Integral Yoga - Literature - Sanskrit Glossary

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

jyoti, jyotih: see jyotis
jyotih aryam: light of the truth. [RV 10.43.4]
jyotimsi: lights, splendours, shining things.
jyotir-agrah: [they who are] led by the light, having the light in their front. [RV 7.33.7]
jyotirbrahma: the Light that is brahman.
jyotirmaya: [full of light], radiant, luminous.
jyotirmaya brahman: [brahman full of light].
jyotirmaya deha: radiant or luminous body.
jyotis: (the authentic spiritual) light.
kabiraj: see kaviraj
kabiwalas [Beng.]: [a class of poetasters who specialised in the art of mutual jibing in verse].
kacahari (Katcherry) [Hind.]: [a public office; court].
kacca (Kaccha) [Hind.]: [unripe, raw, imperfect].
Kailasa: [the name of a fabulous mountain, residence of Kuvera and paradise of Siva].
kaivalya: [absolute unity].
kaj [Beng.]: work.
kala: an aspect.
kala: Time (in its essentiality); Spirit of the Time, Zeitgeist.
kalasa: jar.
Kalasamhara: [Siva as the destroyer of Time or Death]
Kali: [the terrible form of the Divine Mother]; the mother of all and the destroyer of all.
kalikalila: the chaos of the kali [yuga].
kalilam: chaos.
kali (yuga): [the last of the four yugas]: the iron age.
Kalki: [the tenth and final avatara of Visnu who will] fulfil in power the great struggle which the previous avataras prepared in all its potentialities.
kalpa: aeon.
kalyana-sraddha: belief in and will to the universal good.
kalyanatama: most blessed. [cf. Isa 16]
kama: desire; [one of the four human interests]: satisfaction of desires of all kinds.; kamah [nominative]
kamadhuk: the cow of plenty.
kamah: see under kama
kamah prema dasyalipsa atmasamarpanam iti sudrasaktih: see these words separately
kamais tais tair hrtajnanah: [those whose knowledge is carried away by various desires]. [Gita 7.20]
kamana: [desire, wish].
kamavasana: [subconscious impression (vasana) of lust or other desire].
kamin: one who desires; lover.
Kamsa: the evil uncle of Krsna, who was killed by Krsna].
Kandarpa: the love-God.
kapalika (Kapalik): a kind of saiva ascetic who carries a human skull]
Kapila: [an ancient sage, the traditional founder of the samkhya system of philosophy].
karana: instrument.
karana: cause.; karanam [nominative]
karanajagat: the world of types and causes.
karana-purusa (Karana-purusha): [causal Person]; the central being, the jivatman
karana samudra: [the causal ocean].
karana sarira: [the causal body].
karika: [a concise statement of doctrine in verse, e.g. the Samkhyakarika].
karma: action, work; the work or function of a man; the power which by its continuity and development as a subjective and objective force determines the nature and eventuality of the soul's repeated existences.; karmani [plural]
karmabandham prahasyasi: thou shalt cast away the bondage of works. [Gita 2.39]
karmacatustaya (Karmachatushtaya): [the catustaya of action].; karmacatustayam [nominative]
karmadharaya: [in Sanskrit grammar: the appositional compound].
karma jyayo hyakarmanah: action is greater than inaction. [Gita 3.8]
karmakanda: the section of (ritual) works [of the Veda], identified with the hymns. [cf. jnanakanda]
karmamarga: [the path of works, karmayoga].
karmanaiva hi samsiddhim asthita janakadayah: [it was indeed by works that Janaka and others attained to perfection]. [Gita 3.20]
karmani: see under karma
karmani praviliyante: actions disappear. [cf. Gita 4.23]
karmanyevadhikaraste: thou hast a right to action. [Gita 2.47]
karmaphala: fruit of works.
karmavira: [a hero in action].
karmayoga: the yoga of (desireless) works; to do the divine works as a means towards the divine birth before it is attained and an expression of it after it is attained.
karmayogena yoginam: by the way of works of the yogins. [Gita 3.3]
karta: the doer of works.
kartaram (api) akartaram: the doer (yet) the non-doer. [Gita 4.13]
kartavyam: that which should be done.
kartavyam karma: the thing to be done, the work we have to do.
kartri: active.
kartrtva-abhimana: the idea of oneself as the doer.
Karttikeya: leader of the divine forces, represents victory over the hostile Powers.
karuna: [one of the eight rasas]: the sorrowful.
karuna: compassion; Divine Compassion, Grace.
kasmai devaya havisa vidhema: to what godhead shall we give (all our life and activities) as an offering. [RV 10.121; Svet. 4.13]
Kasyapa: progenitor of creatures, Prajapati.
Katcherry: see Kacahari
kathaka: rapsodist, reciter and exegete.
kausalam: dexterity, skill.
kavaye nivacana: ... that speak out to the seer. [see the following]
kavaye nivacanani ninyani vacamsi: secret words that speak out (their sense) to the seer. [cf. RV 4.3.16]
kavaca: armour.
kavayah: see under kavi
kavayah satyasrutah: truth-hearing seers. [Ved.]
kavi: seer; poet (in classical Sanskrit the word is applied to any maker of verse or even of prose, but in the Veda it meant the poet-seer who saw and found the inspired word of his vision).; kavayah [plural]; kavibhih [instrumental plural]
kavibhih pavitraih: by the pure powers of superconscient Truth and Wisdom. [RV. 3.1.5; 3.31.16]
kavikratu: seer-will. [Ved.]; kavikratuh [nominative]
kavim anusasitaram dhataram: the seer, the Master and ruler, he who sets (all things and beings) in their place. [see the following]
kavim puranam anusasitaram sarvasya dhataram: the seer, the Ancient of Days, the Master and ruler who sets in their place all beings and things. [Gita 8.9]
kaviraj [Beng.]: [in Bengal, a physician practising on the Hindu system].
kaviraji [Beng.]: [the medical system of the kavirajes].
kavirmanisi: Seer and Thinker. [see the following]
kavir manisi paribhuh svayambhuh: the Seer, the Thinker, the One who becomes everywhere, the Self-existent. [Isa 8]
kavi samrat: [poet-emperor].
kavyani kavaye nivacana: seer-wisdoms that utter their inner meaning to the seer. [cf. RV 4.3.16]
kayamanovakyena: [with body, mind and speech].
kayasiddhi: [perfection (siddhi) of the body].
kayastha: [(a member of) a certain Hindu sub-caste].
kena: by whom or what. [see the following]
kenesitam patati presitam manah: by whom missioned falls the mind shot to its mark. [Kena 1.1]
ketu: ray; vision; intellect, judgement, intellectual perception. [Ved.]; ketuh [nominative]; ketuna [instrumental], by the ray of intuition.
ketum ahnam: the knowledge-vision of the days. [Ved.]
ketuna: see under ketu.
kevala: essential, indeterminate, absolute, simple.
kevalair indriyaih: by the mere organs. [Gita 5.11 ]
kevalair indriyaiscaran: [moving with the mere senses]. [cf. Gita 2.64] and the preceding.
khadga (kharga): [sword, scimitar].
khansama (Khansamah) [Hind.]: [cook; butler].
kim karmani ghore mam niyojayasi: why dost Thou appoint me to a dreadful work. [Gita 3.1]
kim prabhaseta kim asita vrajeta kim: how does he speak, how sit, how walk. [Gita 2.54]
kimnara (Kinnara): [a type of mythological being, centaur], a being of superhuman beauty, unearthly sweetness of voice and wild freedom.
kimnari (Kinnarie): [a female kimnara], a centauress of sky and hill with a voice of siren melody.
kirtimukha: "glory-face", [an architectural ornament in the form of a non-human face].
klaibyam: impotence of spirit. [Gita 2.3]
klesodhikataras tesam: [their difficulty is greater]. [Gita 12.5]
ko devah: what god. [cf. Kena 1.1]
kosa (Kosha): sheath, body.
kot [Hind.]: [castle, fort].
krato krtam smara: 0 Will, that which was done, remember.
kratu: action, work, sacrifice; the effective power behind action represented in the mental consciousness by the will. [Ved.]
kratur hrdi: will in the heart. [Ved.]
Krishna: see Krsna
Krita: see krta (yuga)
kriya: effective practice (of yoga); every practice which helps the gaining of higher knowledge.
kriya-sakti (Kriya Shakti): power of process and action.
kriyavisesa-bahulam: multifarious with specialities of rites. [Gita 2.43]
krodha: [anger].
krpa: pity; (divine) grace.
krpanah phalahetavah: poor and wretched souls are they who make the fruit of their works the object of their thoughts and activities. [Gita 2.49]
krpayavistam: invaded by pity. [Gita 2.1]
Krsna (Krishna, Srikrishna): a godhead, the Lord of ananda, Love and bhakti, [considered to be one of the ten incarnations of Visnu], as an incarnation he manifests the union of wisdom (jnana) and works and leads the earth-evolution through this towards union with the Divine by ananda, Love and bhakti.; Krsnah [nominative]
Krsnadvaipayana (Krishna Dvypaiana): "Krsna of the Island", [the name of the author of the original Mahabharata and compiler of the Vedas, also called Vyasa].
Krsnah: see under Krsna
Krsnah kali kamah karma iti karmacatustayam: see these words separately
krsti: effort, laborious action or work or else a doer of such action. [Ved.]; krstayah [plural], men, doers of action; members of the Aryan community.

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