Integral Yoga - Literature - Sanskrit Glossary

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

brahmana vipascita: with the wise-thinking brahman. [Tait. 2.1]
brahmanda: [the universe as the "egg of Brahma"].
brahman hiranyagarbha: [brahman as] Master of the Dream Universe. [see hiranyagarbha]
brahmani: see under brahman
brahma-nirvana: extinction in the brahman
brahman prajna (brahman avyakta): [brahman as] Master of the Trance Universe of Unmanifestation. [see prajna]
brahman-sakti (Brahman-Shakti): substance-force. [see brahman and sakti]
brahman virat: [brahman as] Master of the Waking Universe. [see virat]
brahmanya: Brahminhood; the dharma of the brahmana.; brahmanyam [nominative]
brahmanyabhivyaktikarani yoge: signs accompanying (or helpful to) the opening to the higher consciousness [brahman] in yoga. [Svet. 2.11 ]
brahmanyadhaya (brahmani adhaya) karmani: having reposed (or founded) works on the brahman. [Gita 5.10]
brahmarandhra: [in yoga: the opening at the top of the skull].
brahmasakti (Brahmashakti): [the soul-power of the brahmana].
brahmasamsparsam atyantam sukham asnute: he enjoys the exceeding happiness of the touch of the brahman. [Gita 6.28]
brahma satyam jagan mithya: the Eternal is true, the world is a lie. [Vivekacudamani 20]
brahmastra: [a brahman-missile].
Brahmasutra (Brahma Sutras): [a well-known aphoristic work treating of the brahman; it is one of the main texts of the vedanta philosophy; also called Vedanta-sutra].
brahmatejas, brahmatejah (Brahmatej): [the power and glory of brahman], a power of light full of spiritual force, illumination and purity of working.
brahmavada: [the gospel of the brahman], the Vedantic philosophy [as opposed to the vedavada].
brahmavadin: [one who professes the brahmavada].
brahma-varcas: same as brahmatejas
brahmavarcasya, (Brahmavarchasya): the force of jnana working from within a man, which tends to manifest the divine light, the divine power, the divine qualities in the human being.; brahmavarcasyam [nominative]
brahmavid apnoti: the knower of brahman reacheth... [see the following]
brahmavid apnoti param: the knower of brahman reacheth that which is supreme. [Tait. 2.1]
brahmavid brahmani sthitah: [the knower of the brahman established in the brahman]. [Gita 5.20]
brahmavidya: the knowledge of brahman.
brahmavyaktikarani yoge: signs accompanying (or helpful to) the opening to the higher consciousness [brahman] in yoga. [cf. Svet. 2.11]
brahmayoga: yoga [union] with the brahman. [see the following]
brahmayogayuktatma: [one with] his self in yoga (yukta) by yoga with the brahman. [Gita 5.21]
Brahmin: see brahmana
brahmi sthiti (Brahmisthiti): standing in the brahman, the Brahmic condition. [Gita 2.72]
brhad dyau: the great heaven. [Ved.]
Brhaspati (Brihaspati): [Ved.]: the Master of the creative Word (the stress in the name falling upon the potency of the Word rather than upon the thought of the general soul-power which is behind it). [Later]: spiritual teacher of the gods; guardian of the planet Jupiter; chief of the high priests of the world.
brhat (Brihat): large, wide; the Large, the Vast (used to describe the world or plane of Truth-Consciousness). [Ved.]
brhat dyau: see brhad dyau
brhat jyoti: the vast light. [Ved.]
Brihaspati: see Brhaspati
Brihat: see brhat
Brindaban, Brindavan: see Vrndavana
Buddha: [a great sage, sometimes considered to be one of the avataras of Visnu]; the awakened spirit.
buddheh paratah: supreme over the intelligent will. [see the following]
buddheh paratastu sah: that which is supreme over the intelligent will is He. [Gita 3.42]
buddhi: intelligence-will; understanding; intellect; reason; thinking mind; the discriminating principle, at once intelligence and will.
buddhibheda: a division in the understanding. [see the following]
buddhibhedam janayet: should create a division in the understanding. [cf. na buddhibhedam etc.]
buddhigrahyam atindriyam: beyond perception by the sense but seizable by the perceptions of the reason. [Gita 6.21]
buddhikosa: [the kosa of the buddhi; intellectual sheath].
buddhir lipyate: the understanding receives a stain. [cf. Gita 18.17]
buddhisakti: [the full power (and perfection) of the buddhi].; buddhisaktih [nominative]
buddhiyoga: the yoga of the intelligent will.
buddhi-yogam upasritya: having resorted to the yoga of the will and intelligence [buddhiyoga]. [Gita 18.57]
buddhya visuddhaya yuktah: [in union by the purified buddhi]. [Gita 18.51]
budha bhava-samanvitah: [the wise, rapt in emotion]. [Gita 10.8]
budhna: foundation. [Ved.]
budhne rtasya: in the foundation of the Truth (rtam). [cf. RV 3.61.7]
Budmash: see badmas
bujruki [Beng.]: [pretence, trick, imposture].
byragee: Beng. pronunciation of vairagi.
caddar (Chaddar) [Hind.]: [a cloth worn to cover the upper body, shawl].
caitanya (Chaitanya): consciousness.
caitanya atma (Chaitanya Atma): [Self of consciousness].
caitanyaghana: concentrated consciousness, dense luminous consciousness. [same as cidghana]
caitanyaloka (Chaitanyaloka): [world of consciousness].
caitanya purusa (Chaitanya Purusha): conscious being; the all conscious Soul.
caitya guru: the guide in the conscious being.
caitya purusa (Chaitya Purusha): psychic Person; the psychic being.
cakra (Chakra): [wheel]; circle; [disc, discus]; subtle centre, ganglionic centre in the nervous system; [a group of sadhakas].
cakravartin, cakravarti raja (Chakravarti Raja): [emperor, universal sovereign].
caksuh: eye, vision.
caksu lajja (chakshu lajja) [Beng]: [modesty] the desire to be always pleasant and polite.
Cakya-Muni: see sakyamuni
cala prthvi sthira bhuti: the earth moves, it appears to be still.
camasam caturvayam: the fourfold bowl. [RV 4.36.4]
camu: the wine bowl. [Ved.]
canas: food; enjoyment, pleasure. [Ved.]
candala (Chandala): outcaste.
Candi (Chandi): a name of Durga, the Goddess who is the energy of Siva.
candibhava (Chandibhava): the force of Kali manifest in the temperament.; candibhavah [nomitative]
candra (Chandra): 1. luminous; blissful. [Ved.]; 2. [the moon].
candraloka (Chandraloka): [world of the Moon].
capras (Chapras) [Hind.]: [badge (of authority)].
carsani: effort, laborious action or work, or the doer of such action. [Ved.]
carsaniprah: the doer of the work, the man. [Ved.]
Carvaka (Charvak): [a materialistic philosopher; his school].
caturvarna (Chaturvarna): the fourfold order: brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra.
caturvarnya (Chaturvarnya): [the system of] the four orders.
caturvyuha: fourfold manifestation (of God: krsna, Balarama, Pradyumna, Aniruddha); fourfold effective Power.
caturyuga (Chaturyuga): [(a cycle of) the four yugas].
catuspad dharma: the perfect harmony of the four dharmas (brahmanyam, ksatram, vaisyam, saudram).
catustaya (Chatushtaya): [a set of four; quartet].
catvaro manavah: the four Manus (the spiritual Fathers of every human mind and body). [Gita 10.6]
caudhari (Chowdhury) [Hind.]: [the head man of a village].
cela (Chela) [Hind.]: disciple.
cestah: the many kinds of effort. [Gita 18.14]
cetanah acetanesu: conscious in the inconscient. [cf. the following]
cetanascetananam: the (one) consciousness in (many) conscious beings. [Katha 2.2.13; Svet. 6.13]
cetas: [Ved.]: knowledge; the conscious heart. [Later: consciousness; mind, heart, soul].
cetayanti: awakening the consciousness to knowledge. [see the following]
cetayanti sumatinam: awakener of the consciousness to right thinkings or right states of mind. [RV 1.3.11]
Chaitanya etc.: see caitanya etc.
Chaitya Purusha: see caitya purusa
Chakra: see cakra
Chakravarti Raja: see cakravartin
chakshu lajja: see caksu lajja
Chandala: see candala
chandas: rhythm; [metre; a Vedic hymn].; chandamsi [plural]
Chandi: see candi
Chandibhava: see candibhava
Chandra: see candra
Chandraloka: see candraloka
Chapras: see capras
Charvaka: see Carvaka
Chaturvarna: see caturvarna
Chaturvarnya: see caturvarnya
Chatushtaya: see catustaya
chaya (Chhaya): [shadow]; negative luminosity.
Chela: see cela
Chhaya: see chaya
Chhotalok: see chotalok
Chichchhakti: see cit-sakti
Chid-Atman: see cid-atman
chinnabhram iva nasyati: fails like a dispersing cloud. [Gita 6.38]

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