Saturday, May 11, 2019

Jāgarita-Sthāna | "whose field is the waking state"

Jagarita-Sthana

Jāgarita-Sthāna (IAST)
Translation: "whose field is the waking state"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verses 3, 9)

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: जाग्रत् 
Transliteration: Jāgrat
Translation: "the waking state"
Sanskrit: स्थान
Transliteration: Sthāna
Translation: "position; proximity"

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: जागरितसथान
Transliteration: Jāgarita-Sthāna
Translation: "Whose field is the waking state of life"
Definition: "i.e., whose consciousness arises wholly from sense-perceptions of the external objects."


References:
  1. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
  2. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math