Re: [INDOLOGY] pañcakośa

Thu Sep 15 10:13:21 UTC 2016

Thanks to everyone who has responded on and off list. I was also thinking
while I was cycling around trying to figure out how to cross the river due
to flooding
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-15/south-australia-flooding:-weather-conditions-ease/7846202>
on
my street about Sati and śakti pīṭhas. This is a great example of the
relationship between tourism and embodiment.

Thanks again.

Patrick

On 15 Sep 2016 3:55 PM, "Nagaraj Paturi" <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since you mentioned "anthropology of tourism and embodiment" the post by
> Prof. Artur Karp on the Sati myth explaining the locations of āṣṭādaśa
> śakti pīṭhas which is discussed in various books on śakti pīṭhas exactly
> fits here.
>
> I saw an English book on śakti pīṭhas which my  late father consulted
> during his research on the concept.  I am trying to recollect /locate the
> same.
>
> vāstu puruṣa is an example of embodiment of space which is more
> relevant here.
>
> For that matter , the concept of virāṭ puruṣa , its exposition in puruṣa
> sūkta are examples of the significance of the concept of embodiment
> including that of space in Vedic lore.
>
>  Saskia C. Kersenboom-Story 's book Nityasumangali has a discussion on
> Temple structure and its relation to the concept of body according to Yoga.
> (This is a frequently discussed idea in many books on Hindu temple.)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Patrick,
>>
>>  *vedamūrti* and *śāntamūrti *kind of metaphors belong to a different
>> category. They belong to the category of figurative expressions. We have a
>> huge number of them.
>>
>> dharmamūrti, gurumūrti are the most frequent.
>>
>> rāmō vigrahavān dharmah type statements are similar.
>>
>> ātman as 'embodied' is found in expressions such as śārīraka mīmāmsā as
>> the name for Brhmasutra( Bhashya)
>>
>> Cpomparable to kōśas is sthūla śarīra, sūkśma śarīra, kāraṇa (linga)
>> śarīra. .
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 2:39 PM, "Travis L. Smith" <tlsmith at snu.ac.kr>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Patrick,
>>>
>>>
>>> I think the *locus classicus* is Taittirīya Up. 2.2, though the term
>>> *kośa* is only used later: there, five "bodies" (*ātman*) are
>>> described. I assume the term *kośa *came about because later Vedāntins
>>> obviously used the term *ātman* only in a very precise technical sense,
>>> whereas in the Upaniṣads the term was used a lot more fluidly.
>>>
>>>
>>> All best,
>>>
>>>
>>> Travis
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Dear Friends,
>>>
>>> I'm writing a book chapter about the anthropology of tourism and
>>> embodiment. I have decided to include various 'yogic' perspectives. I am
>>> considering how to include classical ideas like *pañcakośa* concept
>>> with contemporary practitioner-based ideas of embodiment.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any suggestions and specific textual references that
>>> possibly discuss the idea of 'embodiment'. Two that come to mind are
>>> *vedamūrti* and *śāntamūrti*. Another is *samādhivigraha*, however, I
>>> do not as yet have any textual sources for this term.
>>>
>>> I am curious to know about the first attested mention of the *pañcakośa*?
>>> I am reading through the *pañcadaśī* text, which I have found mention
>>> in secondary literature was maybe written in the 14th century. Although my
>>> assumption is that the *pañcakośa* concept appears earlier than that.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Nagaraj Paturi
>>
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>>
>> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>>
>> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>
> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>
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