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Devi:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Devi
Devi: (Sanskrit) "Goddess." A name of Shakti, used especially in Shaktism. See: Shakti, Shaktism.
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Devoid:
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devoid: Completely without; empty.
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Devonic:
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devonic: Of or relating to the devas or their world. See: deva.
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Devotee:
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devotee: A person strongly dedicated to something or someone, such as to a God or a guru. The term disciple implies an even deeper com...
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Dhammapada:
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Dhammapada: (Sanskrit) The holy book of Buddhism. See: Buddhism.
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Dhanurveda:
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Dhanurveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of archery." A class of ancient texts on the military arts, comprising the Upaveda o...
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Dharana:
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dharana: (Sanskrit) "Concentration." From dri, "to hold." See: meditation, raja yoga, shraddadharana, yoga.
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Chaturdharma:
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There are four principal kinds of dharma, as follows. They are known collectively as - chaturdharma: "four religious laws." ...
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Svadharma:
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svadharma: "Personal path, pattern or obligation." One's perfect individual pattern through life, according to one's...
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Rita:
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rita: "Universal law." The inherent order of the cosmos. The laws of being and nature that contain and govern all forms, fun...
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Depraved:
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depraved: Immoral; corrupt; bad; perverted.
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Desirous:
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desirous: Having a longing or desire; motivated by desire.
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Despair:
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despair: The state of having lost or given up hope.
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Despise:
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despise: To strongly dislike; look down upon with contempt or scorn.
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Destiny:
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destiny: Final outcome. The seemingly inevitable or predetermined course of events. See: adrishta, fate, karma.
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Destroyer:
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Destroyer: Term for God Siva in His aspect of Rudra. See: Nataraja.
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Deva:
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deva: (Sanskrit) "Shining one." A being living in the higher astral plane, in a subtle, nonphysical body. Deva is al...
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Devaloka:
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Devaloka: (Sanskrit) "Plane of radiant beings." A synonym of Maharloka, the higher astral plane, realm of anahata ch...
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Devamandira:
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devamandira: (Sanskrit) "Abode of celestial beings." From mand, "to stand or tarry." A Hindu temple; also ...
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Devanagari:
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Devanagari: (Sanskrit) "Divine city [script]." The alphabetic script in which Sanskrit, Prakrit, Hindi and Marathi a...
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Adharma:
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adharma: "Unrighteousness." Thoughts, words or deeds that transgress divine law in any of the human expressions of d...
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Dharmasabha:
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dharmasabha: (Sanskrit) "Religious assembly, congregation." A church.
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Dhoti:
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dhoti: (Sanskrit) (Hindi) A long, unstitched cloth wound about the lower part of the body, and sometimes passed between the legs and t...
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Dhriti:
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dhriti: (Sanskrit) "Steadfastness." See: yama-niyama.
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Dhvaja:
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dhvaja: (Sanskrit) "Flag." Part of the pageantry of Hinduism, orange or red flags and banners, flown at festivals and...
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Dhvajastambha:
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dhvajastambha: (Sanskrit) "Flag tree, flagpole." (Kodimaram in Tamil.) A tall cylindrical post usually behind the va...
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Dhyana:
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dhyana: (Sanskrit) "Meditation." See: internalized worship, meditation, raja yoga.
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Dismay:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Dismay
dismay: Loss of courage or confidence before danger. Fearful worry.
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Dispassionate:
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dispassionate: Free from emotion or passion. Calm; impartial; detached.
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Dispatch:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Dispatch
dispatch: To send off promptly, especially on an errand. To finish quickly.
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Dispel:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Dispel
dispel: To cause to go in various directions. To scatter and drive away; disperse.
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Dissolution:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Dissolution
dissolution: Dissolving or breaking up into parts. An alternative term for destruction. See: absorption, mahapralaya, Nataraja.
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Distort:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Distort
distort: To twist out of shape. To misrepresent.
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Divergent:
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divergent: Going off in different directions; deviating or varying.
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Dominion:
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dominion: Rulership; domain. hold dominion over: To be king, ruler, lord, or master of (a world, realm, etc).
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Don:
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don: To put on (a piece of clothing).
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Dormant:
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dormant: Sleeping; inactive; not functioning.
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Dross:
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dross: Waste matter; useless byproduct.
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Dualism:
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dualism: See: dvaita-advaita.
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Duly:
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duly: At the proper time, in the proper manner; as required.
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Durga:
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Durga: (Sanskrit) "She who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach." A form of Shakti worshiped in Her gracious as...
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Durvasas:
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Durvasas: (Sanskrit) A great sage (date unknown) who, according to Kashmir Saivism, was commissioned by Lord Siva to revive the knowle...
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Deism:
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Deism: A doctrine which believes in the existence of God based on purely rational grounds; a particular faith prominent in the 17th an...
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Deity:
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Deity: "God." Can refer to the image or murti installed in a temple or to the Mahdeva the murti represents. See: murti, puj...
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Delineate:
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delineate: To mark or trace out the boundaries of a thing, concept, etc.
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Delude:
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delude: To fool as by false promises or improper concepts or thinking.
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Delusion:
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delusion: Moha. False belief, misconception.
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Denial:
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denial: Saying "no." Opposing or not believing in the existence of something.
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Denomination:
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denomination: A name for a class of things, especially for various religious groupings, sects and subsects. See: parampara, sampradaya...
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Denote:
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denote: To indicate, signify or refer to.
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Deplore:
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deplore: To be regretful or sorry about; to lament, disapprove.
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Deportment:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Deportment
deportment: The manner of bearing or conducting oneself; behavior.
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Dichotomy:
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dichotomy: A division into two parts, usually sharply distinguished or contradictory. See: paradox.
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Differentiation:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Differentiation
differentiation: State or condition of making or perceiving a difference.
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Diksha:
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diksha: (Sanskrit) "Initiation." Solemn induction by which one is entered into a new realm of awareness and practice...
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Deeksha:
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deeksha: (Sanskrit) "Initiation." Solemn induction by which one is entered into a new realm of awareness and practic...
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Dipavali:
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Dipavali: (Sanskrit) "Row of Lights." A very popular home and community festival during which Hindus of all denomina...
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Dipolar:
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dipolar: Relating to two poles instead of only one. A philosophy is said to be dipolar when it embraces both of two contradict...
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Discordant:
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discordant: Not in accord. Disagreeing; clashing; out of harmony.
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Discrimination:
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discrimination: Viveka. Act or ability to distinguish or perceive differences. In spirituality, the ability to distinguish bet...
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Disheveled:
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disheveled: Untidy hair, clothing or general appearance. Rumpled.
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Dakshinamurti:
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Dakshinamurti: (Sanskrit) "South-facing form." Lord Siva depicted sitting under a banyan tree, silently teaching four rishis...
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Dampati:
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dampati: (Sanskrit) "House lord(s)." A term for husband and wife as the dual masters and sovereign guides of the Hindu home ...
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Dana:
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dana: (Sanskrit) "Generosity, giving; a gift." See: yamaniyama.
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Dance:
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dance: See: tandava, Nataraja.
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Danda:
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danda: (Sanskrit) "Staff of support." The staff carried by a sadhu or sannyasin, representing the tapas which he has taken a...
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Darshana:
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darshana: (Sanskrit) "Vision, sight." Seeing the Divine. Beholding, with inner or outer vision, a temple image, Deit...
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Dashamamsha:
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dashamamsha: (Sanskrit) "One-tenth sharing." The traditional Hindu practice of tithing, giving one-tenth of one's income to ...
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Dashanami:
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Dashanami: (Sanskrit) "Ten names." Ten monastic orders organized by Adi Shankara (ca 800): Aranya, Vana, Giri, Parva...
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Daurmanasya:
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daurmanasya: (Sanskrit) "Mental pain, dejection, sorrow, melancholy and despair." See: chakra.
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Daya:
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daya: (Sanskrit) "Compassion." See: yama-niyama.
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Death:
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death: Death is a rich concept for which there are many words in Sanskrit, such as: mahaprasthana, "great departure;" samadh...
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Deceit:
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deceit (deception): The act of representing as true what is known to be false. A dishonest action.
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Decentralized:
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decentralized: Whose administrative agencies, power, authority, etc., are distributed widely, rather than concentrated in a single pla...
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Decked:
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decked: Covered with fine clothing or ornaments.
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Defiled:
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defiled: Polluted, made dirty, impure.
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Deformity:
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deformity: Condition of being disfigured or made ugly in body, mind or emotions.
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Deha:
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deha: (Sanskrit) "Body." From the verb dih, "to plaster, mold; anoint, fashion." A term used in the Upanis...
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Aryans: Sanskrit Hinduism
Dictionary Ii On Aryans
aryans: the migrant invaders of india from approximately 1500 b.c; people of spiritual values
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Brahma-samaj, Brahmo-samaj:
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Brahma-samaj, Brahmo-samaj
Brahma-Samaj, Brahmo-Samaj (Sanskrit) A religious and theistic movement in India, originating with Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who began teach...
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Baddha:
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Baddha
Baddha (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root bandh to bind, tie) Bound, tied, fixed; in Hinduism "bound by the fetters of exist...
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Jain:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Jain
Jain:
Jain. Adherent of Jainism, Indian religion traceable to Mahavira of the 6th century B.C.
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Karma:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Karma
karma:
karma. (a) Activity, action, work, duty. (b) Fate; consequences of acts done in this life and past lives.
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Dvipa:
Sai Baba Dictionary On Dvipa
Dvipa:
Dvipa: 'separate area, island or continent'. There are seven dvipa's. Also Brahma's lotus, the galaxy, is described as a dvi...
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Shankara:
Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: Shankaracharya; Adi (the first) Shankaracharya: The great reformer and re-establisher of Vedic Religion in India around 300 ...
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Aryan:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Aryan (aaryan)
Aryan:
Aryan (Aaryan). (a) Literally noble. (b) Follower of Vedic or spiritual path. (c) Ancient dwellers of India who composed the...
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Nagarjuna:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Nagarjuna (naagaarjuna)
Nagarjuna:
Nagarjuna (Naagaarjuna). Classical Indian medical knowledge is called ayur-veda (science of long life); the two chief tr...
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Kasturi, Narayana:
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Kasturi, Narayana:
Kasturi, Narayana: N. Kasturi M.A., B.L. (1897-1987) has been Baba’s biographer for many decades. Besides ...
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Yoga:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Yoga
yoga:
yoga. (a) Union of the individual self or Atma with the Supreme Being or Universal Self; act of yoking. (b) A spiritual disci...
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Siddhis:
Sai Baba Dictionary On Siddhis (8 Perfections)
Siddhis:
Siddhis (8 perfections): anima: smallness, mahima: greatness, garima: weight, laghima: lightness, prapti: free access, pra...
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Buddhism:
Social Studies Dictionary - Buddhism
Definition and meaning of Buddhism
Buddhism - [World History] Buddhism evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal and...
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Buddhism:
Social Studies Dictionary - Buddhism
Definition and meaning of Buddhism
Buddhism - [World History] Buddhism evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal and...
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Bhagavata:
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Bhagavata: n (Sanskrit) "Relating to God or a God holy; sacred, divine." Pertaining to Vishnu or Krishna. From bhaga, "...
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Bhairava:
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Bhairava: n (Sanskrit) "Terrifying." Lord Siva as the fiery protector. He carries and is represented by a trishula (trident)...
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Bhajana:
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bhajana: n (Sanskrit) Spiritual song. Individual or group singing of devotional songs, hymns and chants. See: congregational worship, ...
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Bhakti:
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bhakti: n (Sanskrit) "Devotion." Surrender to God, Gods or guru. Bhakti extends from the simplest expression of devotion to ...
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Bharat:
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Bharat: n (Sanskrit) "He who supports, maintains or bears a burden." The ancient and original name of Indian lands and the c...
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Bhashya:
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bhashya: n (Sanskrit) "Speech, discussion." Commentary on a text. Hindu philosophies are largely founded upon the interpreta...
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Bhedabheda:
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bhedabheda: n (Sanskrit) "Difference-nondifference." A term in Vedanta which means that soul and world are identical with an...
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