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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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- Udi
(Vibhuti):
Sacred ash (SSS).
- Uddhava:
a confidential friend of Srî Krishna in
Vrndâvana.
- Udivrishti:
The shower of Udi (SSS-II)
- Ugadi:
The Hindu
calendar
is based on lunar months. Each month is named
after a stellar constellation near which the
full moon of that month is sighted. The month of
Chaitra thus occurs when the full moon is near
the constellation Chitra. Chaitra is the first
month of the Hindu calendar and the first day of
this month begins the new year. The New Year Day
is called Gudi Padva in Maharashtra
and Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh. It is
believed that Brahmâ created the World on
this day. Lord Vishnu is also said to have
incarnated himself as Matsya (the Fish)
on this day. So people worship these deities on
this day.
- Umâ
- Durgâ: the personified material
energy and wife of Lord Shiva.
- Upadhi: (Bhagavatha
Vahini)
The difference between man, beast, bird, worm,
insect and even a god is but a difference of the
'vessel' (BV-1),
His Upadhi. That is to say, Maya obstructs the
Reality; its nature is to hide the reality and
make it appear as the unreal (BV-42).
But, Rama said, the instant the Individual
discovers and knows that It is but the image of
the Supreme, and that the distinction between
the Supreme and Itself has no basis in Truth,
Maya
will disappear, like fog before the risen sun.
This is the genuine Atmajnan, for, the Supreme
is Param-atma
and the Individual is the same Param-atma seen
as an Image in the Body-with-name-and-form, the
Upadhi. (RRV2-2).
- Upadesha:
Teaching (by Baba) (SSS-II). Spiritual
initiation, instruction, guidance
(SSS-II)
- Upanayana:
Traditional ceremonial rites which purify and
clarify the intellect, (BV-31),
the rite of leading the pupil to the preceptor
(BV-41).
This rite of initiation is called
Upanayana, 'leading near', that is to
say, taking the boy near the Guru or spiritual
preceptor for (spiritual training) Brahmopadesam
(guidance to Brahmam). (SSS-II)
- Upanishad:
Receiving knowledge while sitting near the
teacher, conversations between self-realized
souls and their students on the subject matter.
The phylosophical sections of the Veda's, (there
are 108 Upanisads) intended to understand the
personal character of the Absolute
Truth.
- Upapandavas
(Pandavas): the children of queen Draupadi and
the early deceased King Pandu. (BV-3)
- Upasana:
worshiping, devotion for God
(SSS-II)
- Upavâsa:
fasting (as a religious act comprising
abstinence from all sensual gratification, from
perfumes, flowers, unguents, ornaments, betel,
music, dancing; abstinence from food in general;
kindling a sacred fire; a fire altar.
(BV-1)
- Upekhaputhras:
these are the Avatars,
with no sense of attachment towards the parents,
kith or kin, with no sense of obligation of
them, with love and compassion for all.
(SSS-III)
- Upeksha:
indifference (SSS-III)
- Upendra:
another name for Vâmanadeva, the
Lordís dwarf-brâhmana
incarnation.
- Urmila:
Wife of Lakshmana, Daughter of Maharaja
Janaka (RRV-7d).
- Urukrama:
'The 'far-stepping'
Lord,Vâmanadeva.
- Usanâ:
'thinker of the heat' or Sukrâcârya,
see also (BG:10-37)
- Utkala:
the eldest son of Dhruva
Mahârâja.
- Uttama:
the brother of Dhruva
Mahârâja.
- Uttamas'loka:
Krishna, who is worshiped by select poetry. The
Lord Hailed in the scriptures/verses
(SB
9:5-24)
- Uttânapâda:a
son of Svâyambhuva Manu and father of
Dhruva Mahârâja.
- Uttarayana:
The divine half-year - the time when Râma
was born.
(RRV-4)
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