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Principleसिद्धांत

Ojas (vital essence)

ओजस् (ओज) · ओजस्

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
ओजस्ओज
Hindi
ओजस्ओजजीवनी शक्ति
English
Ojasojasvital essencevigour
Romanized
ojas

What the text says

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Properties1

  • The introduction says śukra dhātu, ojas and param ojas are the chief powers (prabhāva) of the body, kept in the body by brahmacarya, and that ojas greatly increases intelligence and memory and gives strength.

    Front matter · p. 17IntroductionTraditional description

Physiology1

  • The introduction says that in the human body, whose dhātus are the most developed, the pratimūladhātus are present together with ojas-like essences (dhātusāra-teja), but the three dhātus lie at the root of them all.

    Front matter · p. 10IntroductionTraditional description

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Quick facts

Content type
Principle
Categories
Immunity
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
0
Chapters
Front matter
Extraction tasks
T01
Record id
concept_ojas