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Glossary:
here the words are collected that in the Vahinis at this
site are explained by Sai Baba, complemented with
glossaries from Bhagavad Gîtâ and
S'rîmad Bhâgavatam
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- Hamsa:
Celestial Swan. (BV-10)
- Haldi:
Turmeric powder, considered as auspicious
(SSS-II)
Turmeric, used as a cosmetic (SSS-IV)
- Hanumân
(Anjaneya): Monkey warrior who became
Râma's devoted friend and servant.
(RRV2-4a),
also called "Sun of the Wind-God Vayu"
(RRV-5a)
[BG 1:20: Then the son of Pându, who's
flag was marked with Hanumân and who was
looking from his chariot upon the sons of
Dhritarâstra in preparing to take up his
bow and shoot his arrows, O King, at that time
spoke the following words to Hrisîkesa
[Krishna as the Lord of the
senses].]
- Harâ
- Râdhârânî: the
eternal consort and spiritual potency of Lord
Krishna.
- Hare:
The energy of, the love of (the
Lord)
- Hari:
The Lord as the boatman for the ocean of samsar
with the body as the boat, (BV-29),
the Lord, (BV-31),
Krishna. (BV-35),
Vishnu, whose Avatar Rama was (RRV-5a)
- Haridâsa
Thâkura: a great devotee and associate
of Lord Srî Caitanya Mahâprabhu who
chanted three hundred thousand names of God a
day.
- Haryaksa
- Hiranyâksa: the demoniac son of
Kasyapa who was killed by Lord
Varâha.
- Hasta
Mudhras:
Hand-gestures.
- Hastinapurâ:
New Delhi
- Haya:
Horse. (BV-10)
- Haya-griva:
Horse-head.The Lord took Form as
Yajna,
in a Brahma-yajna, above the neck, He had the
Form of a Horse, He was called Haya (horse)
griva (head) (BV-36). Hayagrîva:
Lord Krishnaís horse-headed
incarnation, who returned the stolen Vedas to
Brahmâ.
- Himavaan:
The Deity of the Himalayas (RRV-7a).
- Hiranyakasipu:
A demonic person who forbade mention of
Vishnu's name, wicked father of Prahlâdha;
killed by man-lion Nrsimhadeva, Avathar of
Vishnu. (RRV2-8a)
- Hiranyâksa:
Brother of Hiranyakasipu, both sons of Kasyapa
and Diti. (BV-32)
Wicked brother of Hiranyakashipu; killed by the
wild-boar Varaha, Avathar of Vishnu.
(RRV2-8a)
- Holi:
Present day India knows the tradition of the
holi-celebrations, the festival of colors once
year on the morning after the full moon in early
March every year, where one plays this game. It
celebrates the arrival of spring and the death
of the demoness Holika. Holika was the sister of
Hiranyakasipu who fighting Prahlâda
couldn't succeed in killing him [see
7.5].
She, said to be fire resistant,sitting with him
in a fire couldn't harm him. He remained
unscathed, but she burns in the fire to ashes.
Thus are with holi the night before great
bonfires lit to commemorate the story. Although
holi is observed all over the north, it's
celebrated with special joy and zest at
Mathurâ, Vrindâvana, Nandgaon, and
Barsnar (the places where Lord Krishna and S'ri
Râdhâ grew up. Lord Krishna, while
growing up in Vraja, popularized the festival
with His ingenious pranks. The Gopîs of
Vraja responded with equal enthusiasm and the
festivities have continued ever since. Role
reversal with travesty, feminism etc. are
accepted customs for the duration of the
festival. Men and women of Vraja clash in a
colorful display of a mock battle of the sexes.
A naturally occurring orange-red dye, Kesudo, is
used to drench all participants.
(SB,
10:75-15
etc.)
- Homa(patala):
"fire-offering". A sacred ceremony in which the
Gods are offered oblations through the medium of
fire in a sanctified fire pit (RRV-10)
- Hrisîkes'a:
Krishna, name of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the supreme master of everyoneís
senses.
- Hrudaya-vasi:
The Indweller (SSS-II)
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