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killerme 18.02.11 - 09:11pm
Sanskrit Words beginning
with A
Glossary of Hindu Terms with
Meanings
Adharma:
contrary to what is right ; evil .
See dharma
Aditi :
Vedic goddess , the ' mother' of
the gods
Adityas :
Vedic sun deities , offspring of
Aditi
Advaita Vedanta :
non -dualistic Vedantic
philosophy
Agamas:
mystical scriptures pertaining
to specific Hindu sects such as
Vaisnavaites or Saivites
Agni :
fire ; sacred fire ; fire god
Ahimsa :
non -violence
Amma :
mother, a compound often
used in the names of female
goddesses
Amrta :
a nectar which was believed to
bestow immortality
Ananda :
bliss ; the bliss of union with
Brahman
Anna :
food , rice
Aranyaka Vedic :
forest texts or writings
Arjun:
one of the sons of Pandu and
the main (human ) character of
the Bhagavad Gita
Artha :
worldly wealth , pursuit of
wealth and social status
Arti :
act of worship celebrating
light
Aryans:
the migrant invaders of India
from approximately 1500 BC ;
people of spiritual values
Asanas:
yogic postures
Asat:
non -being, that is to say the
unreality of the world as
opposed to the true Being
(sat) which is Brahman .
Ashram :
hermitage , retreat or place of
quiet and solitude , often in a
forest , where a Hindu sage
lives alone or with his disciples
Asramas :
the four stages of life in
Hinduism
Asvamedha:
probably the most prestigious
of Vedic sacrificial rites , where
a horse is sacrificed in a yajna
by the king whose supremacy
has been acknowledged by the
neighbouring kings
Atharva Veda :
'Knowledge of Incantations ' ,
the fourth Veda
Atman:
the presence of Brahman as
the deepest essence of the self
in all entities; the Divine Self ,
a synonym of Brahman
Aum :
the sacred sound and symbol
which represents Brahman in
its unmanifest and manifest
aspects
Avatar :
literally ' descents ' , incarnation
of God , usually the
incarnations of Visnu and his
consort Laksmi
Avidya:
ignorance
Ayurveda:
Vedic medical system *
killerme 18.02.11 - 09:13pm
Sanskrit Words beginning
with B
Glossary of Hindu Terms with
Meanings
Bhagavad Gita :
Hindu scripture of the avatar
Krishna dated to
approximately the first two
centuries BC
Bhajans :
hymns in praise of a deity
Bhakta :
ardent devotee of a deity who
expresses loving-devotion to
the divine
Bhakti :
ecstatic loving-devotion to the
Almighty
Bhakti marga :
the path of devotion
Bhakti Yoga :
Yoga of Devotion
Bhuktis :
planetary time periods , minor
Bindi:
mark (usually a round , red )
worn on the centre of the
forehead to show that a
woman is married
Brahma :
form of the Hindu trinity
governing creation or the
Creator God
Brahmachari :
young boy at the first of the
four stages of life , the stage of
the student
Brahmacharya :
control of s*xual energy ; state
of life of learning and purity
Brahman :
the Absolute or ultimate reality
Brahmanas :
Vedic ritualistic texts or
manuals of instruction on the
Vedas
Brahmins :
a priest and member of the
most privileged of the four
social classes of Hinduism
Brihaspati :
Vedic God of the ritual , the
planet Jupiter
Buddha:
ninth avatar of Vishnu
Buddhism :
non -orthodox form of Vedic /
Aryan teaching founded by the
Buddha or enlightened on *
killerme 18.02.11 - 09:16pm
1Sanskrit Words beginning
with C
Glossary of Hindu Terms with
Meanings
Chakras :
nerve centers of the subtle
body ; non -dualistic Vedantic
philosophy
Charvakas :
materialistic philosophers of
ancient India
Chela:
disciple and student of a guru
Cit or Chit :
the Pure Consciousness
equated with moksa when the
egoistic self is lost *
killerme 18.02.11 - 09:19pm
~~Sanskrit Words beginning
with D
Glossary of Hindu Terms with
Meanings
Dalit :
person outside the class
system of Hinduism who was
formerly termed as
Untouchable
Darsanas:
writings of the six
philosophical schools of Hindu
religious thought
Darshan:
literally ' view ' or 'sight of '
referring to audience with a
deity
Dashas :
planetary time periods
Deva :
male deity ; literally ' shining
one '
Devi :
female deity
Dharana:
yogic concentration or
attention
Dharma:
what is right for the self -
moral piety , religion , honor ,
the clan , karma or work ,
society and the universe
Dharma Sastras:
Law Books forming part of the
scriptures of Hinduism
Dhatus :
bodily tissues in Ayurvedic
medicine
Dhyana:
meditation
Diwali or Divali :
Hindu festival of lights
Doshas :
biological humors of Ayurvedic
medicine
Durga:
the Goddess as the destroyer
of demons , one of the energy
forms of Siva
Dussehra :
Hindu festival that celebrates
the defeat of the demon King
Ravan at the hands of Lord
Ram (found in the epic
'Ramayana '). It is also the
worship of goddess Durga .
Dvandva :
dualities ; pairs of opposites
Dvija:
twice-born , referring to the
Brahmins , (formerly even the
Ksatriyas and Vaisyas ), who
undergo initiation into the
Hindu religion at a sacred-
thread ceremony *
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LOKA SAMASTHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU *
