The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v3.c19.s11.37.2

v3.c19.s11.37.2

See *element* *bindu* (a Śaiva category) 553, 556 *birds*, two, symbolizing two selves 136, 287-88 *birth* (*jāti*) 26-30, 32, 34, 202 physiology of 523 “three births” of *Aitareya Upaniṣad* 28-29, 276-77 *blind leading blind*, analogy of 128 *blind man carrying lame man on his back*, analogy of 154 *bliss* (*ānanda*) *ānandamayakośa* 91, 131-32, 212-13, 215, 331, 337-38, 340, 524 and *prājña* 106 definition of 349 in liberation, Self-knowledge 343, 388, 404 of Brahman 7, 76, 115, 131-32, 136, 197-98, 205, 269, 285, 324, 337, 342, 348-51, 365, 367, 407, 419, 452, 492-93 of deep sleep. *See suṣupti* relation to love 351 relation to pleasure, happiness 76, 197-98, 342, 348-50, 365, 429, 451-52 result of knowledge and action 213 the term “*ānanda*” 295 *blood* 26-27, 219, 331, 494, 523 *Bodhāyana* 11 *body* (*śarīra*) 121, 227, 306 as cause of the world 67, 78, 81-88, 123-24, 130, 133, 139, 141-44, 147, 151, 153, 170, 214, 219, 287, 292, 397, 406, 459, 480, 485, 522, 599 as reflecting medium 498 bodily act.