Dictionary - Svadharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Svadharma
svadharma: what is right for an individual   (See also: svadharma , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Adharma
adharma: contrary to what is right; evil. cf. dharma   (See also: adharma , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Dharma
dharma: duty. What requires to be done. Law. justice. Also a technical name for shakti.   (See also: dharma , Hinduism, Hind...   » Read the article

Article - Spirituality & Science: Sanskrit - A Divine Language?
Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the World. The mundane understanding of sound and language is that it is only used for commun...   » Read the article

Article - Buddha: What Is A Buddha?
Buddha: What is a Buddha? Buddha is a word in the ancient Indian languages Pali and Sanskrit which means "one who has become awake&...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darshana: Encyclopedia - Darshana
The Sanskrit word darshana means view or viewpoint. It is the normal Sanskrit word for what in English is called philosophy. sfaev Other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amitabha Sutra: Encyclopedia - Amitabha Sutra
The Amitabha Sutra, or Shorter Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Chn: 佛說阿彌陀經), is a Mahayana Buddhist text associated with Pure Land Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajatashatru: Encyclopedia - Ajatashatru
Ajātashatru (Sanskrit अजातशत्रु; ruled 491-461 BCE) was a king of the Magadha empire that ruled north India. There is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bindusara: Encyclopedia - Bindusara
Bindusara was the second Mauryan emperor (297 - c.272 BC) after Chandragupta Maurya. The Greeks called him Amitrochates - the Greek word ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kama: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Kama
kama: god of erotic love. lust. sexuality. What is required for procreation.   (See also: kama , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanatana Dharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Sanatana Dharma
sanatana dharma: what is right for the universe; it is also synonymous with hinduism   (See also: sanatana dharma , Hinduism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Varnasramadharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Varnasramadharma
varnasramadharma: what is right for class and stage of life   (See also: varnasramadharma , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Dharma
dharma: what is right for the self - moral piety, religion, honor, the clan, karma or work, society and the universe   (See al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prasada: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Prasada
prasada: peace. Tranquility. An offering of food. pravritti. worldly life. evolution. a flowing forth, unfolding what is within. Oppo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadharana Dharma: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Sadharana Dharma
sadharana dharma: what is right in terms of the common duties and obligations to one's fellow human beings   (See also: sadha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Artha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Artha
artha: substance; what requires gathering for human sustenance, i.e. food, wealth, etc.   (See also: artha , Hinduism, Hindu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yama: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Yama
Yama: The Lord of Death, controller of who dies and what happens to them after death.   (See also: Yama , Hinduism, Hinduism D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Sai Baba Dictionary On Self
Self: Self: What is Self? see SSS-IV   (See also: Self , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Births, Three: Sai Baba Dictionary On Births, Three
Births, three: Births, three: SB 4:31-10: What is the use of the three births in this world of being born from semen, by initiation...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vicarana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Vicarana
Vicarana- Right inquiry. Pondered over what has been read and heard and has realized it in his life.   (See also: Vicarana , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prapti: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Prapti
Prapti - the power to reach the proximity of even distant objects; Prakamya - the power to obtain what is desired; siddhi   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tilak: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Tilak
Tilak: A sacred mark made on the forehead or between the eyebrows denoting what form of God the person worships.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kala: Sai Baba Dictionary On Kala
Kala: Kala: eternal Time, cosmic time. The impersonal visible aspect of Krishna. That what moves the material energy. Consecution o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Janaka: Sai Baba Dictionary On Janaka
Janaka: Janaka: Emperor of Mithila, father of Sita (RRV-17c) For sure even kings like Janaka [father of Sita, the wife of Rama] and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Me Anandame Na Aharam: Sai Baba Dictionary On Me Anandame Na Aharam
Me Anandame Na Aharam: Me Anandame Na Aharam: "Your Ananda is what sustains Me" (SSS-III)   (See also: Me Anandam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sat-asat-vilakshana: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Sat-asat-vilakshana
Sat-Asat-Vilakshana: Sat-Asat-Vilakshana: different from what is  existence and non-existence.   (See also: Sat-Asat-V...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nagara Sankirtan: Sai Baba Dictionary On Nagara Sankirtan
Nagara Sankirtan: Nagara Sankirtan: Gather together in the hours before dawn, and walk slowly along the streets, singing Bhajans gl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvikalpa Samadhi: Sai Baba Dictionary On Nirvikalpa Samadhi
Nirvikalpa Samadhi: Nirvikalpa Samadhi: The superconscious state where there is no mind. Nirvikalpa is like water without waves or ...   » 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 - Punar Mushiko Bhava: Sai Baba Dictionary On Punar Mushiko Bhava
Punar mushiko bhava: Punar mushiko bhava: "Again Become a Mouse." To this Prabhupada comments: 'There is an instructive s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit [from Sanskrit sanskrita or samskrita]   The ancient sacred language of the Aryans, originally the sacred or secret lang...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: A Spiritual Dictionary On Maya
Maya: A sanskrit word meaning "worldly illusion". Mistaking the transient for the real. Non-awareness what is true, what is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shakya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shakya
Shakya: (Sanskrit) Name of the Saivite dynasty into which Buddha, also called Shakyamuni, was born (in what is now Nepal). See: Buddha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kinnaras: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Kinnaras
Kinnaras (Sanskrit). Lit., "What men?" Fabulous creatures of the same description as the Kim-purushas, One of the four class...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit: ancient language used in yoga   (See also: Sanskrit , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit: The language of the ancient sages of India and therefore of the Indian scriptures and yoga treatises.   (See also: S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Sanskrit
Sanskrit: Vedic and mantric language   (See also: Sanskrit , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Sanskrit
sanskrit: vedic and mantric language   (See also: sanskrit , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Acharya
acharya: (Sanskrit) "Going toward;" "approaching." A highly respected teacher. The wise one who practices what he ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Acharya
acharya: (Sanskrit) "Going toward;" "approaching." A highly respected teacher. The wise one who practices what he pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmana: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Brahmana
A Theosophical definition of Brahmana :   Brahmana (Sanskrit) A word having several meanings in Hindu sacred literature. Brahma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tathata: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Tathata
TATHATA "Suchness" or "Thatness" (Sanskrit). It refers to the underlying sameness of all things and to the fact th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit Learned language of India. Canonical texts of Mahayana Buddhism in its Indian stage were written in Sanskrit.    ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit: that which is well, or completely, done. The oldest language of mankind; the language of the original Hindu scriptures, deve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ilavrita, Ilavrta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ilavrita, Ilavrta
Ilavrita Ilavrta (Sanskrit) One of the nine varshas (divisions of the earth) according to ancient Hindu teaching; what is now the regi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chhaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Chhaya
A Theosophical definition of Chhaya :   Chhaya (Chaya, Sanskrit) Literally a "shade," "simulacrum," or &quo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishuddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishuddha - Associations
Vishuddha is positioned at the neck region and it has sixteen petals corresponded to the Sanskrit vowels. Vishuddha is associated with th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prapancha Vishaya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Prapancha Vishaya
PRAPANCHA VISHAYA: worldly objects   (See also: PRAPANCHA VISHAYA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddhis: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Siddhis
Siddhis: exceptional powers   (See also: Siddhis , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddha: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Siddha
Siddha: an adept or perfected person; one who has developed his/her psychic and pranic capacity to the point of mastery.   (See...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Simhasana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Simhasana
Simhasana - lion pose   (See also: Simhasana , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Sitali: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sitali
Sitali: a cooling pranayama, where the tongue is rolled   (See also: Sitali , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sitkari: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sitkari
Sitkari: a cooling pranayama: an alternate for those who cannot roll their tongue   (See also: Sitkari , Hinduism, Yoga, Sansk...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Siva
Siva: the Lord of Yoga, God, Ganesa (gana=legions; isa=master)   (See also: Siva , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sloka: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sloka
Sloka - verse   (See also: Sloka , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Soucha: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Soucha
Soucha: A yama. Cleanliness of body and environment; purity is cleanliness, both physical and mental.   (See also: Soucha , H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Subecha: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Subecha
Subecha: longing for the Truth. Rightly distinguish between permanent & impermanent. Cultivated dislike for worldly pleasures. Acq...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Surya: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Surya
Surya - sun   (See also: Surya , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Suryabhedana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Suryabhedana
Suryabhedana: a warming pranayama where one inhales through the right nostril and exhales out the left.   (See also: Suryabhed...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sushumna: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sushumna
Sushumna: a central passage along the spine; energy conduit for kundalini   (See also: Sushumna , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutra: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sutra
Sutra: is the bare thread of an exposition, the absolute minimum that is necessary to hold it together, unadorned by a single bead of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svadhistana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Svadhistana
Svadhistana: literally means one own abode; second chakra in the spinal column, above mooladhara, associated with the sacral plexus an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svadyaya: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Svadyaya
Svadyaya: A Niyama. Self study which includes the study of spiritual books   (See also: Svadyaya , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Swastikasana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Swastikasana
Swastikasana: auspicious pose   (See also: Swastikasana , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Tamas: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tamas
Tamas: an energy, its principle of solidity, immobile resistance and inertia; one of the gunas   (See also: Tamas , Hinduism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tanmatras: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tanmatras
Tanmatras: which are the subtle inner essences of sound feel, aspect, flavour and odor.   (See also: Tanmatras , Hinduism, Yo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tapas: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tapas
Tapas: is the practice of conserving energy and directing it toward the goal of yoga, toward union with the atman.   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tat: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tat
Tat: thou   (See also: Tat , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattwa: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sattwa
Sattwa: represents an energy; that is pure, ideal and tranquil; one of the gunas   (See also: Sattwa , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Satya: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Satya
Satya: A yama. Truthfulness in the thought, word & deed. Ramakrishna would say ‘true spirituality consists in making the hea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Savasana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Savasana
Savasana: corpse pose   (See also: Savasana , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Samprajnata Samadhi: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Samprajnata Samadhi
Samprajnata Samadhi- Consciousness of the triad of Knower /Knowledge/Known.   (See also: Samprajnata Samadhi , Hinduism, Yoga...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sattvapatti: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sattvapatti
Sattvapatti- Attainment of Sattwa. (Purity)   (See also: Sattvapatti , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Savichara: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Savichara
Savichara - reflective   (See also: Savichara , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Savitarka: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Savitarka
Savitarka: with deliberation   (See also: Savitarka , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Shakti: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Shakti
Shakti: vital energy force, creative, potential force, vehicle of consciousness. The female aspect of the Ultimate Principle; the kine...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shatkarma: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Shatkarma
Shatkarma: cleansing techniques; the six yogic techniques of purification: dhauti, vasti, neti, trataka, nauli, kapalabhati   (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddhasana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Siddhasana
Siddhasana: pose of perfection; classical meditative posture in which sustained pressure is exerted on the mooladhara chakra by the le...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rudra Granthi: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Rudra Granthi
Rudra granthi - Within the sushumna there are three granthis or psychic/pranic knots which prevent the passage of kundalini shakti. Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sahita Pranayama: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sahita Pranayama
Sahita pranayama: connected Samadhi in which there is a flow of consciousness from the witness, witnessing and witnessed.   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Samadhi
Samadhi: The mind when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration. This may be...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Samadhi
Samadhi: absorption in the Atman; When, in meditation the true nature of the object shines forth, not distorted by the mind of the per...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Samana
Samana: pranic air current in the middle region of body facilitates assimilation of prana and food.   (See also: Samana , Hind...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samyama: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Samyama
Samyama: is simply a convenient technical term which describes the three-fold process by which the true nature of an object is known: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samskaras: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Samskaras
Samskaras: the tendencies, potentialities and latent states which exist in the subconscious and unconscious areas of the mind. Are bui...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankhya: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Sankhya
Sankhya: style of philosophy; belief that each individual creature and object has its separate, but identical, Purusha.   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Santosha: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Santosha
Santosha: A Niyama. Cheerfulness, contentment, acceptance of one’s lot in life, untroubled by envy and restlessness.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tvam: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tvam
Tvam: art   (See also: Tvam , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Tanumanasa: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Tanumanasa
TANUMANASA - Attenuation of mental activities. The mind, abandoning the many, remains fixed on the One.   (See also: TANUMANA...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Turiya: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Turiya
TURIYA- Perpetual Samadhi   (See also: TURIYA , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Trataka: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Trataka
Trataka: fourth shatkarmas; technique of gazing into steadfastly upon an object such as a candle flame, mandala or yantra.   (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Udana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Udana
Udana: pranic air current in the area of the throat and face.   (See also: Udana , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Uddiyana Bandha: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Uddiyana Bandha
Uddiyana bandha: ‘flying upward’ or stomach lock   (See also: Uddiyana bandha , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ujjayi Pranayama: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Ujjayi Pranayama
Ujjayi pranayama: psychic breath performed by contrasting the epiglottis producing a light sonorous sound.   (See also: Ujjayi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Umani: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Umani
Umani: literally means no mind or without mind; state of Samadhi; consciousness devoid of finite mind.   (See also: Umani , Hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Uttana Kurmasana: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Uttana Kurmasana
Uttana kurmasana: the “lifted” tortoise pose. Also known as Garbhasana (foetus pose). Described in Chapter 1 v. 24 of Hath...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vasitva: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Vasitva
Vasitva - the power to control anything. siddhi   (See also: Vasitva , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vata: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Vata
Vata: one of the three doshas, wind and gas. Vata: means “wind” literally. Va means movement. Vata is the source of both s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vayus: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Vayus
Vayus: wind, pranic current   (See also: Vayus , Hinduism, Yoga, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: philosophy; based on the teachings of the Vedas; the earliest Hindu scriptures.   (See also: Vedanta , Hinduism, Yoga...   » Read the article