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Second-sight means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchSecond-sight (i.e., “seeing secret and wondrous things which cannot normally be seen”) refers to one of the various signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) experienced by the Yoga practicioner, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise (presented in the form of a dialogue between Īśvara and Vāmadeva).—The last fifty-two verses of the Amanaska’s first chapter describe a temporal sequence of psychosomatic signs and paranormal powers (siddhi) brought about by absorption (laya). It begins with one moment, concludes with twenty-four years and consists of forty-seven intervals. [...] It informs practitioners of the initial experiences they may have while immersed in absorption [e.g., Second-sight], and thus provides them with some idea of their progress in the practice, [...].
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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Partial matches: Sight, Second.
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“Voyage Within” and “Voyage Without”: Expatriate Sensibility in A. K. Ramanujan’s Poetry < [January – March, 2007]
Theme of Nostalgia in Ramanujan’s Poetry < [October – December, 2008]
Joad on Radhakrishnan < [July-August 1934]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 5: Malli’s birth < [Chapter VI - Śrī Mallināthacaritra]
Apastamba Dharma-sutra (by Āpastamba)
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 11.9 < [Chapter 11 - Vishvarupa-darshana-yoga]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section 26 < [Stri-vilapa-parva]