body
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
kṣetra · mortal body · my body · the body · the field · this body · this flesh · this poor little body · unintelligent body
spoken of as
1 expressionThe body2 mentions
Letters to Lucilius (Latin) · Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit)
Shall I not ask who is the artificer of this universe?
in the texts
Letters to Lucilius
The physical body, described as a prison or chain constraining the mind, whose weakness is contrasted with the mind's freedom.
Shall I not ask who is the artificer of this universe?
For this body is the weight and the penalty of the mind;
never shall I lie for the honor of this poor little body.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The human body, anatomically catalogued in exhaustive detail and identified philosophically as the 'field' (kṣetra) known by the self
> This body, O Vasudhā, is called the field (*kṣetra* (क्षेत्र));
42 // And he should see this body as composed of seven constituents.
Cyropaedia
The mortal body from which the soul departs and which Cyrus orders to be committed simply to the earth.
but after I have covered myself over, I beg of you, my children, let no one look upon my body, not even yourselves.
Now, if I am giving you sufficient instructions as to what manner of men you ought to be one towards the other—well and good;
and the soul of man at just such times is revealed in its most divine aspect and at such times, too, it looks forward into the future;