purna
पूर्ण pūrṇaFull, whole, complete, lacking nothing. In Vedanta, Brahman is purna, and because it lacks nothing its very nature is bliss (ananda); sorrow and craving arise only from lack.
Where this term appears
- Lila: The World as Divine Play Essentials
Lila (leela) means play or sport, and it is the tradition's answer to the deepest question of all: why does a universe exist? The reasoning is this. The ultimate…
- Sat-Chit-Ananda: Being, Consciousness, Bliss Essentials
But Brahman is purna , whole, complete, lacking nothing, since there is nothing outside it that it could want.
- The Kumbh Mela Temples
The terms Maha (great), Purna (full), and Ardha (half) Kumbh are applied unevenly, and the much-publicized framing of a special "Maha Kumbh" once every 144 years is a modern usage that official bodies themselve…
- What is an Avatar? Deities
…which the divine takes a complete embodiment as Rama or Krishna, is a purna-avatara ; the tradition also speaks of partial descents, an amsa or a kala , in which only a portion of the divine power enters a bein…
- Aniconic Forms: Shaligrama and Yantra Deities
The purna-kumbha , a plain pot filled with water and topped with mango leaves and a coconut, is installed and honoured as the deity at the threshold of countless rites.
- Why is a coconut broken in Hindu ceremonies? Journal
Whole and unbroken, set on the mouth of a pot filled with water and crowned with mango leaves, it becomes the purna-kumbha or kalasha , the vessel of fullness, and in that form it is not smashed at all.
- Devipuram and the Open-Access Model Treatise
…irtha Avadhuta of Anakapalli, who gave him his initiation name at his purna diksha , his full initiation.
- The Name Treatise
She did not have to descend into the Maha Yagna fire and emerge as Lalita. She is, in her own nature, purna - complete, beyond all need.