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Sanskrit Terms for ACT TT from ACT Manual

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Sanchaya   increase or accumulation  
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Prakopa   aggravation or provoked state  
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Prasara   overflow  
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Sthana samsraya   relocation  
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Vyakti   manifestation  
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Bheda   diversification  
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Prashama   decrease or alleviation  
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Jangala   vata climates  
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Sadharana   Pitta climates  
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Anupa   Kapha climates  
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Antar marga   inner disease pathway  
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Bahya marga   outer disease pathway  
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Madhyama marga   central disease pathway  
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Pancha Nidana   five ways to knowing a disease  
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vikriti pariksha   examination of disease  
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sama   "with ama"  
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nirama   "without"  
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amajvara   "ama fever"  
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dhatu   tissue  
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darshana   observation  
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sparshana   touch  
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prashnana   questioning  
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Nadi Parkisha   pulse diagnosis  
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gati   movement  
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sarpagati   snake-like movement (vata pulse)  
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mandukagati   "movement of a frog" (pitta pulse)  
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hamsagati   "movement of a swan" (kapha pulse)  
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Prakruti   doshic constitution  
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Kaya chikitsa   Internal Medicine  
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Shalakya tantra   Head and neck disease  
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Shalya   Surgery  
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Agada tantra   Toxicology  
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Kaumara bhritya   Pediatrics  
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Rasayana   Rejuvenation  
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Vajikarana   Fertility  
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Bhutavidya   Psychology (Ayuredic)  
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Samkhya   "the system of enumeration"  
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Tattva   24 cosmic principles  
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Prakruti or Pradhana   primordial matter "first power of action"  
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Mahat   "divine mind" cosmic intelligence  
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Buddhi   individual mind or mahat  
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Ahankara   I-fabrication  
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Tanmatra   primal measure  
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Shabda Tanmatra   Tanmatra of Sound  
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Sparsha Tanmatra   Tanmatra of Touch  
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Rupa Tanmatra   Tanmatra of Sight  
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Rasa Tanmatra   Tanmatra of Taste  
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Gandha Tanmatra   Tanmatra of Smell  
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Pancha Jnanendriyani   Five Sense Organs  
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Pancha Karmendriyani   Five organs of Action  
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Pancha Mahabhutani   Five great elements  
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Purusha   pure consciousness "indwelling being"  
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gunas   "that which binds"  
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sattva   clarity, purity, harmony  
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rajas   change, passion, turbulence  
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tamas   resistance, darkness, inertia  
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kama   love  
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artha   prosperity  
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dharma   purpose  
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moksha   freedom  
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mahabhutas   five master elements  
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vata   air, wind  
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prana   life force  
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pitta   to heal, cook or transform, fire  
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kapha   "that which holds things together"  
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ruksha   dry  
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laghu   light  
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shita   cold  
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khara   rough  
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sukshma   subtle  
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sara   mobile or agitated  
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sasneha   a little oil  
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tikshna   sharp or penetrating  
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ushna   hot  
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visrama   unpleasant in odor  
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drava   liquid  
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snigdha   wet  
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quru   heavy  
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sthira   static, steady, or stuck  
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manda   dull or slow  
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slakshna   sticky  
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mridu   soft  
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sthula   gross  
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sandra   dense  
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drava   flowing  
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slakshna   smooth  
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picchila   cloudy  
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kathina   hard  
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vishada   clear  
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vayus   winds  
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udana   upward moving - ascending  
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samana   balancing force  
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apana   downward moving force - descending  
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vyana   "diffusive" or pervasive force  
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sadhaka   "to accomplish or realize  
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rasa   plasma  
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rakta   blood  
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mamsa   muscle  
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meda   fat  
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asthi   bone  
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majja   marrow and nerve  
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shukra   reproductive tissue  
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prinana   pleasure  
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jivana   living  
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lepana   binding  
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dharana   support  
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purana   contentment  
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garbhautpadana   reproduction  
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shukra   "seed" "luminous" planet Venus  
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sthayi   stable  
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asthayi   unstable  
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sveda   sweat  
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mutra   urine  
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purisha   feces  
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tikshna agni   high agni  
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manda agni   low agni  
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vishama agni   variable  
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sama agni   balanced  
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jatharagni   "agni in belly"  
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bhutagnis   "five elemental fires"  
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dhatu agnis   "the seven tissue fires"  
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srotas   network of channels  
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pranavaha srotas   channels that carry prana  
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annavaha srotas   channels that carry food  
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ambhuvaha srotas   channels that carry water  
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rasavaha srotas   channels that carry plasma  
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raktavaha srotas   channels that carry blood  
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Mansavaha srotas   channels that supply the muscles  
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medavaha srotas   channels that supply fat or adipose tissue  
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asthivaha srotas   channels that supply the bones or skeletal system  
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majjavah srotas   channels that supply the marrow and nerve tissue  
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shukravaha srotas   channels that supply the reproductive tissue  
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svedavaha srotas   channels that carry sweat  
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purishavaha srotas   channels that carry feces  
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mutravaha srotas   channels that carry urine  
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artavavaha srotas   channels that carry menstrual fluid  
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stanyavaha srotas   channels that carry breast milk  
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manovaha srotas   channels that carry thought  
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prakruti pariksha   EXAMINING THE CONSTITUTION  
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sthula sharira   physical or gross body  
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sukshma sharira   subtle or astral body  
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bhakti yoga   yoga of devotion  
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karana sharira   subtler or causal  
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drishti   seeing  
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shruti   hearing  
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jnana yoga   yoga of knowledge  
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annamaya kosha   food sheath  
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pranamaya kosha   breath sheath  
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manomaya kosha   emotional sheath  
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vijnanamaya kosha   intelligence sheath  
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anandamaya kosha   bliss sheath  
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anna   substance  
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prana   energy  
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manas   emotion  
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vijnana   intelligence  
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ananda   bliss  
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chit   consciousness  
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sat   being  
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satchitananda   (being-consciousness-bliss)  
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paramatman   higher or transcendent self  
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rashi purush   "composite self"  
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purusha   pure consciousness  
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maya   magic or illusion  
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antahkarana   "the inner organ"  
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anutva   atomic  
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chala   unstable or constantiy changing  
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sukshma   most subtle form of matter  
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buddhimaya kosha   aspect of mind that evaluates and makes decisions  
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ahankara   I-former  
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prajnaparadha   "a failure o wisdom"  
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ashtanga   eight limbs  
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yama   codes of behavior  
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ahimsa   "nonviolence"  
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satya   present-moment awareness  
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brahmacharya   celibacy or control of sexual energy  
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brahman   "unity consciousness"  
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achara   "pathway"  
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astery   honesty, state of self referral  
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aparigraha   generosity  
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niyama   internal dialogue of enlightened beings  
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saucha   purity  
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santosha   contentment  
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tapas   discipline or austerity  
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svadhyana   dedicated to the study of spiritual literature  
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ishware pranidhana   surrendering to the divine  
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asana   various yogic postures, seats  
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pranayama   conscious breathing techniques  
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pratyahara   control of the senses "sensory fasting"  
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dharana   mastery of attention and intention  
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dhyana   witnessing awareness  
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samadhi   established in pure, unbounded awareness  
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chakras   energy centers that serve a junction point between the body and consciousness  
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svadhisthana   "self-abode" second chakra  
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manipura   "the city of gems" third chakra  
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anahata   "unstuck sound" fourth chakra  
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vishuddha   "very pure" fifth chakra  
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ajna   "command" sixth chakra  
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sahasra padma   "thousand-petaled lotus" seventh chakra  
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nadis   channels of the subtle body  
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srotas   channels in the physical body  
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pingala   solar nadi, red  
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chikitsa   yoga therapy  
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pranamaya kosha   pranic body  
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mudhura   sweet  
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amla   sour  
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lavana   salty  
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katu   pungent  
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tikta   bitter  
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kashya   astringent  
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virya   foods intrinsic energy  
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vipaka   post digestive effect of a taste  
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prabhava   special action  
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satmya   becoming of like nature  
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svedana   oleation treatments  
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pancha bhuta vidya   science of plants and berbs  
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tamas   darkness  
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sattva   clarity  
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rajas   agitation  
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prakruti   individual constitution  
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vikriti   current state of health  
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trikatu   "three spices"  
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pippali   long pepper  
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avipattikar chuma   various herbs and salts that counter acidity  
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brimhana   tonification  
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rasayana   rejuvenation  
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langhana   "to lighten"  
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brimhana   "to make heavy"  
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santarpana   "gladdening"  
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asantarpana   "discontenting"  
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sharmana   palliation "calming or pacifying  
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shodhana   purification  
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pancha karma   "the five cleansing actions"  
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vamana   therapeutic vomiting  
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virechana   therapeutic purgation  
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basti   medicated enemas  
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nasya   nasal medications  
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rakta moksha   therapeutic release of toxic bllod  
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shehana   "oleation therapy"  
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pradhana karma   primary practices  
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niruha basti   cleansing enemas  
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nasya   "what relates to the nose"  
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vikriti-Parujsga   ascertainment of disease  
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Prakriti-pariksh   ascertainment of constitution  
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ananda   bliss  
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pratyaksha   direct perception  
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anumana   inference  
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aptopadesha   instruction  
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pramana   right knowledge  
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viparyaya   false knowledge  
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vikalpa   imagination  
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smriti   memory  
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nidra   sleep  
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