Traya Sharira
According to Indian Philosophy, human being constitutes three vital bodies, 5 Koshas (sheaths), and 3 States.
Human beings have three bodies where its Koshas reside.
- Gross Body (Sthula Sharira)
- Subtle Body or Astral Body (Linga Sharira)
- Causal body (Karana Sharira)
The soul is different from these three bodies.
Gross body is physical body that is made up of the Panchmahabhutas – the five primordial elements, i.e., Akash (vacuum), Vayu (air), Agni (fire), Jal (water) and Prithvi (earth) and is subject to a sixfold change: birth, subsistence, growth, maturity, decay, and death.
Subtle or astral body (Linga Sharira) is where lives mind and intellect. Manomaya and Gyanamaya Kosh and part of pranamaya kosha resides in Astral or Subtle body. Linga Sharira contains pranamaya kosha, movement of the pranic force directing our physical and mental activities
Anandmaya Kosh resides in Causal body (Karana Sharira). Causal body needs bliss or peace which it gets from Anandmaya Kosh. Karana Sharira or Causal body is the map template which is the sole cause for the gross and subtle bodies in the future birth of the soul that is not liberated or detached from the causal body.
