different between kundalini vs kriya

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????????? (ku??alin?, “coiled”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kun?da?li?ni

Noun

kundalini (countable and uncountable, plural kundalinis)

1. (yoga) An energy said to lie coiled at the base of the spine, which can be released by yoga.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 131:

     For us it is, of course, a symbol of the caduceus of Aesculapius, of the spinal column, of the kundalini-serpent of the Indians – you will be able to trace the ancestry of the idea through many continents and many religions.

Derived terms

• kundalini syndrome

See also

• chakra
• pranotthana

Spanish

Noun

kundalini m (plural kundalinis)

1. kundalini

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (kriy?).

Noun

kriya (plural kriyas)

1. (yoga) A technique or practice within a yoga discipline.
2. (yoga) The outward physical manifestations of awakened kundalini, such as spontaneous body movements.

Further reading

• kriya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Javanese kriya (“craft, craftsman”), from Old Javanese kriy? (“work”), from Sanskrit ?????? (kriy?).
• Semantic loan from Sanskrit ?????? (kriy?) for yoga sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?krija]
• Hyphenation: kri?ya

Noun

kriya (first-person possessive kriyaku, second-person possessive kriyamu, third-person possessive kriyanya)

1. handicraft, an artifact produced by a trade requiring skill of hand.

   Synonyms: kerajinan tangan, pekerjaan tangan

2. (yoga) A technique or practice within a yoga discipline; kriya.

Further reading

• “kriya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.