GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY NOTE: This includes only those Sanskrit terms for which the English equivalents are not indicated simultaneously (or almost simultaneously) with their first occurrence in the text. A ABHASA: reflection ABHEDA: without difference ABHIMANA: ego-centred attachment ABHYASA: spiritual practice ACHARYA: preceptor ADAMBHITVA: unpretentiousness ADHAMA-UDDHARAKA: uplifter of the downtrodden ADHIBHAUTIC: elemental ADHIDAIVIC: celestial ADHYATMIC: spiritual ADVAITA: non-duality ADVAITA-NISHTHA: establishment in the state of non-duality AGNI: fire AGNI-ASTRA: fire-missile AGNIHOTRA: a fire-offering AHAM: “I” or the ego AHAM BRAHMA ASMI: I am Brahman AHANGRAHA UPASANA: meditation in which the aspirant identifies himself with Brahman AHANKARA: egoism AHIMSA: non-violence AISVARYA: divine powers AJNA CHAKRA: centre of spiritual energy between the two eyebrows AJNANA: ignorance AKHANDA EKARASA: the one undivided Essence AKARTA: non-doer AKASA: ether AKASAMATRA: ether only AKHANDA: indivisible AKHANDAKARA: of the nature of indivisibility AMALAKA: phyllanthus emlica, Indian gooseberry AMRITA: nectar AMRITA PUTRA: nectar’s son AMSA: part ANADI: beginningless ANAHATA: mystic sounds heard by Yogins ANANDAGHANA: mass of bliss ANANDAMAYA: full of bliss ANANTA: infinite ANANYA BHAKTI: exclusive devotion to the Lord
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