Jaṅgama
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Jaṅgama literally means ‘that which moves’.
As per Philosophy[edit]
In the philosophical literature, Jaṅgama signifies living beings. The whole world comprises of two types of things:
- The Sthāvara - stationary or non-moving, lifeless, material objects
- The Jaṅgama - moving objects or living beings
As per Vīraśaivism[edit]
In the Vīraśaiva or Liṅgāyata sect of Śaivism, it represents a saint or a man of realization who is ‘dynamically knowledgeable’ or ‘personification of knowledge, who is moving, who is living’.
The ‘Jaṅgama’ is the third ‘āvaraṇa’[1] out of the eight specified in this sect. A viraśaiva[2] is ordained to honor a jaṅgama just as he honors his guru and the liṅga.[3]
References[edit]
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore