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PSM Sanskrit Terms
Sanskrit Terms for PSM Teacher Training
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GYAN YOGA | YOGA OF UNDERSTANDING / KNOWLEDGE / SCIENCE |
| BHAKTI YOGA | YOGA OF LOVE AND DEVOTION |
| KARMA YOGA | YOGA OF ACTION / SELFLESS SERVICE |
| RAJA YOGA | YOGA OF MEDITATION / ROYAL PATH |
| GUNAS | THAT WHICH BINDS / FUNDAMENTAL QUALITY OR PROPERTY |
| SATTVA | CREATION / PURITY / GOODNESS |
| RAJAS | MAINTENANCE / TRANSFORMATION / ACTIVE /EXCITED |
| TAMAS | DISSOLUTION / RESISTANCE / HEAVY / DULL |
| YAMAS | RULES OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR |
| NIYAMAS | RULES OF PERSONAL BEHAVIOR |
| ASANA | SEAT OR POSITION / PHYSICAL POSTURES / YOGIC POSTURES |
| PRANAYAMA | MASTERING THE LIFE FORCE / BREATH EXERCISES |
| PRATYAHARA | DIRECTING SENSES INWARD TO BECOME AWARE OF THE SUBTLE SENSES |
| DHARANA | MASTERY OF ATTENTION AND INTENTION |
| DHYANA | DEVELOPMENT OF WITNESSING AWARENESS |
| SAMADHI | THE STATE OF BEING SETTLED IN PURE, UNBOUNDED AWARENESS |
| AHIMSA | NON-VIOLENCE |
| SATYA | TRUTHFULNESS |
| BRAHMACHARYA | APPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTROL |
| ASTEYA | HONESTY |
| APARIGRAHA | NON-ATTACHMENT / GENEROSITY |
| SHOUCHA | PURITY |
| SANTOSHA | CONTENTMENT |
| TAPAS | DISCIPLINE |
| SVADHYAYA | SPIRITUAL EXPLORATION |
| ISHVARA-PRANIDHANA | SURRENDER TO THE DIVINE |
| CHAKRAS | JUNCTION POINT BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BODY / ENERGY WHEEL OR CENTER |
| MULADHARA | ROOT CHAKRA / 1ST CHAKRA / BASE OF THE SPINE |
| SVADHISTHANA | CREATIVITY CHAKRA / 2ND CHAKRA / LITTLE BELOW THE NAVEL |
| MANIPURA | ENERGY CHAKRA / 3RD CHAKRA / SOLAR PLEXUS |
| ANAHATA | HEART CHAKRA / 4TH CHAKRAA / CENTER OF CHEST |
| VISHUDDHA | EXPRESSION CHAKRA / 5TH CHAKRA / THROAT |
| AJNA | INTUITION CHAKRA / 6TH CHAKRA / BETWEEN EYEBROWS |
| SAHASRARA | CONSCIOUSNESS CHAKRA / 7TH CHAKRA / TOP OF HEAD |
| ANNAMAYA KOSHA | LAYER OF ILLUSION DERIVED FROM FOOD |
| PRANAMAYA KOSHA | LAYER OF ILLUSION OF BIOLOGICAL ENERGY |
| MANOMAYA KOSHA | LAYER OF ILLUSION OF THE MIND |
| BUDDHIMAYA KOSHA | LAYER OF ILLUSION OF THE INTELLECT |
| AHANKARA | EGO |
| BRAHMAN | DIVINE SPIRIT / PURE CONSCIOUSNESS / BEYOND SPACE AND TIME WITHOUT BEGINNING OR END |
| SUSHUPTI CHETANA | DEEP SLEEP |
| SWAPN CHETANA | DREAMING |
| JAGRAT CHETANA | WAKING |
| TURIYA | TRANSCENDENTAL |
| TURIYATIT CHETANA | COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS |
| BHAGAVAD CHETANA | DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS |
| BRAHMANANDA CHETANA | UNIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS |
| ATMA DARSHAN | GLIMPSING THE SOUL |
| AHUM BRAHMASMI | I AM BRAHMAN (WHO i REALLY AM, IS THAT ABSOLUTE REALITY) I AM THE UNIVERSE |
| KARMA | ACTION, CONSEQUENCE OF PREVIOUS ACTIONS |
| SANSKARA | SEEDS OF MEMORY, IMPRESSIONS OF TENDENCIES STORED FROM PAST ACTIONS |
| VASANA | SEEDS OF DESIRE |
| AYURVEDA | SCIENCE OF LIFE |
| BIJA | SEED |
| DHARMA | PURPOSE IN LIFE |
| MANTRA | INSTRUMENT OR VEHICLE OF THE MIND, SOUND WHICH PROTECTS AND LIBERATES |
| NAMAHA | REPRESENTS THE SELF, CURVING BACK WITHIN ITSELF TO THE UNMANIFEST |
| PRANA | LIFE FORCE / VITAL BREATH |
| SANSKRIT | THE ANCIENT SACRED LANGUAGE OF THE VEDAS |
| YANTRA | GEOMETRIC SHAPE, VISUAL FORM OF A MANTRA |
| YOGA | UNION OF THE BODY, MIND, SOUL, SPIRIT, AND ENVIRONMENT |
| ADVAITA | NON-DUALISM |
| ASHRAM | RETREAT CENTER, HERMITAGE |
| AVATAR | DIRECT INCARNATION OF GOD |
| BANDHA | TO HOLD, LOCK, OR EMBRACE |
| BHAGAVAD GITA | EPIC POEM OF EIGHTEEN VERSES |
| GURU | DISPELLER OF DARKNESS, GREAT TEACHER |
| JAPA | REPETITION OF A MANTRA FOR A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF TIMES |
| MAHABHUTAS | GREAT ELEMENTS |
| MALA | STRING OF BEADS |
| MAYA | ILLUSION OF THE SENSES |
| MUDRA | POSITIONS OF THE EYES, HANDS, OR BODY |
| NADI | SUBTLE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH ENERGY FLOWS TO ALL AREAS OF THE BODY. ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA WE EACH HAVE 72,000 NADIS OF WHICH THERE ARE THREE MAIN ONES. |
| NISTRAIGUNYO BHAVARJUNA | "GO BEYOND THE THREE GUNAS, ARJUNA" |
| PUJA | SACRED CEREMONY, RITUAL WORSHIP OR PRAYER |
| RISHI | SEER, HIGHLY EVOLVED SPIRITUAL BEING, ONE WHO SEES THE TRUTH |
| SATSANG | GATHERING OF PEOPLE SEEKING THE TRUTH |
| SEVA | SELFLESS SERVICE |
| SHANTI | PEACE |
| UPANISHADS | COLLECTION OF 108 VEDIC TEXT DEALING WITH HIGHER STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| VEDAS | THE FOUR HOLY BOOKS WHICH ARE THE FOUNDATION OF VEDIC UNDERSTANDING/RIG VEDA, SAMA VEDA, YAJUR VEDA, AND ATHARVA VEDA |
| VEDASYA | OF THE VEDAS |
| YOGA CHITTA VRITTI NIRODHAH | YOGA IS QUIETING THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE MIND FIELD |
| SAT CHIT ANANDA | PURITY CONSCIOUSNESS BLISS |
| OM TAT SAT | THAT ALONE IS REAL |
| YOGASTHA KURU KARMANI | "ESTABLISHED IN BEING, PERFORM ACTION" - THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA |
| AYAM ATMA BRAHM | ATMAN AND BRAHMAN ARE THE SAME (THE INDIVIDUAL SELF IS ONE AND THE SAME WITH THE ABSOLUTE) |
| PRAJNANAM BRAHM | BRAHMAN IS THE SUPREME KNOWLEDGE (KNOWING THE ABSOLUTE REALITY IS THE SUPREME KNOWLEDGE) |
| TAT TVAM ASI | THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE (THAT ABSOLUTE REALITY IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT YOU REALLY ARE) |
| SUSHUMNA NADI | RUNS THROUGH CENTER OF THE SPINE, CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH KUNDALINI RISES |
| PINGALA (SURYA) NADI | SUN CHANNEL, LIES TO THE RIGHT OF THE SUSHUMNA, CARRIES THE VITAL FORCE |
| IDA (CHANDRA) NADI | MOON CHANNEL, LIES TO THE LEFT OF SUSHUMNA, CARRIES THE MENTAL FORCE |
| ADI | FIRST |
| ADI SHANKARA | GREAT SAINT FROM THE 7TH CENTURY, COMMENTATOR OF VEDANTA. LED REVIVAL OF HINDUISM AND ESTABLISHED THE SHANKARACHARYA MONASTERIES |
| AGNI | FIRE, DIGESTIVE FIRE, ONE OF THE ANCIENT VEDIC DEITIES |
| AMMA | MOTHER, MOTHER GODDESS |
| AMRIT | NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY |
| ANANDA | BLISS |
| ATMAN | SOUL |
| AURA | LUMINOUS RADIATION, FIELD OF SUBTLE ENERGY SURROUNDING PHYSICAL BODY |
| BHAJAN | DEVOTIONAL HYMN |
| BINDU | SPOT, SYMBOL FOR THE UNIVERSE IN ITS UNMANIFEST FORM |
| BRAHMA | CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE |
| BRAHMAN | THE ABSOLUTE, TOTALITY, ALL THERE IS |
| BRAHMIN | HIGHEST OF THE INDIAN CASTES |
| CHAITANYA | CONSCIOUSNESS |
| DEVA/ DEVI | GOD / GODDESS |
| DARSHAN | TO SEE OR BE IN THE PRESENCE OF A HOLY PERSON OR DEITY |
| JAI | SALUTATION, GLORY OR VICTORY TO. PROCEEDS THE NAME OF THE PERSON BEING HONORED |
| JI | SUFFIX, ADDED TO THE END OF THE NAME OF A PERSON BEING HONORED OR RESPECTED |
| JIVA | PERSONAL SOUL, THE EMBODIED SOUL WHICH IDENTIFIES ITSELF WITH THE MIND AND BODY |
| JYOTI | LIGHT |
| JYOTISH | VEDIC SCIENCE OF ASTROLOGY |
| KUNDALINI | SPIRITUAL ENERGY LYING DORMANT AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE WHICH, WHEN AWAKENED, RISES TO THE CROWN CHAKRA |
| LINGAM | ELLIPTICAL SHAPE, SYMBOL OF THE UNMANIFEST FORM OF LORD SHIVA |
| LOKA | PLANES OR WORLDS OF EXISTENCE VIBRATING AT DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES |
| MAHA | GREAT |
| MOKSHA | FREEDOM, LIBERATION |
| NADA | SOUND, ENERGY MANIFESTED AS SOUND |
| NAKSHATRA | LUNAR CONSTELLATIONS |
| NAMA | NAME |
| NAMASTE | I BOW TO YOU -OR- THE DIVINE LIGHT IN ME HONORS THE DIVINE LIGHT IN YOU |
| OM (AUM) | PRIMORDIAL SOUND FROM WHICH ALL OTHER SOUNDS AND MANTRAS HAVE EMANATED |
| PADA | QUADRANT OF THE NAKSHATRA |
| PARA | BEYOND, THE TRANSCENDENTAL BEYOND WHICH THERE IS NO OTHER |
| PATANJALI | GREAT SAINT, FOUNDER OF THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY WHICH CONTAINS THE EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA |
| PRANAVA | PRIMORDIAL SOUND |
| PREM | LOVE |
| PUNDIT | VEDIC SCHOLAR / VEDIC PRIEST |
| PURUSHA | INNER SELF IN THE SENSE OF PERSONHOOD, COSMIC PERSON OR THE UNIVERSE AS A SINGLE BEING |
| RUDRAKSHA | SEEDS USED FOR MALAS, SACRED TO SHIVA |
| SADHANA | PERFORMANCE OF SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES TO TAKE THE PRACTITIONER TOWARDS AN INTENDED GOAL, USUALLY ENLIGHTENMENT |
| SAMSARA | CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH |
| SHAKTI | DYNAMIC CREATIVE PRINCIPLE, PRIMAL ENERGY, ENVISIONED AS FEMININE |
| SHIVA | UNMANIFEST PURE POTENTIALITY, THE DESTRUCTIVE AND CREATIVE FORCE BEHIND THE UNIVERSE. THE FIRST YOGI |
| SIDDHI | YOGIC POWERS |
| SUTRAS | THREADS OR STITCHES, COLLECTION OF STATEMENTS WITH INNER MEANINGS |
| TULSI | INDIAN HOLY BASIL TREE. THE WOOD IS MADE INTO MALA BEADS SACRED TO VISHNU, RAMA AND KRISHNA |
| VASTU | VEDIC SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN |
| VEDANTA | THE CULMINATION OF VEDIC WISDOM |
| VISHNU | MAINTAINER AND HARMONIZING FORCE OF THE UNIVERSE |
| YAGNA (YAGYA) | RITUAL FIRE CEREMONY INTENDED TO EVOKE SPECIFIC ARCHETYPAL ENERGIES |
| YATRA | PILGRIMAGE |
| YUGA | FOUR PERIODS OF TIME: SAT (GOLDEN), TRETA, DWAPARA, KALI (LEAST EVOLVED AND PRESENT PERIOD) |
| MAHAVAKYAS | GREAT SAYINGS OF PRONOUNCEMENT. SPOKE BU A GURU, TO CREATE A SHIFT IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE STUDENT |
| SWAMI | TITLE OF RESPECT FOR A LEARNED OR HOLY PERSON |
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