Dikshita diksita (Sanskrit) (past participle of the verbal root diksh to consecrate or dedicate oneself)

Consecrated, initiated; to dedicate oneself in training for initiation, which is exoterically alluded to in Hindu works as training for the performance of the soma sacrifice; hence as a noun, an initiate.

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Dosha dosa (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root dush to become bad or corrupted, to commit a fault, sin)

Fault, vice; wickedness, damage, harm. Also evening, darkness; as a fem noun, night personified.

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Vau waw (Hebrew) Sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, , variously rendered as vav, waw, etc.; third letter of IHVH, referred to as the Tetragrammaton. With vowel points, most often used as a prefix conjunction meaning "and," "also." As a noun, a nail, hook. Its numerical value is 6.

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Absoluteness. When predicated of the UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE, it denotes an abstract noun, which is more correct and logical than to apply the adjective "absolute " to that which has neither attributes nor limitations, nor can IT have any.

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Asherah (Hebrew, Jewish). A word, which occurs in the Old Testament, and is commonly translated "groves" referring to idolatrous worship, but it is probable that it really referred to ceremonies of sexual depravity; it is a feminine noun.

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Vaidyuta (Sanskrit) [from vidyut lightning]

As an adjective, flashing, electric; as a noun, electric fire, as seen in lightning. Vaidyuta is "the same as Pavaka, one of the three fires which, divided, produce forty-nine mystic fires" (TG 358).

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Chiim (Hebrew, Jewish) A plural noun - "lives"; found in compound names Elohim Chum, the gods of lives, Parkhurst translates "the living God" and Ruach Chiim, Spirit of lives or of life. [ w.w. w.]

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Sri [from the verbal root sri to honor, be devoted]

Light, luster, radiance, glory, beauty; prosperity, success, high rank. As a proper noun, Lakshmi as goddess of prosperity or beauty. Also commonly used as an honorary prefix, equivalent to holy, sacred, e.g., Sri Sankaracharya.

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Sarisripa sarisrpa (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root srip to crawl]

Those who wish to crawl or creep; a creeping animal, reptile, snake, insect, or anything which, being small, crawls or creeps. As a proper noun, a name of Vishnu, with reference to the preserver's constant vital essence pervading or creeping throughout the manifested universe.

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Radha (Sanskrit) Prosperity, success; as a proper noun, a celebrated cowherdess or gopi beloved by Krishna. Regarded by some as an avatara of Lakshmi, as Krishna was of Vishnu, she has been mystically interpreted as the human ego seeking Krishna, the spiritual ego in man.

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Nirukta (Sanskrit) [from nir forth, out + the verbal root vac to speak, utter]

Uttered, pronounced, expressed, defined; as a noun, the etymological interpretation of a word, also the name of such works, especially of a commentary on the Nighantus (a Vedic glossary) by Yaska, the oldest commentary on the Vedas presently known.

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Kauravas (Sanskrit) The adjectival noun of Kurus, the opponents of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata. In a similar way Pandavas is derived from Pandu (light-colored, pale, blond). As light has always been taken as a synonym of spirit, some writers have argued that the Kauravas represent the material or evil forces, and the Pandavas the spiritual and light forces, both in cosmic and human natures; yet such analogies can be pressed too far. There was good and bad on both sides in the famous Indian epic.

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Aksha aksa (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root aksh to reach, pass through, pervade)

An axle, axis, wheel, car; a die for gambling, a cube; rarely, inner knowledge, as the axis or pivot of life. As a neuter noun, either an organ or an object of sense perception. In the Ramayana, Aksha (akshakumara) was one of the three sons of Ravana, king of the demons, and was slain by Hanuman in Lanka.

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Anjana (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root anj to smear with, anoint, honor)

Ungent, cosmetic; magic ointment. As a proper noun, one of the thousand mythical serpents having many heads, descended from Kadra, consort of the rishi Kasyapa (DP 1:21 p 74n); one of the four guardian elephants of Space -- of the west or southwest quarter. Also the name of a mountain.

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Adharma (Sanskrit) (from a not + dharma law, justice, morality, truth from the verbal root dhri to bear, sustain, resolve)

Untruth, unrighteousness, immorality; in the Bhagavad-Gita (4:7) Krishna says: "O Bharata, whenever there is in the world a decline of dharma and spread of adharma I reproduce myself."

As a proper noun, name of a prajapati (progenitor); also of an attendant of the sun. Its feminine form, adharma, personifies the bride of death.

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Abhijit (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root ji to conquer)

Sometimes Abhijita. As a noun, a soma sacrifice, a lunar mansion, the principal star in the constellation Lyra, a name of Vishnu, etc. As an adjective, victorious, also referring to one born under the constellation Abhijit.

Equivalent to aghijin-muhurta, the eighth muhurta or period, comprising 24 minutes before and 24 minutes after midday -- an auspicious period; Sankaracharya is said to have been born at this time.

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Abir 'abir, 'abbir (Hebrew) (from the verbal root `abar to be strong)

As an adjective, durable, strong; as a noun, protector, hero. Cognate in thought with kabbir (cf kabiri, kabeiroi) and geber (cf gibborim), all generally signifying power, might, strength, although each has its distinct connotation.

Also, wing or pinion, implying flight or soaring.

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Chakshu cakshu (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root chaksh to become visible, see)

The eye; "the faculty of sight, or rather, an occult perception of spiritual and subjective realities . . . " (TG 323). Chakshus, in addition to meaning eye, as a neuter noun denotes the faculty of seeing, light, clearness. The compound loka-chakshus (eye of the world) is a title of the sun.

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Baddha (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root bandh to bind, tie)

Bound, tied, fixed; in Hinduism "bound by the fetters of existence, or evil" (Kapila). " 'Baddha' differs from 'Mukta' in being encased as it were within these 36 Tatwams, while the other is free" (Subba Row, Theosophist 3:43). As a noun, used by Jains and Buddhists for that which binds or fetters the ray of the imbodied spirit.

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Avarana (Sanskrit) (from a-vri to conceal, surround)

Covering, hiding, concealing, enclosing; as a noun, the act of enclosing or concealing, also anything that conceals, encloses, or protects, as a wall, shield, or garment. In philosophy, intellectual blindness.

In Vedanta philosophy, avarana-sakti is the power of illusion, that which veils, conceals, or surrounds the real nature of beings or things.

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Dis (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root dis to show, point out, direct)

A direction or point of space, a cardinal point or quarter; the four cardinal points: prachi (east); dakshina (south); pratichi (west); and udichi (north). The noun disa likewise means direction, region, quarter, or point of space.

Used as a philosophical term, dis means space.

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Diksha diksa (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root diksh to consecrate or dedicate oneself)

Preparation or consecration in exoteric matters for a religious ceremony; or the undertaking, equally in exoteric matters, of religious observances for a specific purpose, as well as the observances themselves; also initiation. As a proper noun, Diksha or initiation is personified as the wife of Soma (the Moon). Diksha again signifies preparatory training of the neophyte for initiation.

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