The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2352 page)

, ten organs of action and knowledge, manas, and buddhi.
The subtle body is the vehicle in which the soul (
j
va
) transmigrates through
sa
s
ra
, and the repository of karmic seeds (
sa
sk
ras
) which determine the physical body and individual destiny. Beyond the subtle body is the causal (
k
ra
a
) or highest (
par
) body. The causal, subtle, and gross bodies correspond to the states (
avasth
) of deep sleep, dreaming, and waking.
The structure of the subtle body as elaborated in Tantrism comprises energy centres (
cakras
) connected by channels or veins (
n
s
) through which life-energy (
pr
a