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Baajpeya
Yagya see
Yagya
Baal
Gopaal
(1) Little children. (2)
Child Krishn.
Baalkhilya (Rishi)
A class of Divine beings. They are 60,000 in number and always recite
Ved Mantra sitting on Soorya's chariot. Their size is said to be equal
to thumb.
Baans
see also
Trees for the names of other trees
Bamboo. Flutes are made of the bamboo; otherwise also it is used to make
many things.
Baatee
Wick. A long thread made of normally raw cotton, to light the lamp.
Bad
(Tree) see also
Trees for the names of other
trees
Banyan tree. This is also considered a sacred tree and is worshipped in
India. It is believed that it is an immortal tree. When everything was
destroyed after the Pralaya, Maarkandeya Muni saw Hari as a baby on this
tree leaf only. Its branches grow so long that they come down, reach the
ground and grow again as a separate tree from there. There is a very old
banyan tree in KalKatta (now Kolkata) in India under which a king's
army took rest once.
Badavaanal
Badav means trees; and Anal means fire. Thus Badavaanal means "the
fire which burns the forest".
Bal
Power.
(1) For a king, there are 6 types of Bal - (1) Power of wealth, (2) Power of allies, (3) Power of forests, (4) Power of
paid soldiery, and (5) Power of mechanical and trading classes. Among
these strengths power of allies and power of wealth are superior to the rest.
(2) In astrology also planets have their strength, that is also called
Bal, or how powerful that planet is.
Bandanvaar
An auspicious thing to do while doing religious ceremonies or Poojaa.
Two leaves of mango tree, or Ashok tree are tied at a 5-6 inches
distance in a string and is hung on the top of doorways using nails on
both the sides of the door.
Battee
see Baatee
Batu
Young Braahman boy.
Batuk
(1)
Another name of
Shiv.
(2) Traveler.
Beej
(1) Seed. (2) Source. (3) Aum
word is known as Pranav, Beej or Mool Mantra.
Bel
see also Fruits
for the names of the other fruits
Bhaadrapad
The 6th month of Hindoo Lunar calendar.
Bhaagavat Puraan
see also
Puraan
One of the 18 Puraan.
Bhaageerathee
Another name River Gangaa.
Bhaagya
Fate. Destiny. In common usage Hindoo use Bhaagya to explain the cause of events
they cannot control. Yet they believe that what is written in one's fate
is the result of one's own past Karm (deeds), good or bad. One has to
reap good or bad consequences of his own Karm. The Aajeevik sect of 6th
century BC proposed that all happenings are determined by Niyati
(Destiny) and Destiny is the circumstance over which man has no control,
past, present or future. But Hindoo have rejected this doctrine.
Bhaal
The center part of the forehead. Maathaa
Bhaaratee
Another name of Saraswatee.
Bhaaskar
Another name of Soorya.
Bhadrakaalee
Another name of Durgaa.
Bhagavaan
He has many names - God, the Supreme Being, Parameshwar, Haru,
Hari, Achyut,
Vishnu, Vaasudev, Shiv etc.
Bhagvad Geetaa
Bhairav
Another name of Shiv.
Bhairavee
(1) A musical Raag in Indian music. (2) Another name of Durgaa.
Bhajan
(Noun) - (1) Devotional songs.
(Verb) - (2) Singing devotional songs. To Worship.
Bhakt
Devotee. Who does Bhakti.
Bhakti
Bhaum
(1) Mars. It is known as Mangal, Kuj (Kujaa), Rakt, Veer, and
Angaarak also. (2) Bhaumvaar means Mangalvaar - Tuesday.
Bhautik
Shareer
Physical body.
Bhavaanee
Another name of Durgaa.
Bhavishya
Puraan see also
Puraan
One of the 18 Puraan.
Bhed
(1) Difference. (2) Kinds or types - For example "This donation has
10 Bhed.", means "This donation is of 10 types". (2) One of the four policies - Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed. In
this sense it means to create differences between two or more people.
Bhikshaa
(1) Alms. (2) Begging. Besides normal beggars (poor people), there are some others
also who go for Bhikshaa. Children living with Guru for education, as
Brahmchaaree, used to go to ask for Bhikshaa - asking for food.
Vaanprasthee and Sanyaasee also used to go house to house for Bhikshaa
asking for food.
Bhikshu
(1) Beggar. (2) Yati, who subsists on alms.
Bilva
see Bel
Bhog
(1) Naivedya. The eatables offered to Bhagavaan for His eating. (2)
Verb - To eat. (3) Noun - Results
or fruit of some Karm. (4) Verb - To enjoy or suffer according to one's Karm.
Bhog
Bhoomi see also
Karm
Bhoomi
Where people enjoy the fruits of their Karm. Swarg and Narak are Bhog
Bhoomi, as people enjoy or suffer for their actions there.
Bhoo Lok
Prithvi, or the Earth.
Bhoomi Sookt
Sookt 12-1 of Atharv Ved consisting of 63 Mantra. It is an outstanding
Sookt (hymn) dedicated to the praise of one's own land of birth from the
point of view of the contents and poetic beauty. It is called Prithvi
Sookt also.
Bhoor Lok
see also Prithvi
According to MBH,
Bhoor Lok is of 500 million (50 Crore) Yojan extent. In Bhoor Lok, there are seven islands - Jamboo, Pluksh, Shaalmali, Kush,
Kraunch, Shaak and Pushkar which are surrounded by seven seas. The outer
island from the inner island, and the outer sea from the inner sea are of
just double their size. Ksheer (milk), Ikshu (sugarcane juice), Kshaar
(salty), Ghrit (ghee or clarified butter), Dadhya (buttermilk),
Ksheer-salil, and Jal (sweet water) - these are the seven oceans. Vishnu
rests in Ksheer Saagar.
Bhoot see also
Panch Mahaa-bhoot
(1) Living being. (2) Past. (3) Five elements of nature -
Prithvi (Earth), Vaayu (Air), Aakaash (Space), Agni (Fire),
and Jal (Water).
Bhootaatmaa
Individual soul.
Bhootbhaavan
Beneficial to beings - Shiv.
Bhootnaath
Another name of Shiv.
Bhramar
Black bee, or Bumble bee. Bhaunraa, or Bhanvaraa, or Madhukar.
Bhrigu
Sanhitaa
Bhujagendra
Another name of Shesh Naag.
Bhuvaneshwar
The Lord of the three Lok, Vishnu.
Bhuvaneshwaree
God as Divine mother.
Bindee
(1) Zero. (2) Dot. (3)
Originally a red-colored circular mark put in the middle on the forehead
by Indian women. It used to be common to all religions earlier, but as
time passed, it has become exclusive to the women of the Hindoo families.
Until the early 20th century this was a mark of married woman who
stopped using it if they became widow. Unmarried girls could also use
this Bindee as until they became widow, they were considered Suhaagin
(married and whose husband is alive). But now-a-days it has become a
fashion, regardless of marital status, it is neither restricted to red
color, nor does it need to be circular.
Birds for the names of various birds
Black Magic
Black Moon
see
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Body
Body is of several types -
(1) Physical body or Empirical body - this is the body we have,
(2) Avataar's body - this is the body Bhagavaan takes,
(3) Causal Body - this is the body which is the cause of our birth,
normally it consists of the records of our Karm,
(4) Subtle body - the Sookshm body which leaves our physical body
when we die. Subtle body and Causal body live together and cause us to
take birth again, and
(5) Dream body - this is the body we take in our dreams, this body gets
physically hurt, but still our own physical body does not get hurt; of
course emotions are felt - we laugh, we weep, we cry, we fear in dreams
and still feel their effect after we wake up.
Braahman
Braahman's
Karm
Brahm
God, the Supreme Soul - Paramaatmaa. Brahm, according to Chhaandogya
Upanishad is "Tajjalaan" (tat-ja-laan) - that from whom the Universe is
born and into whom it will return and by whom it is sustained He is
Parameshwar and is sometimes called Param Brahm also. He is considered
to live in everybody's heart as His Individual Soul (Aatmaa). According
to Ved, there is one God. He expresses Himself as Soorya (Sun), Indra,
Varun, Mitra etc. According to Upanishad, Brahm is the Supreme Soul, is
indefinable, is Eternal and is the Creator of the Universe. With this
theory He performs these function with His three forms - Brahmaa, Vishnu
and Shiv. He is neither male nor female, or if you will, both. As both
He is Shiv and Shakti or Shiv and Durgaa - Shiv being male and Shakti or
Durgaa being female. Thus Shiv and Durgaa together represent God in the
form of "Ardh-Naareeshwar" - an image of half male and half female.
Brahm Belaa
Morning time when only a few stars are visible in the sky.
Brahm Gyaan
Knowledge about Brahm, or Divine knowledge.
Brahm
Hatyaa
Killing of a Braahman. It is considered great sin.
Brahm Koorch
see also
Panch Gavya
Mix 1 Pal cow's urine (saying Gaayatree Mantra), cow dung equal to half
thumb (with "Gandh Dwaaraam Duraadharshaa.." Mantra - Shree Sookt), 7
Pal milk (with "Aapyaaya Swa..." Mantra - Yajur, 12/112), 2 Pal yogurt
(with "Dadhi Kraavno..." Mantra - Yajur 23/32), 1 Pal Ghee (with "Tejo
Asi Shukra Masyamrit Masi..." Mantra - Yajur 22/1) , and 1 Pal Kush
water (with "Devasya..." Mantra - Yajur 20/3) together. All mixed
together is called Brahm Koorch. (for Pal see
Measurement-Weight)
[Agni Puraan, p 361-362]
Brahm
Lok
Brahm Lok is another term for Vaikunth. It is above Brahmaa's Lok.
Brahm
Muhoort
Duration of an hour before sunrise or pre-dawn, normally between 4 and 5 am in
Northern India. It is called Prabodh Kaal also.
Brahm Puraan
see also
Puraan
Brahm Randhra
see also Chakra
Brahm means related to God, and Randhra means "hole". This is the point
from where the soil leves the body for his Final Journey. This exists in
the brain of a person, where a Sahastra Dal Kamal (1,000 petal lotus) is
lying.
Brahm Sootra
Name of the book written by Baadaraayan claiming to present the entire
contents of the genuine Upanishad in the form of aphorisms. This book is
also known as "Vedaant Sootra". The
term Vedaant became popular meaning "the Final Message of the Ved".
Brahm Vidyaa
Paraa Vidyaa; or knowledge of Brahm; or knowledge of total existence or
spiritual wisdom that leads to seeker to the realization of Brahm.
According to Upanishad this Vidyaa, knowledge, is absolute, that is why
after knowing this "the unheard becomes heard, and the unknown becomes
known".
Brahmaa
Brahmaakshar
Brahm+Akshar=Aum
Brahmaand
Universe. This whole Universe is called Brahmaand. It is believed in
Vedaant, that there are seven
covers of this Brahmaand - they are like this:
(1) Ten times of Prithvi is water
(2) Ten times of water is fire
(3) Ten times of fire is air
(4) Ten times of air is Aakaash (sky, ether or Antariksh)
(5) Ten times of Aakaash is Ahankaar
(6) Ten times of Ahankaar is Mahat-Tattwa
(7) Ten times of Mahat-Tattwa is Mool Prakriti
And all this is in Bhagavaan's one foot. It is all in His 10-finger
place. This shows the hugeness of Bhagavaan. This is called 10-finger
Nyaaya.
[Bhaagvat
Puraan, 2/2]
Brahmaand
Puraan see also
Puraan
Brahmaavart
Literally means "The country where God lives. It was the name of the
region which later came to be known as Hariyaanaa.
Brahmarshi
A sage who has attained Brahm
Brahmchaaree
Who observes Brahmcharya.
Brahmcharya
see also
Aashram
Abstinence.
Brahmvaivart Puraan see also
Puraan
One of the 18 Puraan.
Brihad-Devtaa
Name of a work describing Vaidik deities.
Brihadaaranyak
(Upanishad)
Name of one of the genuine Upanishad.
Brihadrath
(1) Another name of Indra. (2) Father of
Jaraasandh. (3) Name of
the
last king of
of the Maurya Dynasty.
Brihaspati
(1) Dev Guru. (2) Father of Bharadwaaj Rishi in c 2000 BC.
(3) The author of the book of Aphorisms preaching atheism on the lines
of Charvaak around 400 AD. (4) Planet Jupiter.
Buddha
(1) Planet Mercury. (2) Son of Chandramaa - his son was Pururavaa
who started Chandra Vansh. (3) Buddhavaar - the 4th day of the
week - Wednesday. (4)
Awakened, or enlightened means Gautam Buddha.
Buddhi
(1) Wisdom. (2) Mind. (3) Intellect.
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