Sanskrit Dictionary - V

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Vasitva –  the power to control anything. siddhi
Vata– one of the three doshas, wind and gas. Vata – means “wind” literally.  Va means movement.  Vata is the source of both structure and function of the body.  It is that which is represented  by the five forms of the bodily currents: apana, udana, samana, vyana, apana.  It is the initiator, controller,
companion, organizer, stimulant of many functions of body mind and spirit.
Vayus – wind, pranic current
Vedanta – philosophy; based on the teachings of the Vedas; the earliest Hindu scriptures.
Vedas – the most ancient sacred literature of the Hindus.  Most ancient texts revealed to the sages and
saints of India which explain and regulate every aspect of life from supreme reality to worldly affairs.
Four in number:  Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharava which are further divided into Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka and Upanishads.
Vicarana – Right inquiry.  Pondered over what has been read and heard and has realized it in his life.
SEVEN STAGES OF KNOWLEDGE – Stage 2
Vidya – wisdom
Virasana – hero pose
Vishuddhi – psychic and pranic center in the spine behind the throat and connected with the cervical
 plexus, fifth chakra, tonsils and thyroid gland.
Vishnu granthi – Within the sushumna there are three granthis or psychic/pranic knots which prevent
the passage of kundalini shakti.  Another is in anahata chakra and it causes the desire for emotional
security, expression and fulfilment.  It is called Vishnu granthi.
Vritti – thought wave
Vyana – pranic air current pervading the whole body
Vac (vak) [vaac]: speech
Vachyartha [vaachyaartha]: literal meaning
Vada [vaad]: theory; disputation
Vaikhari [vaikhuri]: audible sound
Vaikuntha [vaikuntha]: the abode of Vishnu
Vairagya [vairaagya]: dispassion; nonattachment
Vaishnavite (Vaishnav) [vaishnuv]: worshipper of Vishnu
Vajra [vujra]: imperishable, real, ultimate; literally diamond or adamantine
Vajrayana [ ]: the school of Mahayana Buddhism prevalent in Tibet and Mongolia, commonly called Lamaism in the West
Varistha [vurishtha]: the most excellent
Varnasrama dharma [vurnaash^rum dhurm]: dharma of the various castes and stages of life
Vasana [vaasun]: habit of the mind; latent tendency, impression or predisposition due to experiences of former lives; subtle desire
Vasana kshaya [vaasun k^shuya]: cessation of vasanas
Vastu [vustu]: substance; reality
Vastutah [vustutuH]: in reality
Vasudeva [vaasudev]: Krishna as the son of Vasudeva, the Lord who created the world
Vayu [vaayuH]: air; vital breath; the Wind god
Veda [ved]: sacred lore; scriptures revealed through the Rishis (Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas)
Vedana [vedunaa]: reception of sensation
Vedanta [vedaant]: absolute Truth as established by the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, and Bhagavad Gita as interpreted by Vyasa; the end or consummation of the Vedas
Veena [veen]: a stringed instrument
Vibhakti [vibhukti]: separation
Vibhuti [vibhooti]: sacred ashes; God's glory; supernatural power
Vichara [vichaar]: inquiry into the true nature of the Self
Vichara marga [vichaar maarg]: spiritual path of inquiry
Vicharana [vichaarun]: investigation; one of the seven stages of enlightenment
Videha mukta [videha mukt]: a liberated being after he has left the body
Videha mukti [videha mukti]: Self-realization after leaving the body
Vidya [vidyaa]: knowledge (of Brahman)
Vijatiya [vijaatiya]: of a different kind
Vijnana [vij^naan]: spiritual knowledge; discriminating the real from the unreal; principle of pure intelligence
Vijnanamaya kosa [vij^naanumuya kosh^]: sheath of the intellect
Vijnanatma [vij^nunutma]: the ignorant self
Vijnata [vij^naataa]: knower
Vikalpa(s) [vikulp]: doubt(s)
Vikshepa [vik^shep]: diversity
Vikshipta [vik^shipt]: distracted
Vinaya [vinuya]: the discipline practiced by Buddhist monks; humility
Viparita [vipureet]: contrary
Virat [viraat]: macrocosm; totality of gross beings; the physical world
Virya [veerya]: zeal; vitality
Visesha [vish^esh]: particular; special
Vishaya [vishuya]: object
Vishnu [vishnu]: God as preserver
Vishya vasana(s) [-?- vaasun]: predisposition toward sense enjoyments
Visishta [vish^isht]: qualified
Visishtadvaitin [vish^ishtaadvaitin]: one who believes in a modified form of non-duality
Visranti [vish^raanti]: repose
Visva [visva]: the individual being in the waking state; the all
Visvarupa (v. darsana) [visvuroop dursh^un]: God seen as the universe
Vivarta vada [vivurt vaad]: theory that Brahman appears as the world, soul and God, like a rope appears as a snake, without itself undergoing any change
Vivechana [vivechun]: discrimination
Viveka [vivek]: wisdom; discrimination between the Real and the unreal; disciminative inquiry
Viyoga [viyog]: separation
Vritti[vr^tti]: modification of the mind; mental concept; thought-wave
Vyakta [ ]: the karma-bound individuality
Vyakti [ ]: the transient personality
Vyana [vyaan]: one of the ten vital airs, causing the circulation of the blood
Vyaptam [vyaaptum]: pervaded
Vyasa [ ]: the great sage who wrote the Brahma Sutras
Vyashti [vyushti]: part
Vyavahara (vyavaharika) [vyuvuhaar (vyaavuhaarik)]: empirical
Vyavahara satya [vyuvuhaar sutya]: phenomenal existence

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