Panchendriyas
Panchendriyas (
Jnanendriyas ("mental or senses") and five Karmendriyas ("sense organs that deal with bodily functions").[1]
Five gyanendriyas
Gyanendriya is the organ of perception, the faculty of perceiving through the senses. The first five of the seventeen elements of the subtle body are the "organs of perception" or "sense organs".[2] According to Hinduism and Vaishnavism there are five gyanendriya or "sense organs" – ears, skin, eyes, tongue and nose.[2]
Five Karmendriyas
Karmendriya is an Indian philosophical concept. Karmendriya is the "organ of action" according to Hinduism and Jainism.[2] Karmendriyas are five, and they are: hasta, pada, bak, anus, upastha.[2][3][4] In Jainism these are the senses used by the experiencing soul to perform actions.[2]
See also
- Panchakosha
- Kosha
References
- ^ a b Indriya In Hinduism – Sense Organs Human Body, By Abhilash Rajendran, March 28, 2022, hindu-blog.com
- ^ a b c d e Jnanendriya, Jnana-indriya, Jñānendriya, Jnanemdriya, www.wisdomlib.org
- ^ karmendriya (‘ organ of action’),
Oxfordreference.com, A Dictionary of Hinduism by
W. J. Johnson, Publisher: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198610250
- ^ Karmendriya, www.encyclopedia.com