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[1] [12] The word is related to sūci (Sanskrit: सूचि) meaning "needle, list", [13] and sūnā (Sanskrit: सूना) meaning "woven". [ 1 ] In the context of literature, sūtra means a distilled collection of syllables and words, any form or manual of "aphorism, rule, direction" hanging together like threads with which the teachings ...
An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. [1]
Hamsa is an aphorism [ edit ] Hamsa is part of the aphorism, namely Hamso Hamsa , states the text, where Hamsa (soul) is the poet, the Pankti is the meter (denoting "Avyakṭā Gāyaṭrī" in the Poona manuscript), the Ham is the bija (seed of things), Sa representing Shakti , and So'ham (I am He) is the middle.
“Aphorism” is a slightly vague term, especially compared to some of its grammar fellows. An aphorism doesn’t have to follow any strict grammatical rule, unlike palindromes or pangrams .
(Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether") In the religion of theosophy and the philosophical school called anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms, not just ...
The Vedanta contained in the Upanishads, then formulated in the Brahma Sutra, and finally commented and explained by Shankara, is an invaluable key for discovering the deepest meaning of all the religious doctrines and for realizing that the Sanatana Dharma secretly penetrates all the forms of traditional spirituality. [177] Gavin Flood states,
Shiva Sutras are a collection of seventy seven aphorisms that form the foundation of the tradition of spiritual mysticism known as Kashmir Shaivism.They are attributed to the sage Vasugupta of the 9th century C.E. [1] [2] [3]
Here Sutra refers to a collection of aphorism in the form of a manual. Each Sutra is a short rule usually consisted of one or two sentences. Example of a Sutra: “Reality is truth, and what is true is so, irrespective of whether we know it is, or are aware of that truth.”