Shiva Dictionary

A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Pada to Svastikasana.

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A Dictionary of Spiritual Terms. From Acupuncture to Zoroaster.

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A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From A to Crore.

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Kundalini Dictionary

Dictionary over terms related to kundalini and kundalini awakening. Please note that words in grey like " Kundalini " are links to archives with related articles.

A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Tada to Yukta.

Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", "enlightenment" or "kundalini" are hyperlinked to archives further explaining the term. At the corresponding archive you will also find articles related to the term.

Girisa - Gopisvara - Shiva:

Girisa - Gopisvara - Shiva: a special incarnation who is in charge of the mode of ignorance and the destruction of the material manifestation.

(See also: Girisa - Gopisvara - Shiva , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Incarnation:

Within non-dualistic branches of Hinduism, it is quite common to regard an enlightened individual as an incarnation of God. The name used to refer to God will vary (e.g. Shiva or Vishnu).

(See also: Incarnation , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

siva:

siva. (shiva). Also sivam. Temple, the divine; refers to Siva. Also, grace, auspiciousness, goodness.

(See also: siva , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

shiva-tattva

The unique category occupied by Lord Siva, that of neither jiva nor God. He is infallible but comes into contact with the illusory material energy.

(See also: shiva-tattva , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Shiva-Sutra:

Shiva-Sutra ("Shiva's Aphorisms"): like the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, a classical work on yoga, as taught in the Shaivism of Kashmir; authored by Vasugupta (ninth century C.E.)

(See also: Shiva-Sutra ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Siva:

Siva (Shiva). Destroyer in the trinity of Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and Siva. The embodiment of spiritual wisdom and God of Gods, Mahadeva.

(See also: Siva , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

 Shambhavi:

related to Shiva

(See also:  Shambhavi , Body Mind and Soul)

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tandava:

tandava - violent dance of Shiva

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Trimurti (Sanskrit). Lit., "three faces", or "triple form" - the Trinity.

In the modern Pantheon these three persons are Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer. But this is an after thought, as in the Vedas neither Brahma nor Shiva is known, and the Vedic trinity consists of Agni, Vayu and Surya; or as the Nirukta explains it, the terrestrial fire, the atmospheric (or aërial) and the heavenly fire, since Agni is the god of fire, Vayu of the air, and Surya is the sun. As the Padma Purana has it: "In the beginning, the great Vishnu, desirous of creating the whole world, became threefold: creator, preserver, destroyer.

In order to produce this world, the Supreme Spirit emanated from the right side of his body, himself, as Brahma then, in order to preserve the universe, he produced from the left side of his body Vishnu; and in order to destroy the world he produced from the middle of his body the eternal Shiva. Some worship Brahma, some Vishnu, others Shiva; but Vishnu, one yet threefold, creates, preserves, and destroys, therefore let the pious make no difference between the three."

The fact is, that all the three "persons" of the Trimurti are simply the three qualificative gunas or attributes of the universe of differentiated Spirit-Matter, self-formative, self-preserving and self-destroying, for purposes of regeneration and perfectibility. This is the correct meaning; and it is shown in Brahma being made the personified embodiment of Rajoguna, the attribute or quality of activity, of desire for procreation, that desire owing to which the universe and everything in it is called into being.

Vishnu is the embodied Sattvaguna, that property of preservation arising from quietude and restful enjoyment, which characterizes the intermediate period between the full growth and the beginning of decay; while Shiva, being embodied Tamoguna - which is the attribute of stagnancy and final decay - becomes of course the destroyer. This is as highly philosophical under its mask of anthropomorphism, as it is unphilosophical and absurd to hold to and enforce on the world the dead letter of the original conception.

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Guru's sandals:

The Indian scriptures revere the Guru's feet, which are said to embody Shiva and Shakti, knowledge and action, the emission and reabsorption of creation. Powerful vibrations of shakti flow from the Guru's feet. They are a mystical source of grace and illumination, and a figurative term for the Guru's teachings.

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Trimurrti: Trimorphic view of God in Bhakti Hinduism consisting of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

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Shivaratri: Shiva's night; the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Magha (February) on which a rigorous fast is observed in honor of Lord Shiva.

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shakti:

An energy or power of supreme shiva. Feminine counterpart to each of the gods of the hindu pantheon, especially of shiva. The power, drive and force within a person.

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 Ardhanarishvara:

Shiva and his Shakti united as one

(See also:  Ardhanarishvara , Body Mind and Soul)

 Bhairava:

terrible, one of the forms of Shiva

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