Annamaya-Kosha
Annamaya-Kośa (IAST)
Translation: "The Sheath of Food"A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: अन्नमयकोश
Transliteration: Annamaya-Kośa
Translation: "the sheath of food"
Definition: "It is the outermost sheath enveloping the individual soul. It is made of food and is also called the physical body or the gross body."
The Serpent Power (Arthur Avalon)
The Sthūla Śarīra, with its three Dośas, six Kośa, seven Dhatus, ten Fires, and so forth, is the perishable body composed of compounds of five forms of gross sensible matter (Mahābhūta), which is ever decaying, and is at the end dissolved into its constituents at death. This is the Vedantic body of food (Annamaya Kośa), so called because it is maintained by food which is converted into chyle (Rasa), blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and seed-components of the gross organism. The Jīva lives in this body when in the waking (Jagrat) state.
Reference:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
- Avalon, Arthur (1950). The Serpent Power: Being the Shat-Chakra-Nirūpana and Pādukā-Panchakā. Adyar, Madras: Ganesh & Co. (Madras) Ltd. p. 67.
