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    prANa anAhata

    Namasté All

    Due to recent life experience, I have what I would call "a fire in the neurons of my heart". Now this is not common English, really this phrase would be understood by few people that I know. Mocked by many. A doctor I am sure would prescribe a drug for anxiety.

    This is prANa, in my eyes.

    This is a curious emotion or feeling, driven by a mix of love lust and jealousy. I do not act on this but sit and watch as the flame of karma undoes the knot that I have tied.

    I was wondering if any here with knowledge of Sanskrit and the scriptures, could suggest how this might be described in Sanskrit.

    Would "anAhatanAda" be a good description?

    nAda: Roaring, bellowing, crying.

    anAhata: Heart chakra

    anAhatanAda: mystical sound heard internally, unstruck note, sound produced other than by beating.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    Pranams

    Mana

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    Re: prANa anAhata

    hariḥ oṁ
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    namasté


    mana writes,
    Would "anAhatanAda" be a good description?

    anāhatanāda is defined as as sound produced other then beating; it is also oṁ.

    So, we look at it this way : an+ āhata+ nāda
    • an - to live, move or go. Yet in this case 'an' = 'a' as a prefix , meaning 'not' . We see this occuring in the following words an-eka means 'not one' or an-anta meaning 'endless' .
    • āhata - struck , beaten ; caused to sound (as a drum )
    • nāda - a sound or tone ( also called śabda )
    an+ āhata+ nāda = not + stuck + sound

    Another way of saying this is amātra defined as boundless, without (a) measure (mātra).

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    यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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    Re: prANa anAhata

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    namasté

    So, we look at it this way : an+ āhata+ nāda

    If one was given poetic liberty , we could look at this word in another way: a + nāha + ta+ nāda


    • a = not
    • nāha - binding; obstuction
    • ta = tad = that
    • nāda - a sound or tone ( also called śabda )
    We could then say , that which is without binding sound.

    praṇām
    यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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    Re: prANa anAhata

    Namasté yajvan

    Thank you so much.

    Might I ask if the apparent connection between words due to slightly differing vowel sounds are correct, if indeed that is what I am observing, this is purely from text no auditive input as yet.

    a and A

    For example:

    hata = to be hit, having been slain.

    hAta = giving up, abandoned.

    hatA = violated, despised unfit for marriage.

    Ahata = Understood, Beaten, caused to sound.

    ahata = Unblemished, unsoiled, not beaten.

    "All is fair in love and war."

    Am I seeing patterns where there are not, or is there an underlying theme or method to the way the words are growing?

    If so; how would you recommend I approach a better understanding of the root construction of the beautiful language?

    Thank you kindly.

    Pranam

    Mana

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