Rupa = beauty; Lavanya = fine complexion; Bala = strength; Vajra-samhananatvani = very hard - like diamond; kaya = body; Sampat = treasure, perfection.
RUPA-LOKA (Fine-Material World ) The fine material sphere (ruupa loka) consists of sixteen planes. Beings take rebirth into these planes as a result of attaining the jhanas. They have bodies made of fine matter.
7. Kama Rupa: The Yogi can take any form he likes. 8. Parakaya Pravesha: He can enter into another body, can animate a dead body and enter into it by transferring his soul. 9. Iccha-Mrityu: Death at his will.
rup, Hind. for rupa rupa form. rupabheda [one of the sadanga]: distinction of forms.
Then you will reach the next world, called Rupa-loka, where the world may be seen by us, as it is. The beauty of the painting will no more be there; you will see only a canvas and ink spread in a particular pattern.
Sanatana Gosvami -- one of the six gosvamis of Vrindavan, brother of Rupa Gosvami. Sankirtana -- the congregational chanting of the holy names of God, spreading God consciousness.
consisted of a member of the manes and a member of the lares, which two were probably closely identic with the lower human ego and the higher human ego; furthermore after the death of the man there appeared the lemur corresponding to the kama-rupa, ...
No thought should interfere with rupa (form) sadhana and nam (name) sadhana. The entire attention is to be concentrated on japa and dhyana; when this is practised unceasingly, then the real steadiness comes.
A sacrifice performed by a monarch as a mark of his subduing all other kings. RAMAYANA: A holy narative of Lord Rama. RASA: Taste. RASASVADA: Tasting the bliss of lower Samadhi. RISHI: Sage. RISHIKESH: A sacred place in the Himalayas. RUPA: Form.
See also: Yoga, Body, Consciousness, Spirit, Mind
 
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