[Advaita-l] Who is this Angustha Parimana Purusha?

[Nithin Sridhar]

Dear Shaswata ji,

Please call me just Nithin :-).

In my understanding it is not physical heart. Just as various Nadis etc are
present in subtle body, the heart is representation of center of
Individuality.

Regards,
Nithin
On Apr 4, 2016 2:57 AM, "Shashwata Shastri" <shashwata.unimas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Pujyapad Sridhar Ji,
>
> It was not my intention to relate Anahuta with the angushta matra purusha.
> I was trying to state that whether that thumb sized purusha resides in the
> Anahuta discus or not. But so far I understood one thing that it is the
> physical heart. In deep of our heart there are one hundred types of
> principal subtle cords. I think those cords act like some kind of energy
> channel in order to maintain the flow of Prana. In our very heart there is
> a grape or thumb sized luminous orb . The space which contains that orb is
> identified as Brahmapura by kenopanishat. This heart is the seat of that
> great self. The self being veiled by 5 sheaths pervades  that space.  In
> that space all the subtle elements of the subtle body take shelter. Subtle
> elements are invisible to the naked eye. There, the purusha gets covered by
> the casual and the subtle body. According to my opinion, this purusha can
> be defined as the Saguna Brahman. Well verse no. 17 of Katha tells us the
> way to seperate the self from these inert elements. By the means of
> separation, we can attain nirguna Brahman.
>
> शतं चैका हृदয়स्यनाड्य स्तासांमूर्धानमभि निःसृतैका।
> तয়ोर्द्धमाয়न्नमृतत्बमेति बिष्बगण्या उৎक्रमणे भबन्ति।। १६ ।। -कठ द्बितीয়
> अध्याয় तृतीয় बल्ली  १६ तम  श्लोक।
>
> By the help of that principal vein which is identified as the Shushumna
> (In shushumna there is another subtle cord which is known as chitra and in
> chitra there is another cord which is called Brahma nadi.) one can achieve
> Brahmaloka (The loka of Hiranyagarva) and there by the help of Lord Brahma
> one can attain nectar or liberation.
>
> But in my point of view, the verse no. 17 are for those who actually want
> to attain liberation while being present in the living body. The term which
> is used for describing such status is Jivanmukta.
>
> P.S: Do shower your light of knowledge regarding my statement. I can be
> wrong too.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
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>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Nithin Sridhar via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> In my limited understanding, Angushta Matra-Purusha, who exists in the
>> Hrdaya, does not refer to Anahata Chakra. Both are completely different
>> scheme of understandings.
>>
>> Hrdaya refers to the center of Individual existence. Ramana Maharshi says
>> it is to the right side of our chest (as opposed to physical heart which
>> is
>> towards left). When Sri Krishna says, he stays inside Hrdaya of all
>> beings,
>> he may be referring to this Angushta Matra Purusha. Thus, the size refers
>> to the size of manifestation of Brahman in the Hradaya as Chaitya Purusha-
>> the Inner Controller.
>>
>> Learned members may correct me, if I have got anything wrong.
>>
>> Regards
>>
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>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Sujal Upadhyay via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Namaste,
>> >
>> > Thank you. I think they are approximate measurements, to make location
>> of
>> > chakra-s easy.
>> >
>> > angushta means big toe. Am I correct?
>> >
>> > OM
>> >
>> > Sujal Upadhyay
>> >
>> > "To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
>> > nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
>> >
>> > He who has faith has all
>> > He who lacks faith, lacks all
>> > It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
>> > FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna
>> >
>> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya via Advaita-l <
>> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Namaste,
>> > >
>> > > I think ir is 96 angulas, not angusthas. While the height of a person
>> is
>> > > 96 angula, the ShassrAra chakra is at the height of 108 angulas.
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Sunil K. Bhattacharjya
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --------------------------------------------
>> > > On Sat, 4/2/16, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
>> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >  Subject: [Advaita-l] Who is this Angustha Parimana Purusha?
>> > >  To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
>> > >  Date: Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:27 AM
>> > >
>> > >  नमस्ते,
>> > >
>> > >  "Thumb" was one of the ancient measuring scales. "Palm" was
>> > >  also used.
>> > >
>> > >  So, the height of one's body was measured in terms of one's
>> > >  thumb, in general
>> > >  (to be precise - the distance FROM the dark line in the
>> > >  middle of the thumb TO
>> > >  the origin of the thumb).
>> > >
>> > >  The त्रिषिखि
>> > >  ब्राह्मणोपनिषद् says:
>> > >
>> > >  देहमानं
>> > >  स्वाङ्गुलिभिः
>> > >  षण्णवत्यङ्गुलायतम् ।
>> > >  प्राणः शरीरादधिको
>> > >  द्वादशाङ्गुलमानतः
>> > >
>> > >  The measure of one's body is 96 times of the size of one's
>> > >  own thumb.
>> > >
>> > >  Hence, अङ्गुष्ठ प्रमाण
>> > >  पुरुषः should be taken from this perspective
>> > >  rather than
>> > >  splitting the meaning from metaphysical perspective.
>> > >
>> > >  श्रीरामकिंकरः
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