the subtle body
“sūkṣma śarīra”
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liṅgaśarīra · seven subtle bodies · subtle body
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1 expressionLiṅgaśarīra“the subtle body”1 mention
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana (Sanskrit)
From it, then, the individual subtle bodies—the limiting adjuncts of individual souls, being portions of it—are divided off, like a son's subtle body from a father's subtle body.
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Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
The subtle body (liṅgaśarīra), an aggregate of intellect, I-maker, mind, the ten organs, and the five subtle elements, which transmigrates and derives from a single primal subtle body.
From it, then, the individual subtle bodies—the limiting adjuncts of individual souls, being portions of it—are divided off, like a son's subtle body from a father's subtle body.
Within the twenty-three principles, excluding the five [gross] elements, and merging the I-maker into the intellect, the [resulting] seventeen[-fold aggregate] is termed the subtle body, since, like fuel for fire, it is the locus of the manifestation of the Self.
And that [subtle body], having arisen at the beginning of creation for all puruṣas, persists until the dissolution of prakṛti;
San Hyan Mahajnana
The subtle body, composed of mind, intellect, ego, the five winds, and vital breaths, later extended into a sevenfold scheme aligned with the states of consciousness.
*Mind, intellect, and egoism, together with the five winds, and the eight vital breaths of all beings, are called the subtle body.
*Are called the subtle body*.
the subtle body is proclaimed.