subtle body
nounEtymology Translation of सूक्ष्म शरीर (sūkṣma-śarīra) or सूक्ष्म देह (sūkṣma-deha).
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Hinduism The second of three (or more) bodies that make up the fully embodied human in various Hindu philosophies.
Human sciences, Mysticism, Occult, Parapsychology, Philosophy, Pseudoscience, Sciences The embodiment of the soul or mind; part of the bodymind of the human being in syncretic, esoteric philosophy.
Human sciences, Mysticism, Occult, Philosophy, Sciences Those parts of the septenary, the 'seven principles of man' which constitute each human being, contrasted with the gross body, the physical human body.
- Related terms
- astral body, subtle