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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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- Takshaka:
the snake-bird that in the form of a brahmin
ended the life of Emperor Parîkchit
hearing the S'rîmad Bhâgavatam from
S'ukadeva Gosvâmî (see
4.18:
22,
12.6).
- A member of the Kus'a-dynasty (9.12:
8).
- Thapas:
Ascetic practices (BV-23),
process of purifying the inner equipments of man
in the crucible of single-pointed speech,
feeling and activity, directed towards God;
discipline, spiritual exercise (sadhana),
(BV-33),
the discipline of austerities to propitiate the
Gods (RRV-7b).
- Tamo
Guna: The quality of sloth (dull)
(SSS-I).
- Tapah,
sauca, dayâ, satya: Austerity,
cleanliness, compassion and truthfullness are
the legs that established the age of truth
[Satya Yuga, the 'old days']
[SB;
C1:17-24]
- Tara:
Wife of Vali
(RRV-4b)
- Tataka:
Demoness who was killed by Rama
- Thaksha:
Son of Bharatha
(RRV2-14)
- Thâkura
Haridâsa - Haridâsa
Thâkura: a great devotee and associate
of Lord S'rî Caitanya Mahâprabhu who
chanted three hundred thousand names of God a
day.
- Thamasic:
Passivity. (BV-33)
- "Thamaso
ma Jyothir gamaya": "From darkness, lead me
unto light" (SSS-II)
Prasanthi
Vahini:
"O Lord, when the objects of the world attract
me, remove the darkness which hides from me the
all-pervading all constituting Atma,
which every object really is."
- Tridanda:The
tridanda is a staff carried by vaishnava
sannyâsis symbolizing the threefold
austerity of thought, speech and action. In all
these three the renunciate is vowed to serve
Vishnu. The staff consists of three sticks
wrapped in saffron cloth with a small extra
piece wrapped in at the top.
- Thirodhana:
the power to make things disappear
(SSS-III).
- Thirtha:
consecrated water (SSS-III)
- Treta-yuga:
Second period of a mahâyuga,
three times as long as Kali-yuga.
- "Thribhuvana
Vijayam": "Triumph over the Three Worlds!"
(SSS-II)
- Thrisira:
Youngest brother of the Rakshasas Khara, Dushana
and Surpanakha (RRV2-2)
- Thryambakam:
three-eyed, manifesting as Will-Work-Wisdom,
Doer-Dury-Deed, Strength-Sweetness-Light
(SSS-III)
- Thyaga:
Renunciation (BV-10),
(BV-36),
detachment (RRV-6b).
- Thyagaraja:
1767-1847 Tamil Nadu; great poet, composer;
saint whose songs are very popular and loved in
India etc.
- Til
(teel) [Sanskrit: tila]: Same as
sesame and or the oil of sesame seed
(RRV2-10)
- Trees,
(Krishna about trees) [vriksha]:
(SB
10:22)
'O Stoka Krishna and Ams'u; o
S'rîdâma, Subala and Arjuna; o
Vis'ala, Vrishabha and Ojasvî; o
Devaprastha and Varûthapa, just see these
ones so fortunate whose life is only there for
the higher purpose of keeping off the rain, the
wind, the heat and the snow they bear for us.
(33) Oh how superior the birth of these trees
that, like great souls do, give support to all
living entities; for certain will no person in
need ever go away disappointed by them (34) By
their leaves, flowers and fruits; shade and
roots, bark and wood; by their fragrance, sap
ashes, pulp and shoots they award all things
desirable. (35) It is to each living being to
live up to this perfection of birth in this
world: to be with ones life, wealth,
intelligence and words towards the embodied
always of the highest good in ones dutiful
activities [see also the vaishnava
pranâma].'
- Triloka:
The three worlds; bhumi:
earth, svarga: heaven and
patala: hell (RRV-9)
- Tripitaka:
(sanskrit lit.: three baskets) is the formal
term for a Buddhist canon of scriptures. Many
different versions of the canon exist throughout
the Buddhist world, containing an enormous
variety of texts. The most widely-known version
is the Pali Canon of the Theravada school. The
Tripitaka writings, which were originally
memorized and recited orally by disciples, fall
into three general categories and the scrolls
(originally written on palm leaves) were
therefore kept in three baskets
(tri-pitaka).
- Tripura:
Triple Fortress; the three cities who symbolize
the three guna's (RRV-8).
- Tul(a)sî:
A sacred plant dear to Lord Krishna and
worhiped by His devotees. Tulsî is a
sacred plant and is worshiped by many Hindus.
Many Vishnu temples have a tulsî garden.
When food is offered to Lord Vishnu or Krishna,
tulsî leaves are put on each preparation
offered. Indians generally keep a tulsî
tree in front of their house, towards the
south-east corner of their house.
- Tyaja
Durjana Samsargam: Leave association with
people of evil habits.
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