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Meaning of "Hridaya"

Word

Hridaya

Sanskrit

हृदय

IAST

hṛdaya

In General

The physical heart of body. The word is also used to mean the essence or best or dearest or most secret part of anything.

Upanishads speak of heart in another sense. Upanishads, which refers to hridaya many times, is not the heart as a physical organ or emotional heart, but the heart as the central seat of consciousness, beyond body or mind. This spiritual heart is contacted to the right of the physical heart but transcends all physical and temporal limitations.

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Hridaya grandhiहृदय ग्रन्थिhṛdaya granthi

Heart string

The knotted cord of the secret heart such as desires, doubts...

Some Upanishad references are given below:

When every desire that...

Read More
Hridayaguhaहृदयगुहाhṛdayaguhā

Heart is the space ( akasha ) where the in-breath and out-breath merge. A yogi make the...

Read More
Hridayakashaहृदयाकाशhṛdayākāśa

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