Sunday, January 12, 2020

Unmesha (Opening The Eye)

Sanskrit Devanagari Calligraphy Lettering - Unmesha (Opening The Eye)

Unmesha

Sanskrit: उन्मेश
Transliteration: Unmeśa (IAST)
Translation: “opening the eye; opening out
Definition: The externalizing of the power of the will (Icchā Śakti). It is the beginning of the world process. The unfolding of the spiritual awareness.*

उन्मेश – Unmeśa – the act of opening the eyes, looking at; winking, twinkling or upward motion of the eyelids; blowing or blossoming (of a flower); coming forth, becoming visible, appearing**

References:
*Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
**Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press

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