Koshas and the Gunas Flashcards
What are the five koshas?
Annamaya kosha Pranamaya kosha Manomaya kosha Vijnanamaya kosha Anandamaya kosha
What is Annamaya kosha?
Food or material/physical body
What is Pranamaya kosha?
Vital energy body/vital-air sheath
What is Manomaya kosha?
Mental body/mental sheath
What is Vijnanamaya kosha?
Higher mental body/Intellectual sheath
What is Anandamaya kosha?
Transcendental body/Bliss sheath
Our Physical body includes which kosha/s?
Annamaya kosha
Our Astral/Subtle body includes which kosha/s?
Pranamaya kosha
Manomaya kosha
Vijnanamaya kosha
Our Causal body includes which kosha/s?
Anandamaya kosha
What is the pranic body?
The internal flow of prana or life force within the physical body
What are the 5 major pranas?
Prana Apana Udana Samana Vyana
What does Prana Vayu govern?
Faculty of perception
What does Apana Vayu govern?
Faculty of excretion
What does Udana Vayu govern?
Faculty of thought absorption
What does Samana Vayu govern?
Faculty of digestion