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- Abhaya
Mudra
(pose): Symbol procuring security, 'pose'
(fear not) (BV-24),
the pose that indicates that one need have no
fear (BV-44).
- Abhayaranyam:
The Forest where there is no Fear
(SSS-II)
- Abhijith:
The period victory - the time when
Râma was born. (RRV-4)
- Abhimanyu:
Father of emperor Parîkchit.
- Abhinava
klesha:
immaturity.
- Abhisheka:
surprise gift (SSS-III)
- Abhyâsa:
practice
- Âcârya:
bona fide, controllable, refutable,
selfrealized, spiritual teacher (guru) who
instructs by example representing
the paramparâ.
- Acyuta:
The Infallible Lord (Krishna),
a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who can never fall down from His position.
(literally: someone who never falls); the
Infallible One, said of Krishna.
- Adbhut:
unprecedented (SSS-III)
Adbhuta: wonderment, amazement or
bewilderment as an indirect rasa:
(literal: taste, state of love, relation, mood,
emotion, mellow): ecstatic emotional relation
with Krishna; relation of the Lord with the
living beings).
- Âdhar:
Basis (SSS-II).
- Adhikâri:
devotee.
- Adhokshaja:
a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Vishnu or the Vishnu-avatâra, as being
situated above and beyond the senses and who is
not perceivable by impure, material
senses.
- Adhyatmika:
From being the personality in possession of his
senses [adhyatmika] He is as well
the controlling deity
[adhidaivika] as the person
separate therefrom perceived as an other
embodied living being
[adhibhhautika]. The individual
person possessing different instruments of
senses is called the adhyatmic person, and the
individual controlling deity of the senses is
called adhidaivic. The embodiment seen on the
eyeballs is called the adhibhautic person.
[SB 2:10-8]
- Adi-sesha
(also Sesha): Divine serpent with a thousand
heads upon which the earth rests; used by
demi-gods and demons together to churn the ocean
of milk. Also reposing bed of Vishnu. Also:
Sesha-nâga of Ananta-sesha: the snake-bed
of Garbhodakasâyi
- Adv(w)aita:
A-dwaitha is the awareness of the One in full
measure, in all things, at all times.
(SSS-II)
Without duality, which means with regard
to the Lord that there is no difference
between His body and Himself.
- Adwaithananda:
The Bliss of being One and Only.
(BV-31)
- Advaita
Prabhu: An incarnation of Lord Vishnu who is
a principal associate of another incarnation,
Lord S'rî Caitanya
Mahâprabhu.
- Agamya:
unreachable (SSS-III)
- Agastya:
Sage visited by Râma, Sîtâ and
Lakshmana while in the Dandaka forest
(RRV2-1)
- Agneyastra:
A fire-arrow used by Râma to 'destroy'
the darkness which was caused by the Rakshasas
Akampa and Athikaya through their magical skill
(RRV2-8a)
- Agni:
God of Fire (RRV2-3a),
the subtle divine effulgence and illumination
which is the core of fire (RRV-4a)
- Agni-astra:
Fire weapon (RRV-6b).
- Agochara:
un-understandable (SSS-III)
- Ahamkâra
(Ahankâra): Ego, ego(ism).
(SSS-III)
False ego derived from being identified with the
body is the seat of fear. In the behavioral
science of psychology often called neurotic,
viz, spiritually ineffective, because of being
estranged from the True Self or self-ideal
(Krishna). Also commonly called simply ego. One
cures from the neurosis of false identification
by restoring the priority of the regulative
principles defining the humanity (vidhi: (of
vidha, to get in order) regulative principles:
no meat eating (see e.g. SB 10.1: 4), no illicit
sex no intoxication or gambling) or, in other
words, by accepting the authority of Krishna and
His representatives.
- Aham
Satyabhodaka: I am the teacher of truth
(SSS-IV)
- Ahethukadayasindhu:
The Ocean of Mercy that saves without any reason
or context (SSS-II)
- Ahi-ravana:
Another son of Râvana living in the nether
regions (RRV2-9)
- Aikya:
Oneness with God, union of the individual soul
(jîva) with God.
- Aiswarya:
authority derived from power (SSS-III)
- Aja:
a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who is unborn.
- Ajâmila:
a fallen brâhmana who was saved from hell
by unintentionally chanting the Lord's name at
the time of death.
- Aja-mukhi:
Demoness (RRV2-3b)
- Ajnana:
To speak of it (the one) as different is to
reveal one's ignorance (BV-1),
(BV-36),
(BV).
-
Akhand Bhajan: Singing the Names of
God continuously for 12 or 24
hours.
- Akas(h)a:
Ether, space, one of the five elements of
nature. (BV-33).
The sky or Akasa is the
fifth elemental force, characterized by sound;
sound is the symbol for Brahmam,
known as Sabda Brahmam (RRV2-2)
- Aksayâsyaska:
Name of the quiver of arrows of the Supreme
Lord.
- Akshauhini:
An akshauhini consists of 109350
footsoldiers, 65610 horses and horsemen, 21870
elephants and elephant warriors, and 21870
chariots and their human equipment.
(BV-24)
- Akshara
Parabrahma: Imperishable Absolute.
(BV-33)
- Akshaya-pathra:
A vessel, whose contents will remain
undiminished, however much they are used up,
given by Krishna to the Pândavas in exile.
(BV-22)
(see also Sai
Baba and the Nara Nârâyan Gufa
Ashram)
- Âkûti:
one of Svâyambhuva Manu's three
daughters and the wife of Ruci.
- Ambarisa
Mahârâja: a great devotee king
who perfectly executed all nine devotional
practices (hearing, chanting, etc.).
- Amrith:
Immortality, immortality-granting Nectar
(BV-36),
Nectar, oily liquid with a sweet smell and
flavour (RRV-7b)
(RRV-7c),
(SSS-II)
- Amrithodbhavam
Day: In the very first week of 1963, on the
6th January to be exact, the Vaikunta Ekadasi
had to be celebrated, according to the Calendar.
Baba's Calendar marks out that Day as
Amrithodbhavam Day, when Divine Nectar emanates
from His Hand (SSS-II)
- Amsa:
Part. The Lord incarnates in countless ways;
He comes as an Inner inspirer for some definite
purpose: an Amsa-avathar. (see also
Kalâ
en Yugavathar),
(BV-30),
(BV-36).
- Ananda:
Bliss; blissful nature (BV-38).
Perpetual state of supreme bliss
(SSS-III)
- Ananga:
Limbless (RRV-6b).
- Ananta-Sesa:
the thousand-headed serpent incarnation of
the Lord, who sustains the planets on His
hoods.
- Anantho
Vai Vedaah: The Vedas are endless
(LKV).
- Anarthas:
(non-goals) unwanted quality, divided in six:
kâma: lust, krodha: anger, lobha:
possessiveness, mada: pride, mâtsarya:
envy and moha: delusion.
- Anasana:
The vow of "non-acceptance of food".
(RRV-2)
- Anasuya:
A consort of Sage Athri (RRV2-1)
- Andame
Anandam: "beauty is bliss" (SSS-I).
- Anga:
Limb, part (RRV-6b).
- Anga
Mahârâja: the father of King
Vena.
- Angada:
Son of Vali
(RRV-4b)
- Angavastrams:
Men's wear, cloths slung over the shoulder
with borders of zari (brocade).
(SSS-IV)
- Angirâ:
one of the seven great sages who were born
directly from Lord Brahmâ.
- Aniruddha:
Krishna's grandson, Lord (Krishna's
expansion); one of the four original expansions
of Lord Krishna in the spiritual world.
(BV-14).
Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna who was the son
of Krishna, was enticed by the daughter of
Bânâsura into illicit sex, upon
which a war followed in which Bâna was
defeated (see S.B.
10.62)
- Anjaneya
(Hanuman): Monkey warrior who became Rama's
devoted friend and servant. (RRV2-4a),
also called "Sun of the Wind-God Vayu"
(RRV-5a)
- Annapoorna:
the Goddess of Plenty, who confers food on
all Her children; Anna, the food, which she
gives. Poorna, to the full, is not only for the
Body; Anna means 'intake,' through the mouth,
the senses, the brain, the nerves. So, this
Goddess will grant sustenance for the body, the
mind and the spirit (SSS-III)
- Anna-prâsana:
ritual at which a child for the first time
receives solid food. One of the ten
samskâra's
- Anrit:
Falsehood (SSS-II)
- Anrtham:
Falsehood (SSS-II)
- Antardhâna:
Vijitâsva, a son of King
Prthu.
- Anugraha:
grace (SSS-III)
- 'Anusasithara':
He who lays down the law, the norms
(SSS-II)
- Apara
Vidya: Secular sciences. (RRV-5)
- Apsara:
Celestial women of the heavenly
planets.
- "Apula
bap tho, apula bap": "Our father alone is
our father" (SSS-II)
- Aradh:
Worship (SSS-II)
- Arat(h)i:
A ceremony for greeting the Lord with chanting
and offerings of food, lamps, fans, flowers and
incense.
- Arci:
the wife of King Prthu.
- Ardhangi:
half the body (RRV-11b).
- Arghya:
Offering of water.
- Arjuna:
[Phâlgunah, another name for Arjuna,
meaning 'One who is pure and unsullied,
white'] Son of queen Kuntî and King
Pându. Friend and cousin of Krishna. One
of the five Pândava brothers; Krishna
became his chariot driver and spoke to him the
Bhagavad Gîtâ. [see
The Bhagavad Gîtâ of
Order]
also Vijaya,
another name for Arjuna. Also Bîbhatsa:
'the revolting one', a name of Arjuna as he who
puts to flight, drives back the
enemy.
- Arishadvarga:
The pulls of lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride
and hate (DharmaV).
- Artha:
Welfare, prosperity; one of the four goals
of human life together with Dharma, Kama, Moksha
(Righteousness, Endeavour and Liberation)
(RRV-5),
(LKV).
Welfare, prosperity; one of the Four Goals of
Human Life together with Dharma, Kama, Moksha
(Righteousness, Endeavour and Liberation
(RRV-5),
(LKV).
- Aryamâ:
the demigod in charge of Pitriloka, the planet
where qualified departed ancestors
reside.
- Asana:
"Seat; posture." In hatha yoga, asana refers
to any of numerous poses prescribed to balance
and tune up the subtle energies of mind and body
for meditation and to promote health and
longevity. Examples are the shoulder-stand
(sarvangasana, "whole body pose") and the lotus
pose (padmasana). Each asana possesses unique
benefits, affecting the varied inner bodies and
releasing energies in different parts of the
nervous system. While the physical science of
hatha yoga can dramatically influence health and
general well-being, it is primarily a
preparation for the deeper yogas and
meditations.
- Ashtagrahakota:
or conjunction of eight planetary bodies
(SSS-II)
- (Sathya
Sai) Ashtottarashata Nama Ratnamala: A chain
of gems being the 108
names
of Sathya Sai Baba. (SSS-II)
- Asita:
an ancient authority on the Vedas.
- Ashoka:
A tree bearing beautiful red flowers.
Sîtâ (Lord Râma's wife) was
held in a grove of ashoka trees by Râvana.
The tree is considered sacred to Lord S'iva.
Also the Champaka and Kesara
trees.
- Asokavana:
Garden in Lanka where Sîtâ was kept
by Râvana (RRV-5b)
- Âsutosa:
S'iva, a special incarnation who is in charge of
the mode of ignorance and the destruction of the
material manifestation.
- Asraya:
the final aspect dealt with in Purânas. It
means, the help, the support, the prop.; one of
the ten characteristics of the Purâna's
(BV-34),
Support (RRV-7a).
- Asrayam:
Refuge (RRV-7a).
- Asrithas:
Dependents (RRV-7a).
- Asthika:
Theist (DharmaV).
-
Astânga yoga: Eight aspects of yoga
described by
Patanjali
as follows: yama (restraints on behavior),
niyama (spiritual observances), âsana
(seat, posture, practice of postures),
prânâyâma (expansion of vital
energy through control of breath),
pratyâhâra ( withdrawal of the
senses), dhâranâ (concentration),
dhyâna (meditation), samâdhi
(complete absorption)
- Asthitha
klesha:
unsteadiness
- Asuras:
Demons, evil-minded (RRV-30),
(BV-43),
(BV-44),
(RRV-11a).
(lit.: not from Surya, the sungod) a
demon, somebody who goes against the rules,
somebody of darkness).
- Asvatthâmâ:
the nefarious son of the great military teacher
Dronâcârya who murdered the children
of the Pândavas.
- Âsvina:
Oktober-November
- As'vamedha-(yajña):
Horse sacrifice (BV-4),
(BV-5),
(RRV-7a).
- A Vedic horse sacrifice; At the end of
life or a period of government of a king, a
horse with a plaque around his neck is sent out
into the kingdom accompanied by an army; Anyone
who challenges the honor of the king will be
disputed.
- Method to separate from wordly detachment and
status.
- Aswinidevas:
Twin Gods (RRV-7b)
(They represent heaven and earth, sun and moon,
also day and night; they are eternally young and
beautiful and benefactors of mankind,
(RRV-7b)).
- Athakarma:
Traditional ceremonial rites which purify
and clarify the intellect. (BV-31)
- Athi
Rudra Maha Yajnam: Athi Rudra Maha Yajnam is
a very important form of worship of Lord Siva,
the very source of cosmic energy for the entire
creation. His Divine form encompasses and
extends far beyond all known and unknown
galaxies and universes. Lord Siva is omnipotent,
omniscient and omnipresent. He is the conqueror
of Death and an embodiment of infinite mercy,
compassion and love. We who owe our existence to
the Divinity are duty bound to think of Him
constantly and worship Him gratefully for the
welfare of all mankind.
Lord Siva (see also Punya
Theertham)
is worshipped traditionally in the form of
Linga &endash; resembling the replica of
Brahmanda. Abhisheka is the ritual dearest to
His heart.
Sage Satapatha in his treatise "Maharnava Karma
Vipaka" listed four types of Abhisheka
procedures compatible with Vedic and scriptural
lore. Those are Rudram, Ekadasa Rudram, Maha
Rudram and Ati Rudram &endash; each being more
potent than the preceding one. Of these, the
most potent form of Ati Rudram involves 14641
Rudrams (Rudram is a combination of Namakam and
Chamakam given in Rudradhyayam in the 5th
Prapathakam of the 4th Kanda of Krishna Yajur
Veda Samhita). Namaka recited once along with
recital of Chamaka once constitutes one Rudram.
Recital of 11 Namakas along with one Anuvaka of
Chamaka at the end of each Namaka, thus
completing one Chamaka constitutes Ekadasa
Rudram. Recital of 11 Ekadasa Rudrams is Laghu
Rudram or Rudraikadasini. Recital of 11 Laghu
Rudrams is one Maha Rudram. Recital of 11 Maha
Rudrams is one Ati Rudram. Therefore, in Ati
Rudram 14641 Rudrams include 14641 Namakams and
1331 Chamakams. Simultaneously with
Rudrabhisheka, Rudra Homas are conducted by 121
priests well versed in Vedic rituals in 11 Homa
Kundas erected for the purpose. A Linga is being
installed especially for the purpose of
conducting Rudrabhishekam daily. Side by side
the Rudra Parayanas and Rudra Homas, other
related rituals such as Sri Sai Gayatri Homas,
Lingabhisheka Poojas, Kramarchana Parayanas and
Tarpanas will also be performed. This Maha Yajna
is being performed for Loka Kalyana and good of
all mankind as well as to ensure universal peace
and prosperity. [dates of the Athi Rudra
Maha Yajnam held in Puttaparthi 9-20 August
2006; in Chennai: 19-30 January 2007.]
- Atikaya:
Minister of Râvana
(RRV2-6b)
- Âtma(n):
Inner Reality (BV-1),
(BV-36),
(BV).
Soul,
but also: body, spirit, senses. End of the
I-illusion; Self-remembrance in unity with
Krishna. Atma: (SSS-II
&
Dhyana Vahini)
"the Sun of Suns, the Effulgence of Effulgences;
it is the Supreme Light, the Swayamjyothi, the
Self-effulgent". Atma:
Unconquerable, indestructible, unlimited, the
Existence-Knowledge-Bliss-wave of the ocean that
is God (SSS-III)
- Atmaswaroop:
Embodiment of Atma
(SSS-III)
- Atma-Hathya:
Self-destruction (RRV-14).
- Atmajnana:
Selfknowledge (BV-3).
- Atri
Muni: A great Sage among the demigods and
the father of the incarnation Dattâtreya
(RRV-7c)
- AUM:
Om; Designation of the Universal Brahman;
sacred, primordial sound of the
universe.
- Avarana:
The
superimposition on the eternal of the temporary,
on the rope of the snake, on the noonday desert
of the gleaming lake, on the mother-of-pearl of
silver, on the Sarvam-Brahma Mayam (Brahman that
is the real Reality of the Universe) of the
multiform, multicolored, distracting, changing
world. (SSS-III)
- Avasyam
anubhokthavyam, krtham Karma subhaasubham:
Good or bad, whatever karma has been done, its
consequences have to be willy-nilly suffered or
enjoyed (RRV-7c)
- Avathâr(a): The
principle of - or the Descent of God on
earth, the Incarnation of the Formless with
Form, for the uplift of beings - this is the
basic fact that makes the Bhagavatha
authentic; Form Incarnate. Special manifestation
of God on Earth. (BV-1)
(BV)
When He comes down assuming special form on
special occasions for a specific purpose, He is
known as Avathâra.....so, we can assert
that the saints, sages, ascetics and men both
good and bad, are all Avathâras of the
Vishnu Entity. (see also Kalâ, Amsa en
Yugavathar). (BV-30).
It would appear as if you get more inspiration
from one Avathar than another. But, all are
equally Divine and mysterious. The manifestation
is suited to the time, the task, the
circumstance and the need; its form is in
accordance with the purpose. (BV-
34)
(SSS-III)
- Avidya
klesha:
ignorance, lack of spiritual knowledge, the root
cause of all afflictions
- Avidyamaya:
The Maya named Avidya is very
vicious; she causes boundless misery. Those
drawn by it will sink into the depths of flux,
the eternal tangle of joy and grief
(RRV2-2)
(SSS-III)
- Ayodhya:
Capital city of Kosala which was ruled by
Dasaratha, later by Râma.
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