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Koshas and the Gunas Flashcards

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What are the five koshas?

A 
Annamaya kosha  
Pranamaya kosha 
Manomaya kosha 
Vijnanamaya kosha
Anandamaya kosha
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What is Annamaya kosha?

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Food or material/physical body

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What is Pranamaya kosha?

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Vital energy body/vital-air sheath

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What is Manomaya kosha?

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Mental body/mental sheath

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What is Vijnanamaya kosha?

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Higher mental body/Intellectual sheath

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What is Anandamaya kosha?

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Transcendental body/Bliss sheath

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Our Physical body includes which kosha/s?

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Annamaya kosha

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Our Astral/Subtle body includes which kosha/s?

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Pranamaya kosha
Manomaya kosha
Vijnanamaya kosha

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Our Causal body includes which kosha/s?

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Anandamaya kosha

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What is the pranic body?

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The internal flow of prana or life force within the physical body

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What are the 5 major pranas?

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Prana
Apana
Udana
Samana
Vyana
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12
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What does Prana Vayu govern?

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Faculty of perception

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What does Apana Vayu govern?

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Faculty of excretion

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What does Udana Vayu govern?

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Faculty of thought absorption

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What does Samana Vayu govern?

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Faculty of digestion

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What does Vyana Vayu govern?

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Faculty of circulation

17
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What direction does prana flow in in Prana Vayu?

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Upwards

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What direction does prana flow in in Apana Vayu?

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Downwards

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What direction does prana flow in in Udana Vayu?

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Circular motion around the throat and head

20
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What direction does prana flow in in Samana Vayu?

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Circular motion from the navel around the abdomen

21
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What direction does prana flow in in Vyana Vayu?

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From the heart out to the extremities

22
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What are the three gunas?

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Sattva
Rajas
Tamas

23
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What does the word guna mean?

A

Qualities

24
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What does sattva mean?

A

Purity

25
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What does rajas mean?

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Preservation

26
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What does tamas mean?

A

Destruction

27
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What are sattvic qualities?

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Truth, purity and light

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What are Rajasic qualities?

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Passion, energy and desire

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What are tamasic qualities?

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Ignorance, inertia and darkness

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