Concepts Of Pancha Kosha

The pancha koshas (five sheaths) is a road map for understanding psychological and spiritual development. There are namely:

Physical – Annamaya kosha

Energy – Pranamaya kosha

Mental – Manamaya kosha

Wisdom – Vijnanamaya kosha

Bliss – Anandamaya kosha

Self – Atman

1. Annamaya kosha,

‘Anna’ means food. It represents lowest vibration of ourselves. Annamaya is our physical body and is the grossest of all the koshas. It comprises of our bones and tissues which make up our muscles and organs. Earth being the dominant element and is called the food layer because it is created by the food that we eat. Prana and consciousness exist here.

The concept of Agni in Annamayakosha (physical level) is represented by the digestive fire (Jathargni) and

The soma yagna is a combination of visionary cosmology and the sacred ritualistic techniques involving the consumption of Somarasa. The soma rituals help an individual to develop a relationship from his consciousness to the process of creation. It reveals a unique relationship between the human consciousness and the laws of the universe. In the soma ritual /ceremony/yagna soma rasa is radiant ascesis aroused within the spiritual heart by the entheogen during the ritualistic practices. During the ecstatic state there is the union of head and the seven sensory pathways into the radiant heart. The union of head and heart allows the body and self consciousness to disappear into a brilliant purity of being in the effulgent abode of Soma. The process of exhilarating ecstasy with the nature is fundamental to the rituals of the Soma yagna. Due to this process, enormous amounts of energy are released which has profound effects on the physical body as well as on the laws of the Universe. This energy moves one beyond a limited ego consciousness and physical body as it increases the supraconscious intensity of the ecstatic state. The experiences of Soma are similar to those stated in the Hermetic