Sanskrit Dictionary - A

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Ahamkar – is the ego sense which claims these impressions for its own and stores them up as individual knowledge.  Evolved from Buddhi.
Ahimsa:  A yama.  Non-violence to any living thing; cultivate love for all, and try to see the one Atman within everybody.  Think of yourself as a servant to mankind.
Ajna – psychic centre situated at medulla oblongata; seat of intuition, higher knowledge; third eye; 6th chakra; centre of command, monitoring center. Anahat nada – unstruck sound heard in the right ear during meditation. [aaj^naa]: direction; injunction
Anahata – psychic/pranic center situated in the region of the heart and cardiac plexus; fourth chakra. Animan - the power to assume a minute form; siddhi
Apana – one of the pancha vayu; pranic air current operating in the lower abdominal region causing elimination through the excretory and reproductive organs. Aparigraha:  A yama.  Non-covetousness (detachment from material things); as above we are only
 borrowing and identification with a material good or attachment to them causes suffering. Asamsakti- Unaffected by anything. Performs necessary duties by his own will.  SEVEN STAGES OF KNOWLEDGE – Stage 5
Asana – Posture – is to be seated in a position which is firm but relaxed.  Asana means two things: the place on which the yogi sits and the manner in which he sits there.  To take a position in which one can sit absolutely still and erect holding the chest, neck and head in a straight line but without strain. Holding the body erect helps in keeping the mind clear and present so that as the prana begins to flow
 more freely it is not stop by restrictions in the posture.
Atman – God-within-the-creature is known; the Real Self; the Godhead within man; the Reality Asi - that Astaya:  A yama.  Non-stealing; we must also not harbour any feelings of covetousness, either toward persons or objects.
Ayurveda – Ancient Hindu medical system based on the Vedas
Avastha– state of condition of mind and consciousness achieved through effort.
Avatar – divine incarnation
Abhasa [pronunciation: aabhaas]: reflection of consciousness
Abhijna [ubhij^na]: direct perception
Abhimana [ubhimaan]: attachment
Abhyasa [ubhyaas]: practice
Abhyasi [ubhyaasi]: one who practices
Achala [uchul]: unmoving; hill or mountain
Achit [uchit]: not sentient
Acharya [uchurya]: scholar, learned man; a term of respect
Adhama - lowest grade
Adhara [aadhaar]: support
Adhishtana [udhishthaan]: substratum
Adhridha [udhr^dh]: weak; not firm
Adhyaropa [udhyaarop]: superimposition
Adhyasika [udhyaasik]: superimposed
Advaita [udvait]: non-duality; incorrectly termed monism; a system of thought and a vedantist sect founded by Shankara
Advaitin -non-dualist
Adya [aadyaa]: primordial; original
Adyatmika sakti [aadyaatmik sh^akti]: power of the Self
Agami (a. karma) [aagaami karm]: actions of the present life expected to bear fruit in future births
Agni - fire
Aham [uhum]: embodied self; soul; the ego; the sense of "I"
Aham Brahmasmi [uhum bruhmaasmi]: I am Brahman
Aham sphurana [uhum sphurun]: the throb of Self-bliss in the heart
Aham svarupa [uhum svuroop]: one's true nature
Aham vritti [vr^tti]: the 'I'-thought
Ahankara [uhunkaar]: 'I' sense; ego-self; 'the doer'
Ahimsa [uhimsaa]: nonviolence
Ajnana [uj^naan]: ignorance; knowledge of diversity
Ajnani [uj^naani]: one who has not realized the Self; unenlightened; ignorant of the Self
Akara [aakaar]: form or shape
Akasa (akasha) [aakaash^]: ether; space
Akriptopasaka [ukriptopaasuk]: one who has not done upasana or meditation
Alayavijnana - pure, self-existent consciousness
Amrita [umrit]: immortal
Amritanadi [umritunaadi]: the channel for the flow of consciousness from the Heart (Source) to the mind; the path by which it travels is termed archis
Anadi [unaadi]: without beginning
Ananda [aanund]: bliss; happiness; joy; Transcendence attained primarily through the affections manifests more as Bliss than as Knowledge
Anandatman [aanundutmun]: self in the state of bliss
Ananta [ununt]: endless; infinite
Anartha [unurtha]: evil; worthless
Anatman [unaatmun]: non-Self
Anava [aanuv]: limitation
Anichcha [unichchh; conjunct 'ch' and 'chh', pronounced without any vowel between; good luck!]: involuntary
Anitya [unitya]: transitory
Antah (antar) [untuH (untur)]: internal
Antah karanam (antahkarana) [untuH kurun(uM)]: means of perception; the mind; the ego; the thinking power
Antah pranayama [untuH praanaayaam]: internal breath-regulation
Antardhana [unturdhaan]: disappearance from sight
Antarmukha drishti [unturmukh dr^shti]: inward vision
Antarmukti manas [unturmukti munus]: inward-turned mind; mind retained in the Heart
Anu [unu]: atom
Anubhava [unubhuv]: experience; realization
Anushthana [unushthaan]: practice; attainment of knowledge
Anuttara samyak sambodhi [unuttur sumyuk sumbodhi]: see samyak sambodhi
Ap [aap]: water
Apana [upaan]: the life-force that goes down
Apara [upur]: the lower; inferior
Aparoksha [upurok^sh]: direct; immediate; direct experience (as opposed to sensory experience)
Apavada [upuvaad]: removal
Aprana [upraan]: beyond manifest life; devoid of life
Arati [ ]: divine service performed in the early morning or at dusk
Archis [ ]: see amritanadi
Artha [urtha]: money
Arudha [aarudh]: attainment
Aruna [urun]: red
Arupa [uroop]: formless; timeless being
Asamsakti [usumsh^ukti]: non-attachment; one of the seven stages of enlightenment
Asamskrta [usunskr^t]: not pertaining to the impermanent; Chinese wu wei
Asana [aasun]: yogic posture
Asat [usut]: unreal
Asesha sakshi [ush^esh saak^shi]: witness of all
Ashram - hermitage
Ashtanga Yoga [ushtaang yog]: Yoga consisting of eight stages of discipline
Asrama [aash^rum]: one of the four life-stages of a spiritual seeker; the dwelling of a sage and his followers
Asraya - ground of Reality (as opposed to movement)
Asthira [usthira]: unsteady
Asuddha [ush^uddh]: bliss
Asukavi [usukuvi]: one who can versify impromptu
Asura [usur]: demon; similar to a Titan or fallen angel
Ati jagrat [uti jaagrut]: beyond waking
Ati sunya [uti sh^oonya]: beyond the void
Atiasrama (atyasrama) [utiaash^rum]: above the four stages of life
Atita [uteet]: beyond
Atma (atman) [aatm(un)]: the Self; principle of life and sensation; I AM; subjective moment of consciousness; in the highest sense, the Universal Spirit or the Supreme Soul of the Universe (see Paramatman)
Atma dhyana [aatma dhyaan]: contemplation on the Self
Atma jnani [aatma j^naani]: one who has realized the Self
Atma nishta [aatma nisht]: abiding in the Self
Atma prajna [aatma pruj^naa]: innate Self-consciousness
Atma prema [aatma prem]: Self-love
Atma sakti [aatma sh^ukti]: power of the Self
Atma siddhi [aatma siddhi]: Self-realization
Atma vichara [aatma vichaar]: inquiry into the Self
Atma vidya [aatma vidya]: knowledge of the Self
Atmasakshatkara [ ]: Self-realization; enlightenment
Atmanusandhana [aatmunusundhun]: thinking constantly of the Self
Atyanta vairagyam [utyunt vairugyum]: total dispassion
Avarana [aavurun]: covering
Avastha traya [uvusthaa truya]: the three states of consciousness, namely waking, dream and sleep
Avatar [uvutaar]: incarnation of God
Avidya [uvidyaa]: nescience; ignorance of our true nature; all consciousness or knowledge, so long as it is restricted to the subject-object manifold
Avritta chakshus [aavr^tt chuk^shus]: introverted look
Ayatana [aayutun]: repository

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