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

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Thank you Sri Krishnamoorthy ji.

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 Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Srirudra via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Sri Sujal Upadhyay
> Angushta refers to the thumb not toe.In anganyasam and karanyasam we say
> angushtabhyam Nama:.tharjaneebhyam Nama:madhyamabhyam Nama:Kanishtikabhyam
> Nama:and anamikabhyam Nama: These refer to the five fingers of the hand
> only.So calling toe as angushta may not be correct.RKrishnamoorthy.
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> > On 03-Apr-2016, at 2:07 PM, 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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