Tistraishaniya Adhyaya: Difference between revisions

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* Three lines of sacred ash worn by ''shaivites'' (or the followers of Shiva) on their foreheads
* Three lines of sacred ash worn by ''shaivites'' (or the followers of Shiva) on their foreheads


==== Categories of three mentioned in ''Vedanta'' ==== <ref>Swami Sivananda “Categories in Vedanta” http://www.sivanandaonline.org/public_html/?cmd=displaysection&section_id=764 </ref>
==== Categories of three mentioned in ''Vedanta''<ref>Swami Sivananda “Categories in Vedanta” http://www.sivanandaonline.org/public_html/?cmd=displaysection&section_id=764 </ref> ====
 
* Three types of ''Shariras'' or bodies: ''Sthula-sharira'' (gross physical body), ''sukshma'' or ''linga-sharira'' (subtle body), ''karana-sharira'' (causal body).  
* Three types of ''Shariras'' or bodies: ''Sthula-sharira'' (gross physical body), ''sukshma'' or ''linga-sharira'' (subtle body), ''karana-sharira'' (causal body).  
* The threefold nature of ''atman'' or ''brahman'': ''Sat'' (Truth/Existence), ''chit'' (Consciousness), ''ananda'' (bliss).  
* The threefold nature of ''atman'' or ''brahman'': ''Sat'' (Truth/Existence), ''chit'' (Consciousness), ''ananda'' (bliss).