Supreme Being Dictionary - Article Index

Dictionary - Divine Incarnation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Divine Incarnation
divine incarnation: The concept of avatara. The Supreme Being's (or other Mahadeva's) taking of human birth, generally to reestablish ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-buddha: Theosophy Dictionary On Adi-buddha
Adi-buddha (Sanskrit) (from adi first, original + the verbal root budh to awaken, perceive, know)   First or primeval buddha; the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Dictionary Of Spiritual Terms
A Dictionary of Spiritual Terms. From Acupuncture to Zoroaster.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Brahman
Brahman: (Sanskrit) "Supreme Being; expansive spirit." From the root brih, "to grow, increase, expand." Name of Go...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Shamanism
Shamanism Generally regarded as spirit worship, commonly and often unjustly classed with the religions of primitive peoples referring ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Veda
Veda: (Sanskrit) "Wisdom."   Sagely revelations which comprise Hinduism's most authoritative scripture. They, along wi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Veda
Veda: (Sanskrit) "Wisdom." Sagely revelations which comprise Hinduism's most authoritative scripture. They, along with the A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: Dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit Terms (d-k)
A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Dadhicha to Kutichaka.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga&quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaktism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shaktism
Shaktism (Shakta): (Sanskrit) "Doctrine of power."   The religion followed by those who worship the Supreme as the Div...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddha Yoga Dictionary: Dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology
A dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology. From Abhanga to Yogini.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment&quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kundalini: Kundalini Dictionary
Kundalini Dictionary Dictionary over terms related to kundalini and kundalini awakening. Please note that words in grey like " Kund...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Incarnation: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Incarnation
incarnation: From incarnate, "to be made flesh." The soul's taking on a human body. divine incarnation: The concept of avat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hindu: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Hindu
Hindu: (Sanskrit) A follower of, or relating to, Hinduism.   Generally, one is understood to be a Hindu by being born into a Hin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Siva
Siva: (Sanskrit) "The auspicious, gracious or kindly one."   Supreme Being of the Saivite religion. God Siva is All an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Sai Baba Dictionary On Brahman
Brahman: Brahman:'The universal spirit, soul' (also called Hiranyagarbha: 'of the gold inside' - SB 8-17) Associated with Creation,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Purusha
purusha: (Sanskrit) "The spirit that dwells in the body/in the universe." Person; spirit; man.   Metaphysically, the s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaos: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Chaos
Chaos 1)    In Greek mythology, the total absence of time and space from which came all things - material and spiritual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Caitanya-caritamrita: Sai Baba Dictionary On Caitanya-caritamrita
Caitanya-caritamrita: Caitanya-caritamrita: The book of Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami about the life and teachings of Lord Caitanya....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Religion: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Religion
religion: From Latin religare, "to bind back."   Any system of belief in and worship of suprahuman beings or powers an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: A Sanskrit Dictionary From Advaita To Yoga
Sanskrit dictionary. From Advaita to Yoga.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment" or "kundalini&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Goddess: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Goddess
GODDESS - 1. Supreme being of matriarchal avilizations. 2. an internal set of images and attitudes. (NAD)   (See also: GODDE...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wondrous Being: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Wondrous Being
Wondrous Being Often equivalent to Silent Watcher, the supreme head of a hierarchy; and since hierarchies are innumerable, there are i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On God
God 1.    (Judeo-Christianity) Creator and sustainer of the universe. 2.    (Theosophy) Transcendent a...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  ishvara: Sanskrit Dictionary On  ishvara
 Ishvara: a supreme being, god   (See also:  Ishvara , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Aham Brahmasmi: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Aham Brahmasmi
Aham Brahmasmi: (Sanskrit) "I am God." Famous phrase often repeated in the Upanishads. In this ecstatic statement of enlight...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Allah: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Allah
Allah The God or Supreme Being of Islam   (See also: Allah , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga (from Sanskrit. verbal root, meaning "discipline," )   Any number of physical or spiritual disciplines arising in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brahman
Brahman (Sanskrit) (from brih to expand)   Sometimes Brahma or Brahm. The one reality, "the impersonal, supreme and uncogniz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monistic Theism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Monistic Theism
monistic theism: Advaita Ishvaravada.   Monism is the doctrine that reality is a one whole or existence without independent part...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dvaita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dvaita
Dvaita (Sanskrit) Duality; applied to a Vedanta sect, also called Madhvas after their founder, Madhva (born c. 1200). The chief doctri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Purusha
PURUSHA: The Supreme Being.   (See also: PURUSHA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Achidrupa, Acidrupa: Theosophy Dictionary On Achidrupa, Acidrupa
Achidrupa, acidrupa (Sanskrit) (from a not + cit intelligence + rupa form, body)   A form or body without an intelligence; the ne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aum Supreme Truth: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Aum Supreme Truth
Aum Supreme Truth See Aum Shinri Kyo.   (See also: Aum Supreme Truth , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Aisvarika: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aisvarika
Aisvarika (Sanskrit) (from isvara lord, prince, master from the verbal root ish to be valid, powerful, master of)   Relating to a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Chaitanya
chaitanya: (Sanskrit) "Spirit, consciousness, especially higher consciousness; Supreme Being."   A widely used term, of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Ananda
Ananda: Bliss or joy. In Indian philosophy of the Upanishads, Ananda was an important attribute of the supreme being, Brahman. "B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plotinus: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Plotinus
Plotinus: Egyptian-born philosopher (205-270), one of the Western world's greatest known mystics, who extended and revived the work of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About God: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - God
  God Regardless of whether we believe in a God or not, all of us have been exposed to the idea of a supreme and omnipresent bein...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Godhead: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Godhead
Godhead: God; Divinity.   A term describing the essence or highest aspect of the Supreme Being. (See also: Godhead , Hinduism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ishvara: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Ishvara
ishvara: ishvara - a supreme being, god   (See also: ishvara , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Min...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abraxas, Abrasax: Theosophy Dictionary On Abraxas, Abrasax
Abraxas, Abrasax (Gnostic) Mystical term used by the Gnostics to indicate the supreme entity of our cosmic hierarchy or its manifestat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Archon, Archontes: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Archon, Archontes
Archon, Archontes 'archon (Greek) Ruler; originally celestial beings, these primordial planetary spirits or dhyani-chohans transfer th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Danu: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Danu
DANU - the daughter of the Tuatha DeDanuan, Supreme Being of the Druids. (NAD)   (See also: DANU , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sat
Sat (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root as to be]   Being; the real, the enduring fundamental essence of the world, "for Sat is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Subala Upanishad: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Subala Upanishad
Subala Upanishad: (Sanskrit) Belongs to the Shukla Yajur Veda. A dialog between sage Subala and Brahma about the Supreme Being as Nara...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anatta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anatta
Anatta (Pali) (from an not + atta self, soul)   Non-self, nonegoity; a Buddhist doctrine postulating that there is no unchanging,...   » Read the article

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

Article - Patanjali Yoga Sutras: Supreme Union Of Body, Mind, Soul With The Patanjali Yoga Sutras
The Sanskrit word 'yoga' is derived from the root verb yuj, which means union. The supreme union of individual mind and cosmic mind is yo...   » 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 - Asura: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Asura
Asura (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root as to breathe)   A title frequently given to the hierarch or supreme spirit of our univers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Man: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Man
A Theosophical definition of Man :   Man Man is in his essence a spark of the central kosmic spiritual fire. Man being an insep...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Logos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Logos
Logos (Greek) plural logoi. Word; expressive cosmic intelligence manifested in every rational being. With Plato, that power of the min...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahman: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Brahman
Brahman: Brahman. Also Brahmam. Impersonal Supreme Being, primal source and ultimate goal of all beings. Thus, It is identical to t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramatman: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Paramatman
A Theosophical definition of Paramatman :   Paramatman (Sanskrit) The "primordial self" or the "self beyond,&quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Day Of Brahma: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Day Of Brahma
Day of Brahma In Hindu esoteric teachings, one day of Brahma consists of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahura-mazda: Theosophy Dictionary On Ahura-mazda
Ahura-Mazda (Avestan) Aura-Mazda (Old Persian) Auhr-Mazd (Pahlavi) Hormazd, Hormoz, Ormazd, Ormuzd (Persian) (from Avestan ahura lord ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root budh to perceive, awaken, recover consciousness)   Awakened, enlightened; one who is spir...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Asat
Asat (Sanskrit) (from a not + sat being from the verbal root as to be)   Not being, non-being; used in the Indian philosophies wi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bel: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bel
Bel (Greek, Latin) Ba`al (Chaldean) (from Semitic ba`al chief, lord)   Lord, chief; one of the supreme gods of the Chaldeo- or As...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aher: Theosophy Dictionary On Aher
Aher (Hebrew) To be after, behind, secondary, another; the plural 'aherim, especially when used in conjunction with 'elohim, means &qu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hierarchy: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Hierarchy
A Theosophical definition of Hierarchy :   Hierarchy The word hierarchy merely means that a scheme or system or state of delega...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Odin: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Odin
Odin In Norse mythology, the principal Aesir god, ruler of heaven and Earth, and the god of war, wisdom, agriculture and poetry. As go...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trimurti: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trimurti
Trimurti (Sanskrit). Lit., "three faces", or "triple form" - the Trinity.   In the modern Pantheon these thr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhutesa, Bhutesvara: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bhutesa, Bhutesvara
Bhutesa or Bhutesvara (Sanskrit) (from bhuta living being + isa, isvara lord)   Lord of beings, lord of manifested entities and t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad, Monas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monad, Monas
Monad, Monas [from Greek monas a unit, individual, atom]   A unit, a one; something nondivisible and which is therefore conceived...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Angra-mainyu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Angra-mainyu
Angra-Mainyu (Avestan) The personification of evil of the later Avesta. In the Gathas, Zarathustra speaks of two spirits that Mazda cr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svarupa-sakti: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Svarupa-sakti
Svarupa-sakti - Sri Bhagavan’s divine potency. It is called svarupasakti because it is situated in His form. This potency is cin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pineal Gland, Conarium, Epiphysis Cerebri: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pineal Gland, Conarium, Epiphysis Cerebri
Pineal Gland, Conarium, or Epiphysis Cerebri A small organ in the brain with a fancied resemblance to a pine cone; technically called ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Krishna: Parapsychology Dictionary On Krishna
Krishna: An incarnation of God. He was the friend and charioteer of Arjuna, a human in ancient India. While waiting on a battlefield ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nut: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nut
Nut (Egyptian) Also Noot, Noun, Nout, Nu. Goddess of the sky or cosmic space -- whether of the solar system or the galaxy -- daughter ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adinidana: Theosophy Dictionary On Adinidana
Adinidana (Sanskrit) (from adi first + nidana binding from ni down + dana band, rope from the verbal root da to bind on, fasten)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monotheism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monotheism
Monotheism Belief in a single or supreme god; opposed to polytheism and pantheism, although all polytheistic forms of thought recogniz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monas Monadum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Monas Monadum
Monas Monadum In Leibniz' system of monads, the supreme monad, which is infinite and upon which there depend three classes of finite m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ennoia: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ennoia
Ennoia (Greek) (from en + nous mind, as contrasted with the object or act without)   The divine mind spoken of by Simon Magus as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhrantidarsanatah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bhrantidarsanatah
Bhrantidarsanatah (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root bhram to wander + drish to see, know, perceive)   False comprehension or false...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universal Mind: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Universal Mind
Universal Mind The sum of the states of kosmic consciousness grouped under the human expressions thought, will, understanding, and fee...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Godhead: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Godhead
Godhead the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Reality, progressively realized first as the impersonal all-pervasive oneness, more fully as t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Mantra
Mantra - a mystical sloka composed of the names of Sri Bhagavan which addresses any individual deity.   Mantras are given to a d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sekhmet: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Sekhmet
SEKHMET Supreme female deity of Egypt in whose care we are nourished and protected. When her wrath is stirred she is without mercy. &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kundalini: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Kundalini
Kundalini: (lit., coiled one) The primordial Shakti, or cosmic energy, that lies dormant in a coiled form in the muladhara chakra at ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arich, Anpin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Arich, Anpin
'Arich 'Anpin (Chaldean) (from 'arich long, great + 'anpin face, countenance)   Long Face or the Great Visage; Qabbalistic term a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sacred Name: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sacred Name
Sacred Name Most names are labels, and according to ancient occult theory to disclose the real name of a being is to evoke the presenc...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On B
Hinduism Lexicon on B From backbiting to buddhi chitta.    » Read the article

Article - Vedic Science: Understanding The Creation Of The Universe
Why should we understand how the universe was created? Because it gives us a clearer understanding of where we have come from, where we a...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On A
Hinduism Lexicon on A From aadheenam to axis.      » Read the article

Article - Hindu Yoga: The Four Paths Of Hindu Yoga
The four main spiritual paths for God-realisation are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Karma Yoga is suitable for a man...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism Vs Christianity: Hindu Beliefs Compared With Christian Beliefs
Hinduism vs Christianity: Hindu beliefs compared with Christian beliefs      » Read the article

Article - Srichakra: Role Of Srichakra In Devi Worship  
In Hindu devotional practice, three kinds of external symbols are used for worship of the Supreme Being, who is actually formless and ...   » Read the article

Article - Self-realisation: Cosmic Vision Alone Reveals The Truth  
True realisation takes place on knowing and seeing God in His transcendental form. It is a metaphysical experience within the human bo...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: God And Gods Of Hinduism
God and Gods of Hinduism The most prevalent expression of worship for the Hindu comes as devotion to God and the Gods. In the Hindu pant...   » Read the article

Article - Shodoshi: The Holy Mother's Mission Of Grace
Shodoshi: The Holy Mother's Mission of Grace According to a tantric school, Shodoshi is the highest manifestation of Divinity. In tantra...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism Vs Buddhism: Hinduism And Buddhism Compared
Hinduism and Buddhism Compared Similiarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism.      » Read the article

Article - Consciousness: The Fourth State Of Consciousness  
Indian philosophy’s focus is to determine the nature of that spirit or self which is the centre of everything, the animating for...   » Read the article