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Tattvabodha | test questions Flashcards

1
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What is Bliss (Ananda)?

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It is of the nature of absolute happiness

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Ākāśa

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Space

Sound, ears, Dig, hearing, tongue, fire (agni), speech

Mahābhūtas

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What is the Self?

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Sat-cit-ananda

Existence, consciousness bliss

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Rūpa

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Form

Tanmātras

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Ghrāṇa

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Nose (Organ of Smell)

Jñānendriyas

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Pṛthvī

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Earth

Smell, nose, smelling, anus death (Yama), eliminating (waste)

Mahābhūtas

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Tvak

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Skin (Organ of Touch)

Jñānendriyas

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Vijñānamaya Kośa

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The intellectual Sheath

The intellect and the five organs of perception (Jñānendriyas).

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Antaḥkaraṇa

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inner equipment

Mind, intellect, ego and memory

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Rasa

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taste

Tanmātras

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What is Consciousness (Cit)?

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It is of the nature of absolute Knowledge

This self-shining, ever shining Knowledge Principle is called Cit or Consciousness which is my true nature.

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Śabda

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Sound

Tanmātras

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What are the Jnanendriyas

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organs of perception

Eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin

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Prārabdha Karma

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The portion of accumulated karma (from past lives) that is currently active and manifests in one’s present life.

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Cittam

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Memory

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Ānandamaya Kośa

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The Bliss sheath

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Pāda

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Feet, movement

Karmendriyas

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Nitya

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Timeless

characteristic of Sat

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Moda

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Greater joy experienced upon attaining something desired.

Ānandamaya Kośa

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Manah

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Mind

Antaḥkaraṇa

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What is dispassion?

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Vairakya. Absence of desire for the enjoyments in this world and in heavan

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Āpaḥ

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Water

Taste, tongue, water, tasting, genitals, Prajaapati, procreation

Mahābhūtas

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What is Uparati?

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Withdrawal from the Mind

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Pāyu

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Anus, excretion

Karmendriyas

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Vācyārtha

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Literal meaning

Expl. ‘The dog barks’

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Āgāmi karma

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Karma (good and bad) created in this life.

The karma that is generated by actions performed in the present life but will bear fruit in future lives.

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Īśvara

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The Creator, sustainer and distroyer. Brahma + Maya

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Jihvā

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Tongue (Organ of Taste)

Jñānendriyas

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The five subelements?

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Tanmātras

Sound, touch, form, taste and smell

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Which powers have Maya (2x)?

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The veiling and projecting power

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Śruti

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The most important holy texts in Hinduism.

These are believed to come directly from the divine.

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What is Śraddhā?

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Faith

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Jagat

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The world

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What is Sama?

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Control of the mind

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Priya

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The joy you feel when you look forward to something that will make you happy.

Ānandamaya Kośa

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Cakṣus

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Eyes (Organ of Sight)

Jñānendriyas

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What is mumuksu?

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The desire for liberation

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Jiva

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The individual

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Lakṣyārtha

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Implied meaning

Expl. ‘He is s ‘lion”’’

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Asaṅga

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The Self free from the three bodies and three states.

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Pāṇi

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Hands, grasping holding

Karmendriyas

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Upastha

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Genitals, reproduction

Karmendriyas

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43
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Buddhi

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Intellect

Antaḥkaraṇa

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Svarūpa

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The essential nature of something

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Sparśa

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Touch

Tanmātras

46
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What is the sixfold wealth?

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Beautifies or personalities our behaviour

Sama, dama, Uparati, Titikṣā, Śraddhā and Samādhan

47
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Vāk

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Organ of Speech

Karmendriyas

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What is Samādhan?

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Singelpointedness of the mind.

Absorbtion of the mind

49
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What are the organs of action?

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Karmendriyas

Vāk (Organ of Speech), Pāṇi. Hands, grasping holding, Pāda. Feet, movement, Upastha. Genitals, reproduction, Pāyu. Anus, excretion

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Agni

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Fire

Form, eye, Sun, seeing, legs, Visnu, locomotion

Mahābhūtas

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Nirākāra

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Formless

characteristic of Sat

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Nirguṇa

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Attributeless, without qualities

characteristic of Sat

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Ahaṅkāra

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Ego

Antaḥkaraṇa

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Vikṣepa Śakti

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The projecting power

Power of Maya

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What is Existence (sat)?

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That which remains unchanged in the three periods of time (past, present and future)

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Anāmi

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Nameless

characteristic of Sat

57
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Avidyā

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Wrong understanding

58
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What is Dama?

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Control of the senses

59
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What is meant by discrimination?

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Viveka is to recognise one thing from another

between the permanent and the impermanent

60
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Vāyu

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Air

Touch, skin, air, feeling, hands, Indra, grasping

Mahābhūtas

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What is Titikṣā?

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Forbearance

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Avikāri

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Changeless

characteristic of Sat

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Āvaraṇa Śakti

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The veiling power

Power of Maya

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What are the fourfold qualifications

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Vairakya, viveka, mumuksu and the sixfold wealth

Become fit for the enquiry of the Truth

Dispassion, Discriminaton, desire for liberation and inner wealth (Sama, dama etc)

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Pramoda

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Supreme bliss experienced when one fully enjoys or possesses the desired object.

Ānandamaya Kośa

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Sañcita karma

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The results of actions performed in (all) previous births.

The accumulated karma from all past lives, both good and bad, that has not yet ripened and is awaiting to bear fruit.

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Gandha

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smell

Tanmātras

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Śrotra

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Ears (Organ of Hearing)

Jñānendriyas

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Maya

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Illusion. Maya is of the nature of the three qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas.

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Smṛti

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Sacred Hindu scriptures of human composition

As opposed to Śruti (divinely revealed).

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The five great elements

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Mahābhūtas

Space, air, fire, water and earth

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Prāṇamaya Kośa

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The vital air sheath

73
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Manomaya Kośa

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The mental sheath

74
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Vijñānamaya Kośa

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The intellectual sheath

75
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Ānandamaya Kośa

A

The Bliss sheath

76
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pañcakosa

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The Five Sheaths

Food, vital air, mental, intellectual and bliss sheath

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Prāṇa

A

Breathing

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Apāna

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Excretion

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Vyāna

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Circulation

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Udāna

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Reverse processes

81
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Udāna

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Reverse processes

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Samāna

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Digestion

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Sthula sarira

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The gross body

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Suksma sarira

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The subtle body

The Vital, mental and intellefctual sheaths together are the subtle body

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Karana sarira

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The Causal body

Is the Bliss sheath

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Jāgrat-avasthā

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The waking state

Viśva, the individual experiencer or the consciousness associated with the waking state.

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Svapna-avasthā

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The dream state

The Self identified with the dream state is called Taijasa.

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The deep sleep state

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Suṣupti

The Self identified with the causal body is called Prajña

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Prajña

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The Self identified with deep sleep State

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Taijasa

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The Self identified with the dream state

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Viśva

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The individual experiencer or the consciousness associated with the waking state.

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Īśvara

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The Creator, sustainer and distroyer

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The tāmas aspect of space is?

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sound (śabda)

94
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The tāmas aspect of air is?

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Touch (sparśa)

95
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The tāmas aspect of fire is?

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Form or vision (rūpa)

96
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The tāmas aspect of water is?

A

Taste (rasa)

97
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The tāmas aspect of earth is?

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Smell (gandha)

98
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The rajas aspect of earth is?

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excretion, anus

99
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The rajas aspect of water is?

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procreation, gentitals

100
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The rajas aspect of fire is?

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locomotion, legs

101
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The rajas aspect of air is?

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grasping, hands

102
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The rajas aspect of space is?

A

organ of speech

103
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The sattvic aspect of space is?

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sound ears

104
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The sattvic aspect of air is?

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touch skin

105
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The sattvic aspect of fire is?

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form eye

106
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The sattvic aspect of water is?

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taste tongue

107
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The sattvic aspect of earth is?

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smell, nose

Sanskrit words and meanings (18 decks)

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