ABHYASA—Spiritual practice
AHAM BRAHMA ASMI—I am Brahman
ATMAN—The Self
AVIDYA—Nescience
BANDHA—exercise in Hatha Yoga
BHUMA—the Infinite; the unconditioned; Brahman
BINDU—point; seed
BRAHMAMUHURTA—auspicious time between 4 to 6 a.m.
CHAITANYA—Pure consciousness
CHAKRA—Centre of spiritual energy
CHITTA—Subconscious mind
DHARANA—Concentration
DHYANA—Meditation
EKAGRATA—One-pointedness of mind
GUNA—Quality
ISVARA—Lord, God
JADA—Insentient; non-intelligent
JAPA—Repetition of the Name of the Lord
JIVANMUKTI—Liberation in this life
KAIVALYA—Final emancipation
KAMANDAL—The holy vessel used by a Sannyasin for keeping water
KARMA—Action operating through the Law of Cause and Effect
KIRTAN—Singing the Lord’s Names
KRIYA—Hatha Yogic exercise
KUNDALINI—The primordial cosmic energy located in the individual
LAKSHYA—Goal
MAYA—The illusory power of Brahman
MOKSHA—Liberation
MUDRA—A type of exercise in Hatha Yoga
NADA—A mystic sound
NADIS—Nerve-currents
NIRGUNA—Without attributes
NIRVANA—Liberation
NIRVIKALPA—Without the modifications of the mind
OMKARA—The sacred syllable Om symbolising Brahman
PRAKRITI—Nature, the primitive non-intelligent principle
PRANAVA—Same as Om
PRATYAHARA—Abstraction or withdrawal of the senses from their objects
SABDA BRAHMAN—sound-form of Brahman
SAGUNA—With attributes
SAMADHI—The state of superconsciousness where Absoluteness is experienced
SAMSKARA—Impression in the subconscious mind
SATCHIDANANDA—Existence Absolute—Knowledge Absolute—Bliss Absolute;
Brahman
SAVIKALPA—With modifications
SOHAM—A Vedantic assertion meaning “I am He (Brahman)”
TAPAS—Penance
TAT TVAM ASI—That Thou Art
TATTVA—Principle, Reality
TRIKUTI—Space between the eyebrows
VEDANTA—(Lit.) End of the Vedas; the school of thought based primarily on the Vedic
Upanishads
VIRAT—Macrocosm; the Lord in His form as the manifest universe
VRITTI—A wave of thought, a modification of the mind
YOGA—(Lit.) Union; union of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul; any course
which makes for such union.
