Aurva (Sanskrit) A rishi, son of Urva and grandson of Bhrigu, mentioned in the Rig-Veda (8:102:4). The Mahabharata relates that Aurva was the preceptor of Sagara (whose mother he saved from the funeral pyre), on whom he bestowed the agneyastra (fiery weapon).

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kathina (ka.thina): A ceremony, held in the fourth month of the rainy season, in which a sangha of bhikkhus receives a gift of cloth from lay people, bestows it on one of their members, and then makes it into a robe before dawn of the following day.

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ego: The external personality or sense of "I" and "mine." Broadly, individual identity. In Saiva Siddhanta and other schools, the ego is equated with the tattva of ahamkara, "Imaker," which bestows the sense of I-ness, individuality and separateness from God.

See: ahamkara, anava.

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kapha: (Sanskrit) "Biological water."

One of the three bodily humors, called dosha, kapha is known as the water humor. Principle of cohesion. Kapha gives bodily structure and stability, lubricates, heals and bestows immunity.

See: ayurveda, dosha.

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acharya: (Sanskrit) "Going toward;" "approaching." A highly respected teacher. The wise one who practices what he preaches. A title generally bestowed through diksha and spreading; advance, progress." See: evolution of the soul.

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Buddha [one of true wisdom]: Buddha is a title bestowed on an enlightened master. The Buddha in the present cycle is Siddhartha Gautama (563 BC) who was born in a small kingdom in present day Nepal. After a renunciation of his kingdom and a long period of asceticism, he became enlightened and began teaching. His sermons form the school of philosophy called Buddhism.

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Upanayanam: the sacred thread ceremony for the bestowal of the Gayatri Mantra. The ceremony for the purpose of “bringing near or leading to”the Truth is performed by a priest and presided over by the father of the boy being initiated. India's law-giver, Manu, states the appropriate age for the receiving of the thread as five years for a Brahman, six for Kshatriya, and eight for a Vaishya (Code of Manu ii, 37-38).

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Sacrament [from Latin sacrare to make sacred]

Consecration, an oath, pledge; later a sacred rite. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes seven sacraments, and the Protestant churches in general but two, the eurcharist and baptism. The Latin root sacr- (sacred, consecrated) is connected with the Hebrew zachar (male principle, often degraded into a purely phallic significance).

Religious views as to the value of sacraments vary between those which regard them as channels by which actual grace is bestowed and those which regard them as merely symbolic and commemorative.

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Hamingja (Icelandic) Also fylgja. Luck, lot, or fortune in the Norse Edda; a human being's guardian angel, the spiritual soul who guides his destiny. She is descended from the norns, who are the hamingjas of the world. To bestow one's hamingja on another is to give a blessing. When a human being dies, his hamingja departs, withdrawn to its own divine realm.

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Yom Kippur

(Hebrew, "day of atonement")

The most solemn day of the Jewish year (10 Tishri), which ends the ten-day period of repentance that Rosh Hashanah begins. Virtually the entire day is spent in the synagogue petitioning God to pardon sins and bestow life for the coming year. No food or drink is consumed from sundown to sundown

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Arghyavarsha arghyavarsa (Sanskrit) (from arghya worthy, valuable + varsha raining, cloud, division of the earth separated by a mountain range from vrish to rain, bestow abundantly)

Land of libations; "the mystery name of that region which extends from Kailas mountain nearly to the Schamo Desert -- from within which the Kalki Avatar is expected" (SD 2:416n).

See also AIRYANA-VARSEDYA

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Vibhuti:

Vibhuti means ash. People come to Shivabalyogi with requests for all sorts of help, whether curing diseases or mental disorders, solving relationship problems, helping with work or other practical problems, or giving spiritual guidance and development. His Holiness typically blesses vibhuti, which if used as directed will automatically bestow the requested help. The miracles he has worked through vibhuti are countless.

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Hamingja (Icelandic) Also fylgja. Luck, lot, or fortune in the Norse Edda; a human being's guardian angel, the spiritual soul who guides his destiny. She is descended from the norns, who are the hamingjas of the world. To bestow one's hamingja on another is to give a blessing. When a human being dies, his hamingja departs, withdrawn to its own divine realm.

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Locust

• To dream of locusts, foretells discrepancies will be found in your business, for which you will worry and suffer. For a woman, this dream foretells she will bestow her affections upon ungenerous people.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Backgammon

• To dream of playing backgammon, denotes that you will, while visiting, meet with unfriendly hospitality, but will unconsciously win friendships which will endure much straining.
• If you are defeated in the game, you will be unfortunate in bestowing your affections, and your affairs will remain in an unsettled condition.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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