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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

1) Jyotimaṇḍala (ज्योतिमण्डल) refers to an “orb of light”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “Thought, intellect and ego are the officiants; mind is the Soma-drinking sacrificer, and it sacrifices the senses and ten vital breaths into the orb of light (jyotimaṇḍala). [This] orb of light shines from the root [of the palate] to the aperture [at the top of the head]. It is to be meditated on constantly by yogins [because] it bestows the eight supernatural powers such as minimisation”.

2) Jyotirmaṇḍala (ज्योतिर्मण्डल) refers to the “orb of light” (which the Yogin visualizes).—Most of the parallel passages between [the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣat and Advayatārakopaniṣat] and the Amanaska contain slight yet significant differences. For example, in the Amanaska, the orb of light which the Yogin visualizes is referred to as jyotirmaṇḍala, whereas in these Upaniṣads it is a “great light” (mahajjyotis). Nonetheless, both the Advayatārakopaniṣat and Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣat contain the most salient teachings of the Amanaska and can be considered to be a relatively recent transmission of the Amanaska’s tradition of Rājayoga.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jyotirmaṇḍala (ज्योतिर्मण्डल).—the stellar sphere.

Derivable forms: jyotirmaṇḍalam (ज्योतिर्मण्डलम्).

Jyotirmaṇḍala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jyotis and maṇḍala (मण्डल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyotirmaṇḍala (ज्योतिर्मण्डल):—[=jyotir-maṇḍala] [from jyotir > jyut] n. the stellar sphere, [Horace H. Wilson]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jyōtirmaṃḍala (ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ಮಂಡಲ):—[noun] the apparent bright disc around celestial bodies; the stellar spheres.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Jyotis, Mandala.

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Full-text: Great light, Mahajjyotis, Orb of light.

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