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  • Anandamide's name derives from the Sanskrit word ananda, which means bliss.
  • Anandamide, from the Sanskrit word ananda, meaning bliss or delight, is an endocannabinoid that works in both the central nervous system and the periphery.
  • ananda or bliss is the third aspect of the trinity, Sat-chit-ananda which is unity as well as multiplicity at the same time.
  • After years of practice he had developed the ability to transform most types of discomfort into ananda or bliss, but the pain he was feeling went be­yond his threshold.
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