Integral Yoga - Literature - Sanskrit Glossary

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

Garuda: [a mythical bird, chief of the feathered race, enemy of the serpent race, vehicle of Visnu].
gata-sangasya muktasya jnanavasthitacetasah: [of ] the liberated man, freed from attachment, with mind, heart and spirit (cetas) firmly founded in self knowledge. [see the following].
gata-sangasya muktasya jnanavasthitacetasah yajnayacaratah karma samagram praviliyate: [all the works of the liberated man, freed from attachment, with mind, heart and spirit (cetas) firmly founded in self-knowledge who acts for the sake of sacrifice are dissolved]. [Gita 4.23]
gati: goal; the movement to the goal, the way; journey; spiritual or supraterrestrial status gained by man's conduct or efforts upon earth.
gauh: see under go
gavah: see under go
gavesana: seeker of the cows. [Ved.]
gavi: see under go
Gavisthira: steadfast in the Light, the name of a rsi. [Ved.]
gavo matayah: the illuminations of knowledge, the thoughts of the Truth. [Ved.]
gavyam: mass of the rays or cows. [Ved.]
gavyam urvam: the luminous wideness. [Ved.]
gavyata manasa: [by] the mind that seeks the light. [R V 3.31.9; 4.1.15; 6.46.10]
gayatra: the simple hymn, that which brings up and sets in motion. [Ved.]
gayatri: 1. [a famous Vedic mantra (R V 3.62.10)], the mantra for bringing the light of Truth into all the parts of the being.; 2. [a Vedic metre].
ghana: compact.
gharma: [heat].
ghat [Hind.]: [a landing place at the side of a river or tank].
ghoram karma: a dreadful work. [cf. Gita 3.1]
Ghrita: see ghrta
ghrna: disgust, pity.
ghrta (Ghrita): clarified butter, ghee; light, shining, mental clarity. [Ved.]; ghrtam [nominative]; ghrtasya [genitive]
ghrtaci: luminous, bright with clarities, full of a rich and bright mental activity. [Ved.]
ghrtam: see under ghrta
ghrtam na putam dhisanam: an understanding like pure light. [cf. RV 3.2.1]
ghrtaprusa manasa: with a mind pouring ghrta. [RV 2.3.2]
ghrtasnu: dripping with light. [Ved.]
ghrtasya: see under ghrta.
ghrtasya dharah: waters [streams] of the clarity. [Ved.]
gih: utterance, word, speech; the word as a power of expression. [Ved.]; girah [plural]
giram upasrutim cara: respond with the sruti to our words. [RV 1.10.3]
girvahasah: they who uphold the word. [Ved.]
girvanasah: they who have joy in the word. [Ved.]
gita: [song; the Gita, see Bhagavad Gita].
gna: female power of deity; the female divine Principle in the universe. [Ved.]; gnah [plural]
gnavah: female powers. [Ved.]
go: cow; ray, light, radiance; consciousness; milk.; gauh [nominative singular]; gavah [nominative plural]; gavi [locative singular], in the cow.; gobhih [instrumental plural], with the radiances (the cows).; gonam [genitive plural], of the cows.
goda id revato madah: the intoxication of thy ecstasy gives indeed the Light. [RV 1.4.2]
Gokula: [the village where Krsna was brought up].
goloka: world of Love, beauty and ananda full of spiritual radiances; the vaisnava heaven of eternal Beauty and Bliss.
gomad hiranyavad: radiant, golden. [RV 1.92.16]
gomad viravad dhehi ratnam uso asvavat: O Dawn confirm in us a state of bliss full of light, of conquering energy, and of force of vitality. [RV 7.75.8]
gomat: luminous, full of radiance. [Ved.]
gomati: [feminine of gomat], brilliant, accompanied by or bringing the rays of light. [Ved.]
gonam: see under go
Goonda: see gunda
Goorkha: see Gorkha
gopa, gopi: [cowherd, cowherdess], keepers and possessors of goloka.
Gopati: Master of the herds (Indra). [Ved.]
gopi: feminine of gopa
gora ata gora ata [Hind.l: [a European is coming! a European is coming!]
Gorkha (Gurkha, Goorkha) [Hind.]: [a member of the ruling race of Nepal; a soldier from Nepal serving in the Indian army].
gosu yodhah: fighters for the cows or rays. [R V 3.39.4]
gotama: most radiant.; Gotamah (Gotamas) [plural], the masters of light, the family of the rsi Gotama Raghugana. [Ved.]; Gotamebhih [instrumental plural]
graha: planet (one that has a hold on the earth).
gravan: the pressing stone. [Ved.]
grha: house.
grhapati: house-lord.
grhastha: a householder.
grhasthasrama (Grihasthashram): [one of the four asramas]: the period of the householder.
grhyasutras (Grihyasutras): [ritual works containing directions for domestic rites and ceremonies].
Grihasthashram: see grhasthastrama
Grihyasutras: see grhyasutras
gu: cow; radiance. [Ved.]; gvah [plural]
guha: cave; the secret, unmanifest or superconscient parts of being.
guhahitam: established in our secret being.
guhahitam gahvarestham: established in our secret being and lodged in the cavern heart of things. [Katha 1.2.12]
guhayam: in the cave (the secret place of darkness).
guhyam: secret thing.
guhyat: than that which is hidden. [Gita 18.63]
guhyatamam: the most secret thing. [Gita 18.64; 9.1]
guhyatamam sastram: the most secret science [sastra]. [Gita 15.20]
guhyataram: the more secret thing. [Gita 18.63]
gulham jyotih: the secret light. [Ved.]
guna: 1. quality, character, property.; 2. the three gunas: the three modes of nature: sattva, rajas, tamas.; 3. [in Sanskrit grammar]: vowel modification.
guna gunesu vartante: it is the modes of nature that are acting on the modes. [Gita 3.28]
guna-karma: quality and particular force of working.
guna vartanta eva: it is merely the gunas that work. [Gita 14. 23]
gunda (Goonda) [Hind.]: [rogue, hooligan].
Gurkha: see Gorkha
guru: teacher, spiritual teacher, guide.
gurugiri [Hind.]: [guru-hood].
guruvada: [the doctrine that stresses the indispensability of the guru to the spiritual seeker].
gvah: see under gu
hahakara: [lamentation, wailing].
hajat [Hind.]: [lock-up, jail].
hakim [Hind.]: [a physician practising on the Arabic system].
hakimi [Hind.]: [the Arabic medical system].
hamsa (Hansa): [goose, swan], "he who flies or evolves upward".
Hanumat: [the divine monkeydevotee of Rama].; Hanuman [nominative]
Hara-Gauri: the biune body of the Lord and his Spouse, isvara and sakti, the right half male, the left half female.
haranti prasabham manah: vehemently they carry away the sense-mind. [Gita 2.60]
hari: red gold or tawny yellow; a shining horse (of Indra). [Ved.]; hari [dual], the two bright horses (of Indra).
Hari: [a name of Visnu].
Harivamsa (Harivansha): [a poem supplementary to the Mahabharata dealing with the history and adventures of Krsna and his family].
harit: one of Surya's horses (indicates a deep, full and intense luminousness). [Ved.]
hasya: the active side of sukham; it consists in an active internal state of gladness and cheerfulness which no adverse experience mental or physical can trouble.; hasyam [nominative]
hathayoga: a system of yoga which selects the body and the vital functionings as its instruments of perfection and realisation; the use of the body for the opening of the divine life on all of its planes.
hathayogin: [one who practises hathayoga].
hathi [Hind.]: [an elephant].
havabhava [Hind.]: [gestures, especially coquettish gestures, blandishments].
havih: the offering, the divine food, the wine of delight and immortality. [Ved.]
havismah: the deva, lord of the divine offering. [Ved.]
havya: oblation (signifies always action). [Ved].
haya: [horse].
hetu: motive.
himsa: [injury]
hiranmaya patra: golden lid. [cf. Isa 15]
hiranya: gold (the concrete symbol of lhe higher light.) [Ved.]
hiranyagarbha: the Golden Embryo; the Spirit in the Dream-State.
hiranyam jyotih: the golden light. [Ved.]
hiranyarupam: form of golden light. [Ved.]
hiranyavartani: having a golden or shining path, moving in the path of light. [Ved.]
hladini sakti (Hladini Shakti): [delight-giving power].
homa: the burned offering. [Ved.]
hotr (Hotri): the priest of the sacrifice, he who calls and brings the gods and gives them the offering. [Ved.]; hota [nominative]
hrd: heart.
hrda tastan: formed by the heart. [RV 1.67.2]
hrdaya: heart.
hrdaye guhayam: in the heart-the secret heart-cave.
hrdpadma: see hrt-padma
hrdya samudra: Ocean of the Heart. [cf. RV 4.58.5]
Hrsikesa (Hrishikesha): ["Lord of the senses", an epithet of Krsna].
hrt-padma: the heart centre [lotus].
hunkara: [the sound hum, a potent mantric syllable.]

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