Word glossary
Terms and definitions
Every technical term used in this portal, with a short gloss, a longer note, and the chapters where it matters.
2 terms
- Kārmaṇaकार्मण शरीर
- The karmic body — the aggregate of bound karma.
- Subtlest of the five, with the most space-points. Accompanies the soul through every birth together with the taijasa body, and is the seed of all other bodies.
- Chapter 2Chapter 8
- Taijasaतैजस शरीर
- The luminous body responsible for digestion and radiance.
- Travels with the soul between births alongside the kārmaṇa body.
- Chapter 2