SAM'SKRTA GLOSSARY

official source: Carya'carya Part 3

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this version: is the printed Carya'carya Part 3, 5th edition, version  	(spelling mistakes only may have been corrected). I.e., this is the most  	up-to-date version as of the present Electronic Edition. Words in square 
	brackets [   ] are corrections that did not appear in the printed version.

      Those Sam'skrta terms that have been sufficiently explained where they first occur in the text itself have not been included in this glossary.

      A'CA'RYA. Spiritual teacher.
	A'HA'RA, A'HA'RYA. Food.
	AMA'VASYA'. New moon.
	ANA'HATA CAKRA. See CAKRA. 
	A'NANDA MA'RGA. Path of Bliss. 
	A'SANA. See p. 23. 
	A'SANASHUDDHI. See BHU'TASHUDDHI. 
	ASHOKA. Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree belonging to the leguminous class with red flowers). 
	ASHOKAS'AS'T'HII. The sixth day in the first half of the Bengali month Caetra. 
	ASHOKA'S'T'AMII. The eighth day in the first half of the Bengali month Caetra. 
	AVADHU'TA. An absolute renunciate.

      BANDHA. Lock; firm compression of nerves maintained for some time. 
	BHOJANA'SANA. Food posture, 'cross-legged sitting posture'. 
	BHU'TASHUDDHI, A'SANASHUDDHI, CITTASHUDDHI. In meditation, stages of withdrawing the mind from the physical world and directing it toward the Supreme. The a'ca'rya will teach. 
	BRAHMA. Supreme Entity. 
	BRA'HMA MUHU'RTTA. The hours before sunrise.

      CAKRA. Psychic-energy centre. There are seven major ones in the body: 1) mu'la'dha'ra, located near the base of the spine; 2) sva'dhis't'ha'na, at the sex organ; 3) man'ipura, at the navel; 4) ana'hata, in the midpoint of the chest; vishuddha, at the throat; 6) a'jina', between the eyebrows; 7) sahasra'ra, at the crown of the head. 
	CARYA'CARYA. 'Carya' means 'dos' and 'acarya' means 'don'ts'; hence 'Carya'carya' means the dos and don'ts of life. 
	CITTASHUDDHI. See BHU'TASHUDDHI.

      DHA'RAN'A'. Restricting the flow of mind; conception; e.g., Tattva Dha'ran'a' is restriction of the flow of mind to, or conception of, the fundamental factors. 
	DHYA'NA. Meditation.

      IISHVARA. The Cosmic Controller. 
	IISHVARA PRAN'IDHA'NA. Surrender to Iishvara through meditation. 
	IS'T'A MANTRA. The mantra leading one to the Supreme Goal. The a'ca'rya will teach.

      MAN'IPURA CAKRA. See CAKRA. 
	MUDRA'. Gesture; see also p. 65. 
	MU'LA'DHA'RA CAKRA. See CAKRA.

      NA'D'II. Psychic-energy channel; nerve.

      PHA'LGUNA. Twelfth month of the Indian lunar calendar. 
	PITR YAJINA. Salutation to the forefathers. 
	PRA'N'A. Energy. 
[	PRA'N'A'YA'MA. Science of controlling vital energy; see also p. 69. 
	PU'RN'IMA'. Full moon.

      RA'JASIKA. Mutative.

      SA'DHAKA. Spiritual practitioner. 
	SAM'GHA. A'nanda Ma'rga Praca'raka Sam'gha--Ananda Marga organisation. 
	SANNYA'SII. One who ensconces oneself in Sat, the Unchangeable Entity. 
	SA'TTVIKA. Sentient. 
	SHA'RADOTSAVA. From the sixth to the tenth day of the bright period in the month of A'shvina. 
	S'AS'T'HII. The sixth day of a lunar fortnight. 
	SHUKRA. Shukra has three stages of transformation: in the male, lymph, spermatozoa and seminal fluid; and in the female, lymph, ova and fluids. In the lymph stage it nourishes the brain and the glands. Lack of self-restraint can cause too much lymph to be converted into the later stages, thus depriving the brain and glands. 
	SVA'DHIS'T'HA'NA CAKRA. See CAKRA.

      TA'MASIKA. Static. 
	TRIKUT'I. The a'jina' cakra.

      VISHUDDHA CAKRA. See CAKRA. 
	VRTTI. Mental propensity. 
	VYA'PAKA SHAOCA. Pervasive cleanliness, 'half bath'; see also p.6. ]