A Sanskrit term denoting the etheric double or vehicle of PRšïA. It is located within the physical body and is permeated by the emotional and mental bodies. In Ved€nta it is one of the four constituents of the human; the others are annamaya-kośa, the physical body; manomaya-kośa,the mental body; vijñānamaya-kośa, intellect.

See ETHERIC DOUBLE; LINGA-ŠARĪRA.

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