The Koshas
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
The yogic body goes beyond the physical and extends into more subtle layers of energy. Yoga says that each person has five distinct energy bodies or koshas, vibrating at different speeds.
The koshas serve both a guide for the deeper practices of yoga and as map for our journey. The path of yoga is one of progressively moving inward, through each of the koshas, to experience the radiance of the True Self.
The Five Koshas
Abstract by Wil Geraets on the 5 koshas in indian psychology
Yoga and Meditation Indian Psychology 5 Koshas
Introduction ...
- The koshas are by the p a r a m p a r â explained as being first four material stages before the development of Krishna consiousness: anna-maya, prâna-maya, mano-maya and vijñâna-maya.
PANCHA KOSHAS (submitted by: yogitonmoy)
Pancha means five and Kosha means Sheath. According to "Taittiriyopanishad", Pancha Koshas are the five sheaths, which cover the overall human system.
The Five Koshas and Three Bodies
First there will be a discussion of the five chief koshas (sheaths). Classically they are the ...
Humankind, according to Raja yoga is a layered entity and is clothed in so many folds one within the other all of which form koshas or veils covering the Atman or true self.
The five koshas or sheaths cover the effulgent Brahman or atman. They are the annamaya kosha (physical body), pranamaya Kosha (energy sheath), manomaya kosha (mental or emotional sheath), ...
The Upanishadic categorization of these stages of involvement go by the names of Anna, Prana, Manas, Vijana, and Ananda, corresponding to the well-known sheaths of the human personality, the Koshas, as they are called - Annamaya, Pranomaya, Manomaya, ...
Similar to this method of meditation Koham is Upanisadic method of Pancha Kosha Viveka where a sadhaka transcends all the Koshas (levels of consciousness) one by one till he plunges deep in the ocean of silence.
"Notice that there is less room inside the lungs to breathe. This is analyzing the physiological body the second of the Koshas and the element of air in relation to the anatomical body.
Sanskrit
Writing in Sanskrit became common after about 1st cent. CE., starting with Tatvartha Sutra of Uma Swati. Jain Sanskrit literature includes Puranas, Koshas, Shravakacharas, Mathematics, and Nighantus.
Pranamaya Kosha, Manomaya Kosha and Vijnanamaya Kosha are in the astral body (Sukshma Sarira). Anandamaya Kosha belongs to the causal body (Karana Sarira). Pranamaya Kosha contains the five Karma Indriyas. Manomaya and Vijnanamaya Koshas contain the ...
As per the yogic tradition and taittariya upanishadic principles, there are five sheathes of existence of man called 'kosha' yogic management ( therapy) provides various techniques to bring back the balance of each koshas. 1) Annamaya Kosha( ...
 See also: Kosha, Yoga, Body, Prana, Mind
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