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liṅgadēha m S The tenuous or ethereal body; the subtil vehicle of the जीवात्मा or sentient soul, and the causative principle and archetype of the स्थूलदेह the gross and material frame. It consists of मन the heart or seat of feeling, बुद्धि the judgment or discriminating faculty, दशेंद्रिय the ten senses or faculties of perception and action, and पंचप्राण the five vital airs. Ex. सूक्ष्मं मनो- बुद्धि दशेंद्रियैर्युतं प्राणैरपंचीकृत भूतसंभवं ॥. To it are ascribed sentience, intelligence, consciousness, agency &c.; and in this inheres the personality or individuality by which the being is distinguished from the All-pervading, All-upholding essence, the Deity. It is held to be the surviving essence from the dissolution of the preceding birth: hence the innate intelligence of the newborn animal to seek the breast and tocling to its parents. Ex. ज्ञालिया लिंगशरीराचा भंगु ॥ चुके निरयस्वर्गाचा मा र्गु ॥ स्वभावेंचि ॥.
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