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Panchakosha (पञ्चकोशाः) (view source)
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A '''Kosha''' (also '''Kosa'''; [[Sanskrit]] [[:wikt:कोश|कोश]], [[IAST]]: {{IAST|kośa}}), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the [[Atman (Hinduism)|Atman]], or Self according to [[Vedantic]] philosophy. There are five Koshas, and they are often visualised as the layers of an onion.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roeser|first1=Robert W.|title=An introduction to Hindu India's contemplative psychological perspective on motivation, self, and development|date=2005|page=15|edition=pdf|url=http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/documents/researchPaperHindu.pdf|accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref>
A '''Kosha''' (also '''Kosa'''; [[Sanskrit]] [[:wikt:कोश|कोश]], [[IAST]]: {{IAST|kośa}}), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the [[Atman (Hinduism)|Atman]], or Self according to [[Vedantic]] philosophy. There are five Koshas, and they are often visualised as the layers of an onion.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roeser|first1=Robert W.|title=An introduction to Hindu India's contemplative psychological perspective on motivation, self, and development|date=2005|page=15|edition=pdf|url=http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/documents/researchPaperHindu.pdf|accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref>
As the scabbard hides the sword, the outer shell covers the tamarind fruit, the coat covers the body, so also these five sheaths hide the Atman.
==Origins==
==Origins==
The five sheaths (pancha-kosas) are described in the [[Taittiriya Upanishad]].<ref>David Frawley, ''Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-Realization and Planetary Transformation'', p.288</ref> From gross to fine they are:
The five sheaths (pancha-kosas) from gross to fine are:
# Annamaya kosha, "foodstuff" sheath (Anna)
# Annamaya Kosha
# [[Prana|Pranamaya kosha]], "energy" sheath (Prana/apana)
# [[Prana|Pranamaya kosha]]
# [[Manomaya kosha]] "mind-stuff" sheath (Manas)
# [[Manomaya kosha]]
# [[Vijnanamaya kosha]], "wisdom" sheath (''[[Vijnana]]'')
# [[Vijnanamaya kosha]]
# [[Anandamaya kosha]], "bliss" sheath (''[[wikt:bliss|Ananda]]'')
# [[Anandamaya kosha]]
==The five sheaths==
==The five sheaths==