Dictionary - Conversion To Hinduism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Conversion To Hinduism
conversion to Hinduism: Entering Hinduism has traditionally required little more than accepting and living the beliefs and codes of Hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caste: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Caste
caste: A hierarchical system, called varna dharma (or jati dharma), established in India in ancient times, which determined the privil...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cremation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Cremation
cremation: Dahana. Burning of the dead. Cremation is the traditional system of disposing of bodily remains, having the positive effect...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryans: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Aryans
aryans: the migrant invaders of india from approximately 1500 b.c; people of spiritual values   (See also: aryans , Hinduism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cardinal Points: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cardinal Points
Cardinal Points Either the four chief points of the compass (north, east, south, west), or the four chief zodiacal constellations whic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jain: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Jain
Jain: Jain. Adherent of Jainism, Indian religion traceable to Mahavira of the 6th century B.C.   (See also: Jain , Hinduism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: Sai Baba Dictionary On Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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 ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samkhya: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Samkhya
Samkhya:   Samkhya ("Number"): one of the main traditions of Hinduism, which is concerned with the classification of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Social Studies Dictionary - Buddhism
Definition and meaning of Buddhism   Buddhism - [World History] Buddhism evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Social Studies Dictionary - Buddhism
Definition and meaning of Buddhism   Buddhism - [World History] Buddhism evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - C.e.: A Christian Theological Dictionary On C.e.
A Christian theological definition of C.E. according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " C.E....   » Read the article

Dictionary - C - Letter C: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On C - Letter C
C. - The third letter of the English alphabet, which has no equivalent in Hebrew except Caph, which see under K.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Chaos
Chaos (Greek) (from chaino to gape, yawn open)   "The earth was without form and void," says Genesis in describing the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cabala, Cabbala: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cabala, Cabbala
Cabala, Cabbala. See QABBALAH   (See also: Cabala, Cabbala , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cabar Zio: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cabar Zio
Cabar Zio. See IU-KABAR ZIVO   (See also: Cabar Zio , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cakravartin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cakravartin
Cakravartin. See CHAKRAVARTIN   (See also: Cakravartin , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cakshu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cakshu
Cakshu. See CHAKSHU   (See also: Cakshu , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Calendar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Calendar
Calendar A formal table of time measures based on the motions of the heavenly bodies. Where esoteric knowledge is intact, these cyclic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Calf: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Calf
Calf Generally in ancient symbology the calf stood for the earth. The Puranic allegory "which shows 'the Rishis milking the earth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caloric: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caloric
Caloric According to a formerly widely accepted scientific theory of heat, when a hot body communicates heat to a cold body, there pas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Calvary: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Calvary
Calvary. See GOLGOTHA   (See also: Calvary , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Calypso Kalypso: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Calypso Kalypso
Calypso Kalypso (Greek) A nymph, daughter of Atlas, who lived on Ogygia and kept Odysseus with her there for seven years. (SD 2:762, 7...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cambrian Period: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cambrian Period
Cambrian Period. See GEOLOGICAL ERAS   (See also: Cambrian Period , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Camillus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Camillus
Camillus. See CADMUS; KADMILOS   (See also: Camillus , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Canaan, Canaanites: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Canaan, Canaanites
Canaan, Canaanites A Biblical term most often applied to the pre-Isrealite people of the land west of the Jordan, although not so anci...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mount Carmel: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel A mountain spur in Palestine, projecting into the sea south of Haifa, Israel; traditionally a sacred place and refuge, it...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Carnac: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Carnac
Carnac A village in Brittany celebrated for the enormous number of ancient stone monuments in its vicinity, to be classed with similar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cartesian System: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cartesian System
Cartesian System The system of Descartes, the great French philosopher (1596-1650), representing the first great attempt in Europe to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Carvaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Carvaka
Carvaka. See CHARVAKA   (See also: Carvaka , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Castes, Hindu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Castes, Hindu
Castes, Hindu. See CHATUR-VARNA   (See also: Castes, Hindu , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Castor: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Castor
Castor. See DIOSCURI   (See also: Castor , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cat
Cat Egyptian symbol of the moon (SD 1:304-5, 387-8; 2:545-6, 552n)   (See also: Cat , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occulti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cataclysms: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cataclysms
Cataclysms (from Greek kataklysmos flood)   The term originated among the Stoics, who taught that the world is visited periodical...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Catacombs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Catacombs
Catacombs Subterranean caverns and galleries, some of the most celebrated being in and around Rome. These were constructed for sepulch...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Catalepsy, Cataleptic State: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Catalepsy, Cataleptic State
Catalepsy katalepsis (Greek) (from kata down + lambanein to seize)   A psychomotor condition of morbid sleep, associated with a p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candrayana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candrayana
Candrayana. See CHANRAYANA   (See also: Candrayana , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Capital Punishment: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment ()   (See also: Capital Punishment , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Capricorn: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Capricorn
Capricorn (from Latin capr goat + cornus horn)   The goat, often mystically connected with the sea; the tenth sign of the zodiac....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Captures: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Captures
Captures Astronomical bodies not belonging by origin to a particular system. The planet Neptune is spoken of as a capture not belongin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caracara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caracara
Caracara. See CHARACHARA   (See also: Caracara , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Caraka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caraka
Caraka. See CHARAKA   (See also: Caraka , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Carbonari: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Carbonari
Carbonari (BCW 1:107n; 6:19-20)   (See also: Carbonari , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Carboniferous Age: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Carboniferous Age
Carboniferous Age. See GEOLOGICAL ERAS   (See also: Carboniferous Age , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caresma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caresma
Caresma. See BARESMA   (See also: Caresma , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cancer: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cancer
Cancer The Crab. Fourth zodiacal sign, being watery, cardinal, feminine, and the only house of the moon; in astrology it corresponds t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cancer, Carcinoma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cancer, Carcinoma
Cancer, Carcinoma A malignant opithelial tumor composed of a connective tissue-stroma surrounding groups or nests of multiplying epith...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candala: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candala
Candala. See CHANDALA   (See also: Candala , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Candra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candra
Candra. See CHANDRA   (See also: Candra , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Candrabhaga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candrabhaga
Candrabhaga. See CHANDRABHAGA   (See also: Candrabhaga , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candragupta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candragupta
Candragupta. See CHANDRAGUPTA   (See also: Candragupta , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candrakanta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candrakanta
Candrakanta. See CHANDRAKANTA   (See also: Candrakanta , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candramana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candramana
Candramana. See CHANDRAMANA   (See also: Candramana , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candramasanjyotis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candramasanjyotis
Candramasanjyotis. See CHANDRAMASANJYOTIS   (See also: Candramasanjyotis , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occulti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candra-vansa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Candra-vansa
Candra-vansa. See CHANDRA-VANSA   (See also: Candra-vansa , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cabiri, Cabeiri: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cabiri, Cabeiri
Cabiri, Cabeiri. See KABIRI   (See also: Cabiri, Cabeiri , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cable-tow: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cable-tow
Cable-tow In Freemasonry, the restraint placed upon and exercised by Masons. It is the cord enclosing the tracing beard of an Entered ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cadmus, Cadmilus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cadmus, Cadmilus
Cadmus, Cadmilus (Greek) Son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, and brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, and father of Semele; legendary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caduceus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caduceus
Caduceus (Latin) A herald's staff; specially, the wand of Mercury or Hermes, god of wisdom, corresponding to Thoth. It consists of a r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Count Alessandro Di Cagliostro: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Count Alessandro Di Cagliostro
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro "A famous Adept, whose real name is claimed (by his enemies) to have been Joseph Balsamo. He was a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cain Qayin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cain Qayin
Cain qayin (Hebrew) (from qayin spear)   In the Bible, the son of Adam and Eve, and a tiller of the ground. Becoming jealous of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cainite: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cainite
Cainite(s). See ROOT-RACE, FOURTH   (See also: Cainite , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caitanya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caitanya
Caitanya. See CHAITANYA   (See also: Caitanya , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Caitya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Caitya
Caitya. See CHAITYA   (See also: Caitya , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cakra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cakra
Cakra. See CHAKRA   (See also: Cakra , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cyclops, Kyklops: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cyclops, Kyklops
Cyclops Kyklops (Greek) (from kyklos circle, round + ops eye)   Plural cyclopes. Round-eyed giants; Homer locates them in Sicily ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mt Cyllene: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mt Cyllene
Mt Cyllene In Greek mythology, mountain in Arcadia where Hermes or Mercury was born.   See also Mountains, Mundane. (SD 2:541) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cymry: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cymry
Cymry (Welsh) The Welsh people. Many derivations of this word have been suggested; the accepted one nowadays gives Cymry the meaning o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cynocephalus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cynocephalus
Cynocephalus (from Latin canus dog + cephalus head)   The dog-headed ape (Simia hamadryas) which in Egyptian mythology was called...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cythraul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cythraul
Cythraul (Welsh) The principle of evil, later personified as the Devil.   (See also: Cythraul , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cytoblastema  : Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cytoblastema  
Cytoblastema An obsolete biological word for the formative material from which cells were supposed to arise.   (See also: Cyto...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cyuta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cyuta
Cyuta. See CHYUTA   (See also: Cyuta , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cupunika: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cupunika
Cupunika. See CHUPUNIKA   (See also: Cupunika , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Curbati: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Curbati
Curbati (Latin) Curved; ancient divinities of the stars and celestial orbs, interpreted as devils by the Catholic Church (SD 1:331) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Curds: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Curds
Curds In connection with the evolution of a universe, the first differentiation in manifestation of cosmic or primordial matter in its...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Curetes, Kouretes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Curetes, Kouretes
Curetes Kouretes (Greek) The priests in the Mysteries of Rhea Cybele in Crete, and in Classical mythology daemons or demigods to whom ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cush, Kush: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cush, Kush
Cush kush (Hebrew) Black; the eldest son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and father of Nimrod. Also applied to his descendants, usually tran...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cutha Tablets: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cutha Tablets
Cutha Tablets Tablets found at Cutha, an ancient city in Babylonia, containing fragments of the ancient Chaldean account of creation. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cybele, Kybele: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cybele, Kybele
Cybele Kybele (Greek) A Phrygian goddess of caves and mountains, vines and agriculture, and town life, first worshiped at Pessinus; la...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cycles: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cycles
Cycles (from Greek kyklos circle, wheel)   The law of cycles arises out of the ever-unceasing alternations of the Great Breath of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cycle Of Necessity: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cycle Of Necessity
Cycle of Necessity. See CIRCLE OF NECESSITY   (See also: Cycle of Necessity , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cyclopean Structures: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cyclopean Structures
Cyclopean Structures Applied by the Greeks to certain architecture of huge stones without mortar, such as found in Tiryns and Mycenae,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crux Ansata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Crux Ansata
Crux Ansata (Latin) Cross with a handle ; the handle of this cross may mean that the four terrestrial elements are grasped and control...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crux Dissimulata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Crux Dissimulata
Crux Dissimulata. See SWASTIKA   (See also: Crux Dissimulata , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cry From The Cross: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cry From The Cross
Cry from the Cross The cry of the expiring Jesus -- given in the Gospels as "Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani" (Matt 27:46) (in M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cryphius: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cryphius
Cryphius (from Greek kryphios secret, occult)   In the Mithraic Mysteries, the second degree of initiation or the candidate at th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crystalline Spheres: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Crystalline Spheres
Crystalline Spheres "The Egg of Brahma is composed of concentric spheres centered in the Sun, and each one of these spheres is a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crystals, Crystallization: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Crystals, Crystallization
Crystals, Crystallization The formation of crystals shows the working of intelligent life forces in the mineral world. The shapes of c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cteis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cteis
Cteis. See YONI (BCW 6:158)   (See also: Cteis , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Cube: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cube
Cube Often mentioned as equivalent to the square, tetrad, or quaternary. The line, square, and cube represent three stages of matter, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cup: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cup
Cup A container, vehicle, upadhi; having in certain connections the same general sense as graal, solar boat, ark, crescent moon, etc.;...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cupid: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cupid
Cupid (from Latin cupido desire, equivalent to Greek eros)   A being symbolizing desire in the various senses of the term, rangin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Clairvoyance, Clear-seeing: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Clairvoyance, Clear-seeing
Clairvoyance Clear-seeing; generally, the power to use the psychic sense of vision to see things on the astral plane, the imperfect sh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cleanthes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Cleanthes
Cleanthes (3rd century BC) Greek Stoic philosopher and poet, native of Asia Minor, who studied under Zeno at Athens for 19 years and s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Clement Of Alexandris: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Clement Of Alexandris
Clement of Alexandris (150?-220?) Also Clemens Alexandrinus. Greek Christian theologian and Church Father, former Neoplatonist initiat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Climacteric: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Climacteric
Climacteric A critical period; a year in which important changes are held to occur, as in one's 63rd year (grand climacteric). But cli...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Hinduism Sitemap I - R
This is a sitemap for topic pages related to Hinduism. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic:  ...   » Read the article