Our Astral/Subtle body includes which kosha/s?

A

Pranamaya kosha
Manomaya kosha

Vijnanamaya kosha

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Our Causal body includes which kosha/s?

A

Anandamaya kosha

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What is the pranic body?

A

The internal flow of prana or life force within the physical body

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What are the 5 major pranas?

A

Prana
Apana

Udana
Samana
Vyana

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What does Prana Vayu govern?

A

Faculty of perception

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What does Apana Vayu govern?

A

Faculty of excretion

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What does Udana Vayu govern?

A

Faculty of thought absorption

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What does Samana Vayu govern?

A

Faculty of digestion

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What does Vyana Vayu govern?

A

Faculty of circulation

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What direction does prana flow in in Prana Vayu?

A

Upwards

Q

What direction does prana flow in in Apana Vayu?

A

Downwards

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What direction does prana flow in in Udana Vayu?

A

Circular motion around the throat and head

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What direction does prana flow in in Samana Vayu?

A

From the navel in circular motion from the inside out

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What are the three gunas?

A

Sattva
Rajas
Tamas

Q

What does the word guna mean?

A

Qualities

Q

What does sattva mean?

A

Purity

Q

What does rajas mean?

A

Preservation

What does tamas mean?

Destruction

What are sattvic qualities?

Truth, purity and light

What are Rajasic qualities?

Passion, energy and desire

What are tamasic qualities?

Ignorance, inertia and darkness

what direction does prana flow in vyana vayu?

flow of prana from the heart out to the extremities