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Naadee
Naadee is
energy channel in the body.
Nir-Gun see Gun
Panch Mahaa
Bhoot see Elements
Panchopachaar Poojaa see Worship
Paraa Vidyaa see A
Praan
The life force.
In Yogic tradition, Praan is said to be tenfold depending on its nature and
function. Of the ten Praan (inhalation) and Apaan (exhalation) are the most
important. According to Bhagavad Geetaa, a Yogee should balance and control
the movement of Praan and Apaan in order to have control over the
modifications of the mind and thus attain Samaadhi. According to Bhaagvat
3/6 ten Praan are - Praan, Apaan, Udaan, Samaan, Vyaan, Naag, Koorm,
Krikal, Devtatt, and Dhananjaya.
Rig Ved see Ved
Rin
Ritwij
According to Ved, Ritwij are the four priests - Hotaa, Adhwaryu,
Brahmaa and Udgaataa who perform religious ceremonies. Their
functions are ascertained by Brahmaa Jee himself. Hotaa's Karm is Shastra,
Adharyu's Karm is Ijyaa, Udgaataa's Karm is Stutistom, and Brahmaa's Karm is
Praayashchit (to do some difficult work as a repentence).
Sa-Gun see
Gun
Saam Ved see Ved
Sahasraar Chakra see Chakra
Samaadhi
Spiritual absorption;
the eighth rung of Raaj Yog. It is the state in which the Yogee is aware of
the process of the meditation, the object of the meditation and the
meditator, that is called Samaadhi with seed. When the Yogee merges into
Brahm (unitary consciousness) is called Samaadhi without seed.
Samaan Vaayu see Vaayu
Samaya see Tantra
Sansaar
"That which
continues without beginning or end". The cycle of ignorance, desire,
action and longing to reap the fruits of one's actions.
Sanskaar
Subtle impressions of
one's own past Karm or actions. The innermost wall of
the city of life is constructed by Sanskaar tht hols the seeker's
attachments and pleasure-seeking desires.
Sanyaas see also Aashram
Sanyaas means
renunciation - the final stage of the four stages in one's life.
Sat Yug
see Yug
Satsang
Satsang means the company of and
conversation with saints, sages, Rishi, Muni etc good people. Normally in
this type of Satsang people listen to or talk about God and related matters.
Shakti
Shakti means power. Here
it refers to Divine creative force through which Brahm creates the Universe.
Shesh Naag Jee
It is believed that Shesh Naag Jee has one hundred
heads and is very large. Lord Vishnu rests on him in Ksheer Saagar and Lakshmee Jee caresses His feet.
It is also believed that He is at the base of this Prithvi (Earth), otherwise it could not have stayed at
its place.
Shodashopachaar Poojaa see Worship
Shraddhaa
Faith with reverence. It is a Divine quality
and is an essential aspect of one's spiritual practice. Such faith does not
rely on the knowledge of scriptures, but it comes from within. Nobody else
can create faith in anything, it has to be from within. Faith is said to put
life in a stone.
Swar
Notes. In Indian music there are
seven Swar (notes) - Shadaj, Rishabh, Gaandhaar, Madhyam, Pancham, Dhaivat,
Nishaad - all these Swar are said to be Brahm Roop because of being Brahm
Vyanjak.
Bhaagvat Puraan 3/12 says that these Swar appeared from his play.
Swayamvar
Taamas
see Gun
Tap or Tapas
Translated as penance, otherwise it
literally means to glow, to shine. In spiritual tradition it helps one to
attain control over one's senses and mind, he becomes vibrant and
overcomes his weaknesses. It is certainly different from penance or even
austerity which usually implies self-mortification. The basic purpose of
Tap is to win the feelings of opposites, such as heat and cold, pleasure
and pain at physical level, and reveal the hidden powers of the body, mind
and senses to become more creative in life.
Tattwa see Elements
Time
Tongues of Fire
There are seven tongues of fire - Kaali, Karaalee, Manojavaa, Sulohitaa,
Sudhumra-varn, Sphulinginee, and Vishwaruchi. Vedic Rishi could see these
seven colors of fire very clearly. They arise during the fire ceremony
from the fire that is well-lit.
Trees
Tretaa Yug see
Yug
Tyaag
Renunciation. Giving up something,
usually any kind of comfort or pleasures.
Udaan Vaayu see Vaayu
Udgaataa
According to Ved, he is one of the four priests
(Hotaa, Adhwaryu,
Brahmaa and Udgaataa) who performs religious ceremonies. His function is to recite Mantra.
According
to Bhaagvat 3/12 his Karm is Stutistom.
Upanishad
Upanishad are
the sections of Vedic literature that emphasize the path of knowledge.
There are hundreds of Upanishad but ten Upanishad are most important.
Uttaraayan
see Time
Vaanprasth
see also Aashram
Who live in
forests. The third stage in human life - after Brahmcharya and Grihasth. In
this stage he prepares himself for final renunciation.
Vaayu
see also Praan
Vaayu means air. As it is one of the five elements which have composed our
body, there are five types of Vaayu in our body - Praan, Apaan, Samaan,
Udaan, and Vyaan. Praan Vaayu is inhalation, and Apaan Vaayu is the downward moving Praan
force - also identified as exhalation.
Vairaagya
Dispassion; state of being free from attractions of worldly
objects; renunciation; disinterest in the worldly matters. Viaraagya and
Abhyaas (practice) are the essential parts of achievement on the Yogic
path.
Vaishwaadev
A group of Devtaa.
Vansh
Vansh means
children and descendents.
Varmaalaa
Ved
Vedaant
Vedaant is the system of Indian
philosophy that expounds the theory of non-dualism.
Upanishad which are the spiritual pieces of Brahm Gyaan from Ved are
also called Vedaant.
Vilom, Vilomaj
Vilom means "the
other way". According to rules a Braahman can marry his own Varn and the
two lower Varn girls; a Kshatriya boy can marry his own and the lower Varn girl;
a Vaishya boy can marry only a Vaishya girl. But when a lower Varn boy, such as
Kshatriya boy marrying a Braahman girl, marries a higher Varn girn, this
marriage is called Vilom marriage and the children born to such a parents are
called Vialomaj. And such children belong to Vilom or Soot caste. There are two
Soot names which are very famous - Karn and Ugrashravaa. Karn is a well-known
character of Mahaabhaarat, but nobody knows Ugrashravaa's name because he is
famous only as Soot Jee itself.
Worship
Yagya
Ritual ceremony.
Yagyopaveet
Yagyopaveet is a round garland type, made up of a few sacred threads. It is given at the
time of Yagyopaveet Sanskaar, when a boy enters in adulthood. It is mandatory to wear for
Braahman, Kshatriya and Vaishya, but at the same time has some rules to follow. It is
worn over the right shoulder, then under the left shoulder and should not reach lower than
groins. If the person is unable to follow the rules, he may opt not to wear it. But
its Sanskaar has to be performed.
Yajur Ved see Ved
Yug
see also Time
According to Hindu Religion Yug is a measurement of
time spanning for several thousand years. There are four
Yug: Sat Yug, Tretaa Yug, Dwaapar Yug and Kali Yug. All have different number of years to make up.
Kali Yug is the shortest one. Double the number of years of Kali Yug are in Dwaapar
Yug, double the number of years of Dwaapar Yug are in Tretaa Yug, and double the number
of the years of Tretaa Yug are in Sat Yug. In Sat Yug,
Dharm, virtues, righteousness, faith, devotion pervade all over, but in
all other Yug they decline
successively and they almost completely disappear in Kali Yug. In
Sat Yug knowledge is the means for liberation.
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