| Term |
Meaning |
|
A |
| Aabhaas |
Illusion |
| Abhav |
Lacking |
| Abhinna |
Identical |
| Abhishek |
Holy bathing
|
| Abhiyoga |
Reference of awareness |
| Abhog |
ExpansioN,Spiritual delight |
| Abuddha |
A state of spiritual ignorane.
|
| Achara |
Discipline |
|
Achaman |
It is the process of pouring
holy water on palm with a special pooja spoon called 'Pali' and swallowing it by
chanting the Mantras during the pooja |
|
Acharya |
This word usually refers to a prominent or exemplary spiritual
leader |
| Adhara |
Base |
| Adhisthan |
support |
| Adhva |
course,journey or path |
| Adi koti |
The Heart |
| Advay |
One without a second
|
| Advait |
Non-dualism, a Hindu philosophy
|
| Aghor |
The Lord
Shiva
|
| Agni |
Fire |
| Agyan |
Ignorance,Illiteracy |
| Aham |
Self |
| Aham-bhava |
Self conciousness |
| AhaMkAra |
The Ego |
| Ahanta |
Self consciousness |
| Ahimsa |
non-violence
|
| Akaash |
The sky |
| Akhyati |
Ignorance |
| Akram |
Successionless |
| Akhyati |
Mahamaya |
| Akshata |
Rice grains used in worship
|
| Akula |
Lord Shiva
|
| Alam |
Utmost |
| Aalay |
Dwelling,temple |
| Amayiya |
Beyond the scope of Maya |
|
The highest Sakti of the Divine.
|
| Amrit |
The holy liquid for immortality |
| Amudh |
Sentient |
| Anahata |
The mystic centre at the heart |
| Anand |
Joy |
| Anandamay |
Full of joy |
| Anava |
ego |
| Antakoti |
The last point |
| Antahkaran |
The mind, buddhi |
| Antahstha |
Determined by Maya |
| Antaratma |
The inner soul
|
| Anugraha |
A blessing, grace |
| Anuman |
Conclusion,inference
|
| Apana |
The inhaled air |
| Apara |
Lowest |
| Apasusakti |
A free
being |
| Apaurusheya |
Not man-made
|
| Apavarga |
Liberation |
|
Archana |
salutation, praise
|
|
Archaka |
priest |
| Aradhana |
worship ,pooja |
| Aranyaka |
Philosophical writings |
|
Arti |
A traditional Hindu ritual of praising the God by
singing. |
| Artha |
Meaning,sense |
|
Arul |
grace |
| Ashtanga |
With eight Sides |
| Shatanama |
Jaapnam 108 |
| Asana |
particular posture of the body |
| Asat |
Non-being |
| Asaya |
Disposition of mind |
| Ashram |
Hermitage,Stage of life |
| Ashuddhi |
Impurity |
| Ashunya |
Non-void |
| Ashyan |
Dry,shrunken |
| Atmaboddha |
Self-knowledge |
| Atman |
Self |
|
Aum |
It is a mystic word for
Hindus and Buddhists |
| Avadhan |
Constant attentiveness.
|
| Avastha |
State |
| Avesa |
Entry, absorption
|
|
Avatar |
A divine incarnation,that is, the
state when the Divinity enters into the body of a human being. |
| Avikalpa |
Free of all thought-construct |
| Aviveka |
Non-awareness of the Real |
| Avyakta |
Non-manifest |
B |
| Bahirmukhata
|
Consciousness extroversion
|
| Bala |
Power |
| Bandha |
Bondage |
|
Bhag |
part,section |
|
Bhagavan |
God |
|
Bhajan |
A song in praise of a God or Saint |
| bhakta |
devotee |
| Bhakti |
Devotion |
| bhashya |
commentary |
| Bhav |
Feeling,Expression |
| Bhavana |
The inner consciousness |
| Bhed |
difference |
| Bhog |
Enjoyment |
| Bhrumadhya |
M middle of the eye-brows |
| Bhumika |
Role |
| Bhuta |
Gross physical element
|
| Bhuvan |
abode |
| Bij |
The first syllable of a mantra |
| Bindu |
The point |
| Bodh |
Spiritual awakening |
| Brahma |
The God of creation |
|
Brahmacharya |
The literal meaning is practicing conduct that leads one to God.It
is self-restraint, especially over sexual desire |
| Brahmajnana |
The knowledge of Brahman
|
| Brahmananda |
The fourth stage of Joy |
|
Brahman |
Supreme Being, Absolute
|
| Buddha |
One awakened to the light of consciousness
|
| Buddhi |
The intelligence |
|
C |
| Chaitanya |
The Consciousness
|
| Chakra |
The wheel |
| Chakreshvar |
The master or lord |
| Chamatkar |
Supernatural act |
| Chandra |
The Moon |
| Charvaka |
the materialist |
| Chetana |
Consciousness |
| Chetya |
Knowable |
| Charya |
Practice |
| Chitt |
The Mind |
| Chidakasa |
The ether of consciousness |
| Chidghana |
Mass of consciousness
|
| Chidanand |
The stratum of joy |
| Chinta |
Worry |
|
D |
|
Dakshina |
A gift offered to a Guru as a
token of gratitude for giving us divine knowledge and guidence in life |
| Damaru |
a small drum of Lord Shiva |
| Dardhya |
Firmness of mind
|
| Darshan |
Seeing the divine grace |
| Desh |
Region |
| Dev |
The Lord |
|
Devdasi |
Devadasis are girls or women dedicated
or "married" to a deity.Their purpose is to give service to the temple and
perform rituals
|
| Devi |
The Goddess |
| Dharma |
Righteousness |
| Dharana |
Meditation |
| Dhruva |
Star |
| Dhup |
Smoke |
| Dhvaja |
Flag |
| Dhyan |
Meditation |
|
Dwaparyug |
The third era when the great epic Mahabharata'
took place |
| Dik |
Space |
| Diksha |
The ceremony by which spiritual knowledge is imparted |
| DIp |
light |
| Disha |
Direction |
| Drishti |
Vision |
| Dvaita |
Duel |
| Dvadasanta |
Distance or end of 12 fingers |
|
G |
| Gaganangana |
Consciousness |
| Ganga |
The holy river Ganges |
| Ganapati |
God Ganesh,Son of Shiva |
| Garbha |
Origin |
| Gayatri |
A mantra |
| Gomukh |
Face of the cow |
| Gopura |
Tower |
| Grahak |
Customer |
| Grahya |
Acceptable |
| grantha |
A book of many chapters |
| Granthi |
Nerves |
| Guru |
Guide, teacher |
|
Gurukul |
Traditional Hindu residential schools of learning. It is the
teacher's(Guru) house or a monastery |
| Gun |
Virtues |
| Gyan |
Wisdom |
|
H |
| Hamsa |
The soul |
| Hetu |
Cause |
| Hetumat |
Effect |
|
Hinduism |
Traditional religion of India,
characterized by a philosophy and a way of life rather than by a dogmatic
structure.It has been developing gradually since c.3000 bc, absorbing
external influences.All Hindus recognize the Vedas as sacred texts |
| Hrada |
Spiritual awareness |
| Hriday |
The heart |
|
i
I |
| Iccha |
Will, desire |
| Idam |
This, object
|
| Idanta |
The
consciousness |
| Indrajaal |
The magic |
| Indriya |
Organ |
| Indu |
Object |
| Ishvar |
The God |
|
J |
| Jagadananda |
The joy of the universe |
| Jagat |
The world |
| Jagrat |
Awakening of consciousness
|
| Jap |
Chanting of Mantra or God name |
| Jataa |
matted hair |
| Jiv |
The individual soul
|
| Jivanmukti |
Experience of liberation |
| Jyestha |
The senior |
| Jyoti |
Flame |
|
K |
| Kaivalya |
Aloofness from maya |
| Kala |
The art,skill |
| Kalachakra |
The rotation of time period |
|
Kaliyug |
The era which began after Lord Krishna and lasts for 432000
years |
| Kaam |
Desire, lust
|
| Kanchuka |
Kala,Vidya,Raga and Niyati
|
| Kanda |
Muladhara psychic centre
|
| Kantha |
The throat |
| Kaaran |
The reason, cause
|
| Karmakanda |
The part of the Vedas |
| Karmendriya |
The organs of actions |
| Kartrtva |
The potential |
| Karya |
Event |
| karma |
Deed |
| Keval |
Only |
| Khyati |
Fame |
| Koti |
Point |
| kovil |
Temple |
| Kram |
Order |
| Krida |
Sport |
| Kriya |
An action |
| Kshema |
Preservation of achievement |
| Kshetrajna |
The empirical subject
|
| Kshobha |
Identification of self |
| Kshetra |
Holy place |
| Kshetrajna |
The empirical Subject
|
| Kul |
Family-race |
| Kuldaivat |
Deity of the family-race |
| Kulamarga |
The discipline for attaining to the Supreme
|
| Kumari |
A girl |
| Kumbhaka |
Retention of Pran |
| Kundali |
Horoscope |
| Kundalini |
The divine power of Siva,folded in the spinel |
|
L |
| Laya |
Dissolution |
| Lina |
Absorbed |
| linga |
The gender |
| Lok |
The folk |
|
M |
| Madhya |
The centre |
| Madhyadhama |
The central nadi |
| Madhyamika |
The follower of the Buddhist Madhyamaka
philosophy |
| Madhyasakti |
The central Consciousness |
| Mahabodha |
The grand enlightment |
| Mahamantra |
The great mantra of God |
| Mahamaya |
The state above Maya
in which resides the vijnanakala. |
| Mahananda |
The fifth stage of ecstacy,joy
|
| Mahanaya |
Discipline |
| Mahartha |
The highest value |
| Mahasatta |
The Highest Reality
|
| Mahasunya |
The great void
|
| Mahavyapti |
The grand occupation |
| Maheshvar |
The lord |
| Mala |
Rosery,garland |
| Malini |
Arrangement of letters in irregular way from 'na' to 'pha' |
| Manas |
That mind |
| Mantra |
The sacred words to be chanted
|
| Marut |
Breath |
| Mati |
Buddhi,
intelligence |
| Maya |
The divine power,Illusion |
|
Meditation |
It is a
religious discipline in which the mind is focused on a single object of
reference. It may be a means of invoking divine grace , or it may be a
means of attaining conscious union with the divine |
| Meya |
Object |
| Mimamsa |
Discussion |
| Moh |
Attraction,lure |
| Moksha |
liberation of the divine soul |
| Mudra |
Yogic control of certain organs
|
| Mukti |
Liberation from bondage |
| Murti |
Statue |
| Mulasthan |
The core abode in the temple |
| Muladhar |
the pranic centre below genitals
|
|
N |
| Naad |
Sound |
| Nadanta |
Subtle energy
|
| Nadi |
subtle channel of Prana |
| Naivedya |
Offering of eatables to God |
| Namaskar |
Salutation |
| Nandi |
Chief guard of Lord shiva
|
| Navavargak |
Letters pertaining to nine classes
|
| Navatma |
Of nine forms.
|
| Nibhalana |
Mental practice.
|
| Nirananda |
The second stage of joy |
| Niradhar |
Supportless |
| Nirashraya |
without any prop or base
|
|
Nirmalyam |
The flowers offered to the
God while performing the pooja which are flown in a river or sea water the next
day,after performing the uttarpooja |
| Nirodhika |
The subtle energy of pranava |
| Nirvan |
Demise |
| Nirvikalpa |
Devoid of all thoughts |
| Nirvriti |
Joy |
| Nishkala |
Undivided |
| Nishtaranga |
Free of commotion |
| Nityatva |
Eternity |
| Nivesha |
entry into the Universal Consciousness
|
| Niyam |
Rule,ritual |
| Niyati |
Destination |
|
P |
| Panchamrut |
A sweet mixture of milk, curd, ghee, sugar and honey used in the
divine food in worship |
| Panchakshar |
Holy five letters |
| Panchakriya |
The ceaseless five-fold act of Lord Shiva |
| Para |
The Highest; the Absolute
|
| Paramarsha |
Comprehension |
| Paramartha |
The highest reality |
| Paramatma |
The supreme power |
| Parapara |
The intermediate stage, both identical and different; unity
in diversity |
| Parashakti |
The Highest Sakti of the Divine |
| Parashu |
An axe |
| Paravak |
The vibratory movement of the Divine Mind that brings
cosmic Ideation |
| Parinam |
Consequence,transformation
|
| Pasa |
Bondage |
| Pash |
bond |
| Pashu (pachu)
|
Beast |
| Pasyanti |
The divine view in undifferentiated form |
| PradakshiNa |
circumambulation,walking around a deity |
| Prakash |
Light |
| Prakriti |
Nature |
| Pralay |
Dissolution of manifestation
|
| Prama |
Exact knowledge
|
| Praman |
A measure |
| Pramata |
The knower |
| Prameya |
Object of knowledge |
| Pran |
The life, the vital Vayu
in expiration
|
| Pranava |
The power of Om
|
| Pranayama |
Breath control ,yoga |
| Prasad |
The holy food offered to God |
| Prasar |
Expansion |
| Pratha |
The tradition |
| Pratibha |
Creativity |
| Pratyavamarsha |
Self-recognition
|
| Prabuddha |
One greatly awakened to the higher spiritual consciousness
|
| Pratyabhijna
|
Recognition |
| Prayashchitta |
Atonement,realisation |
| Prithivi |
The earth |
| Purana |
18 religeous scriptures |
| Purna |
Complete |
| Purusha |
The Self,a man |
| Purushartha |
objectives of mankind |
| Puja |
Worship |
| Pushkarini |
pond, temple tank
|
|
r
R |
| Raga |
Musical composition |
| Rajas |
The principle of motion |
| Rakti |
Relish; enjoyment |
| Rasa |
Flavour |
| Ravi |
The Sun |
| Rig-Veda |
One of the four Vedas
|
| Rishi |
A sage,Learned |
| Rudra |
A destructive form of Lord shiva |
| Rudraksha |
Sacred beed |
| Rupa |
Looks,appearance |
|
S |
| Shabda |
A word |
| Sabda-rashi |
Group of letters from a to
ksha
|
|
Sadguru |
A spiritual guide |
| Sadadhva |
The six forms of manifestation |
| Sadhaka |
An accomplisher |
| Sadhana |
An accomplishment |
| Sadvidya |
Positive knowledge |
|
Sadhu |
This is a person who renounces life and everything that goes with it (religion,
caste, family, etc.) and essentially becomes a wandering hermit seeking
Moksha(liberation).The fourth Life Stage of Hinduism |
| Sagun |
The virtuvous |
| Sahaja |
Innate essential nature
|
| Sahasra, |
Thousand |
| Sakti |
The power of Shiva
|
| Samachara |
News |
| Samarasya |
Unison of Siva |
| Samadhi |
Meditation |
| Samarasa |
One having the same feeling or consciousness.
|
| Samaveda |
One of the four Vedas
|
| Samavesha |
Being possessed by the Divine, absorption of the individual
consciousness in the Divine |
| Shambhu |
An epithet of Shiva |
| Samhara |
Destruction |
| Samhita |
Compilation |
| Sambodha |
The perfect knowledge of the essential nature of
Reality |
| Samghatta |
Meeting |
| Samhara |
Assimilation to the highest consciousness. |
| Samsarin |
Transmigratory
being |
| Samskar |
The good influence of family culture |
| Samvit |
Supreme consciousness in which there is complete fusion of
prakasa and vimarsa, jnana-sakti; svatantrya-sakti;
the supreme I-consciousness. |
| Samkalpa |
A resolution |
| Samvahya |
One who is carried from one form of existence to
another |
| Sandhana |
Praying with full devotion |
| Sankoch |
Contraction, limitation.
|
| Sanatan Dharma
|
Eternal Religion |
| Sankhya |
Number |
| Sanyas |
Away from the material world |
| Sara |
Quintessence
|
| Sakala |
All |
| Sarvaga |
Omnipenetrant
|
| Sarvakartritva
|
Omnipotence |
| Sarvajna |
Knowledgeble |
| Sasana |
Philosophical text |
| Sat |
Existence which is consciousness
|
| Satta |
Power |
| Satva |
The inner essential Self |
| Saugata |
A Buddhist |
| Sayujya |
When the aspirant realizes identity with the
Divine |
| Sayujyam |
Absorption into Lord Shiva
|
| Shaiva |
Related to Shiva
|
| Sidhdhanta |
The proof,the theorom |
| Shakti |
The Power, The Goddess |
| Shastra |
Science |
| Shloka |
Divine verse
|
| Siddhi |
Supernatural power |
| Sikhanta |
Brahmarandhra
|
| Spanda |
A creative pulsation |
| Srishti |
The nature |
| Sruti |
The Vedas |
| Stabdha |
Immovable. |
| Sthala puran
|
History of the place |
| Sthula Sharir |
Gross physical body |
| Sugata |
The Buddha |
| Sukshma |
The inner ,minute |
| Shunya |
Zero,void |
| Shunyatishunya
|
Absolute void |
| Suprabuddha |
One who has consciousness constantly
present. |
| Surya |
The Sun |
| Sthapana |
Establishment |
| Sushumna |
The central nadi very important in yoga
|
| Susuptata |
Delusive condition caused by primal ignorance. |
| Svacchanda |
Absolutely free
|
| Svalakshana |
An object limited in its particular space and time.
|
| Svasamvedana
|
An intuitive apprehension of oneself without the aid of
internal and extenal sense. |
| Svapna |
A Dream |
| Svarupa |
One's own form |
| Svastha
|
Calm |
| Svatma |
One's own self |
| Svatantra |
Independent |
| Sveccha |
Own will |
|
Swami |
One who is a master of himself |
|
T |
| Tamas |
The principle
of inertia and delusion. |
| Tantrik |
follower of Tantra vidya |
| Tantra |
A scripture in general; Science of the cosmic spiritual
forces, revealed work. |
| Tanuta |
A state of subtleness.
|
| Tarka shastra
|
Logic and dialectics
|
| Tatva |
A principle |
| Tatpurusha |
One of the five aspects of Shiva
|
| Tirtha |
Holy water given to sip |
|
Tretayug |
The era or the time period when the great epic 'Ramayana' took
place |
| Trika |
The system of philosophy of the tirad- Nara, Sakti
and Siva |
| Trimurti |
The Brahma, Vishnu,Mahesh |
| Trishul |
The trident |
|
Tulsi |
It is the Sweet basil plant sacred to Hindus |
| Turiya |
The fourth state of consciousness beyond the
states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep |
|
U |
| Ucchar |
Pronunciation |
| Udana |
Shakti
that moves up in Susumna at spiritual awakening. |
| Udaya |
Rise |
| Udyama |
The sudden spontaneous emergence of the Supreme I-consciousness |
| Udyog |
Work |
| Udvamanti |
Opening of the eye |
| Unmesh |
The start of the world process |
| Unmilan |
Unfolding |
| Upadhi |
Limiting adjunct or condition
|
| Upachar |
Remedy |
| Upadesh |
An advice |
| Upanishad |
A philosophy of Vedas |
| Upasana |
Service,prayer |
| Urdhva |
The rise |
| Usma |
The letters Sa, ha
|
|
Uttarpooja |
It is a pooja performed on
the next morning of the pooja day to conclude the pooja and resume the routine
life |
|
V |
| Vachya |
Object |
| Vahini |
Channel |
| Vaishamya |
Difference |
| Vaishnava |
Follower of Visnu |
| Vama |
The divine Shakti that emits the universe
|
| Vapus |
The osmic essence. |
| Varga |
Class,division |
| Varna |
Colour |
| Vasana |
Deep desire |
| Veda |
The sacrad book of vaidika dharma (Hinduism)
|
| Vedaka |
Experient |
| Vedya |
Object |
| Vedanta |
Conclusion of Veda |
| Vibhuti |
Ash of power |
| Vidhan |
Staement,procedure
|
| Vidhi |
Ritual,system, fate
|
| Vidya |
Knowledge |
| Vigraha |
Individual form or shape |
| Vigrahi |
The embodied
|
| Vijnana |
consciousness; supreme consciousness
|
| Viman |
An aeroplane |
| Vikalpa |
Difference of perception |
| Vikasa |
Development |
| Vilapana |
Dissolution |
| Vilaya |
Concealment |
| Vimarsha |
Self-consciousness or awarenes |
| Virat |
Consciousness limited or conditioned by the upadhi of the
aggregate of gross bodies. |
| Virya |
The reproductive secretion |
| Vish |
A poison |
| Vishuddi |
Fifth mystic chakra
|
| Visarga |
Creation,a
puntuation mark |
|
Vishram |
Rest |
| Vishva |
The universe |
| Visvatmaka |
Immanent |
| Vitark |
Feeling like Shiva |
| Vivarta |
Appearance of the Real as something
different. |
| Vivek |
Philisophical discrimination |
| Viyat |
space |
| Vrat |
A vow |
| Vritti |
Tendency |
| Vyamohittata
|
Delusion |
| Vyana |
The air |
| Vyapini |
The energy |
| Vyapta |
completely pervaded. |
| Vyapati |
Fusion in the whole |
| Vyapakatva |
All-pervasiveness |
| Vyoma |
The infinite endless space |
|
Y |
| Yajur-Veda |
One of the four Vedas
|
| Yama |
God of death,personal discipline
|
| Yoga |
It refers to an organized form of discipline that leads to a goal. This involves practice of meditation, mental concentration
and exercises of the body |
| Yogi |
One who is seeking to or has been able to unite with the
Universal consciousness |
| Yogendra |
the supreme yogi |
| Yogini |
The divine energy of Bhairava.
|
| Yoni |
Womb, female organ |
