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