--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
> wrote:
> >
> > When reading the following passage from Swami
Muktananda's "Satsang
> > with Baba, Volume III" (August 18, 1972, page 122), I thought
that
> it
> > was another explanation of the mechanics of stress release; that
> is,
> > that the thoughts we have during meditation are indications of
> stress
> > being released on the physical level:
> >
> > "According to the seers of the yogic scriptures, countless
> impressions
> > of past lives are embedded in the central nadi, sushumna.
suSumna mf(%{A})n. very gracious or kind RV. VS. ; m. N. of one of
the 7 principal rays of the sun (supposed to supply heat to the
moon) VP. ; ***(%{A}*) f. a partic. artery (prob. `" the carotid "')
or vein of the body (lying between those called %{iDA} and %
{piGgalA} , and supposed to be one of the passages for the breath or
spirit ; cf. %{brahma-randhra}) Up. BhP. Ra1jat.**** - 1.
*) suSumnaa [~soo-shoomnar -- aarrghh!]; in this
case the long (diirgha) 'a' at the end indicates
that this is a (grammatically) feminine gender word
su 2 ({sU3}) adv. well, indeed (strengthening and assevering);
often --- in adj., adv., & subst. = Gr. 'eu (opp. {dus}).
sumna mfn. (prob. fr. 5. %{su} and %{mnA} = %{man}) benevolent ,
kind , gracious , favourable RV. x , 5 , 3 ; 7 ; (%{am}) n.
benevolence , favour , grace RV. TS. ; devotion , prayer , hymn (cf.
Gk. $) RV. ; &371866[1231 ,3] satisfaction , peace , joy , happiness
ib. ; N. of various Sa1mans A1rshBr.
mnA (cf. %{man} , with which %{mnA} was originally identical) cl. 1.
P. Dha1tup. xxii , 31 ; %{manati} (Gr. also pf. %{mamnau} ; aor. %
{amnAsIt} ; Prec. %{mnAyAt} , or %{mneyAt} ; fut. %{mnAtA} and %
{mnAsyati} ; inf. %{mnAtum}: Caus. %{mnApayati} aor. %{amimnapat}:
Desid. %{mimnAsati}: Intens. , %{mAmnAyate} , %{mAmnAti} , %
{mAmneti}) , only in %{anu-} , %{A-} , %{praty-A-} , %{sam-A-} , %
{pari-mnA}.
man, manyate, -ti, manute , pp. {mata3} (q.v.) think, believe, [[-
,]] imagine; consider as or take for (2 acc., acc. & dat., or acc. &
adv. in {vat}), also refl. consider one's self as, pass for, appear
as (nom. {ñiva}); think fit or right, approve of (acc.); think of,
meditate on (as in prayer), intend or wish for, remember, mention,
declare (acc., r. gen.); find out, invent; perceive, observe, know,
understand, comprehend (gen. or acc.). With {bahu} esteem, honour,
w. {laghu} disesteem, despise, w. {sAdhu} ({ñiti}) approve, commend,
w. {tRNAya} (cf. above) value at a straw, esteem lightly, w. {na}
think nothing of, disregard; {manye} methinks-(often inserted
parenthetically). C. {mAnayati} ({-te}), pp. {mAnita} honour,
esteem. D. {mImAMsate} ({-ti}) consider, examine, call in question. -
- {ati} value lightly, slighten; be proud or conceited. {anu}
assent, approve, like; acknowledge as (2 acc.); grant, impart;
allow, permit; indulge, forgive; w. {na} have no patience with,
dislike. C. ask (acc.) for permission, take leave of (acc.), beg for
(acc.); honour, regard, consider. {ava} disregard, despise. {abhi}
put one's mind upon, wish for (acc.), love, like; have (evil)
intentions against (acc.), threaten, menace, hurt, injure, kill;
think, suppose, take for or consider as (2 acc., P. 2 nom.). {ava}
despise, treat contemptuously, disregard. {abhyava} the same. {pari}
overlook, neglect, forget. {prati} answer, return, oppose (2 acc.).
C. honour, applaud, regard, consider, deign to accept. {vi}
distinguish. C. disgrace, disregard, slighten. {sam} think, suppose,
take for (2 acc.); intend, purpose; esteem, honour. C. honour,
revere. -- Cf. {a3numata, abhimata, vimata, saMmata}.
