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| Published: September 25, 2017

The Concept of Dreams and Dreaming: A Hindu Perspective

Boban Eranimos

Guest Faculty in Psychology, School of Behavioural Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Art Funkhouser

Instructor, C. G. Jung Institute, Küsnacht, Switzerland Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.131/20170404

DOI: 10.25215/0404.131

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The present paper presents Hindu approaches to dreams.  In the west there are numerous concepts, theories, schools and information with regard to dreams. Hindu concepts about and approaches to dreams, though, are relatively untouched and unexplored and are thus largely unknown to westerners. The main concept of dreams and dreaming is closely linked to Hindu philosophy, mythology, and ancient writings such as the Puranas, Vedas, Upanishads, and so on. The major essence of the eternal self (atman), the seven fold classification of dreams and dreaming, dreams associated with the sex of the unborn child and human nature (“prakriti”) as based on the ayurvedic personality temperament theory (“tridosha”) form the major Hindu concepts of dreams. These are presented and discussed in this paper.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.131/20170404

10.25215/0404.131

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Published in   Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017