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Sanskrit Glossary Terms - Online PSM Teacher Training

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Gyana   show
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Bhakti   show
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show Yoga of action / selfless service  
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Raja   show
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show That which binds / fundamental quality or property  
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Sattva   show
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show Maintenance / transformation / active / excited  
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Tamas   show
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Yama   show
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show Rules of personal behavior  
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Asana   show
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show Mastering the life force / breath exercises  
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Pratyahara   show
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Dharana   show
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show Development of witnessing awareness  
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Samadhi   show
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show Non-violence  
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Satya   show
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Brahmacharya   show
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Asteya   show
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Aparigraha   show
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show Purity  
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Santosha   show
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show Discipline  
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show Spiritual exploration  
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show Surrender to the divine  
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show Junction points between consciousness and the body / Energy wheel or center  
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show Root chakra  
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Svadhisthana   show
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Manipura   show
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Anahata   show
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Vishuddha   show
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show Intuition chakra  
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Sahasrara   show
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show Great sayings or pronouncement. Spoken by a Guru, to create a shift in consciousness of the student  
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show I am Brahman (Who I really am is absolute reality)  
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Ayam Atma Brahm   show
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show Brahman is the supreme knowledge (knowing the absolute reality is the supreme knowledge)  
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show That is what you are (that absolute reality is the essence of what you really are)  
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Nadi   show
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show Runs through center of spine, channel through which Kundalini rises  
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Pingala (Surya) Nadi   show
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Ida (Chandra) Nadi   show
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Annamaya Kosha   show
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Pranamaya Kosha   show
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Manomaya Kosha   show
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show Layer of illusion of the intellect  
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Ahankara   show
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show Divine Spirit / pure consciousness / beyond space and time without beginning or without end  
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show Waking  
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Swapn   show
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show Deep sleep  
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show Transcendental  
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Turiyatit   show
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show Divine Consciousness  
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Brahmananda   show
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Karma   show
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show Seeds of memory, impressions of tendencies stored from past actions  
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Vasana   show
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Nistraigunyo bhavarjuna   show
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Sat Chit Ananda   show
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show That alone is Real  
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show "Established in Being, perform action" - this is the essence of the teachings in the Bhagavad Gita  
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show "Yoga is quieting the fluctuations or the mind"  
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show Non-dualism  
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Adi   show
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show Great saint from the 7th century, commentator of Vedanta. Led revival of Hinduism and established the Shankaracharya monasteries  
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Agni   show
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Amma   show
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Amrit   show
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Ananda   show
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Ashram   show
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Atman   show
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show Luminous radiation, field of subtle energy surrounding the physical body  
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Avatar   show
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Ayurveda   show
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show To hold, lock or embrace  
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show Epic poem of eighteen chapters  
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Bhajan   show
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Bija   show
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Bindu   show
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Brahma   show
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Brahman   show
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show Highest of the Indian castes  
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show Consciousness  
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Deva / Devi   show
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Dharma   show
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Darshan   show
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show Dispeller of darkness, great teacher  
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show Salutation, glory or victory to. Proceeds the name of the person being honored  
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show Repetition of a mantra for a specific number of times  
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Ji   show
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show Personal soul, the embodied soul which identifies itself with the mind and body  
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show Light  
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Jyotish   show
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Kundalini   show
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Lingam   show
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show Planes or worlds of existence vibrating at different frequencies  
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show Great  
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show Great elements  
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show String of beads  
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Mantra   show
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show Illusion of the senses  
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show Freedom, liberation  
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Mudras   show
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Nada   show
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Nakshatra   show
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Nama   show
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show Represents the self, curving back within itself to the unmanifest  
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show I bow to you - or - the divine light in me honors the divine light in you  
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Om (AUM)   show
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Pada   show
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Para   show
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Patanjali   show
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Prana   show
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show Primordial Sound  
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show Love  
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Puja   show
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Pundit   show
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show Inner Self in the sense of personhood, Cosmic Person or the universe as a single Being  
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Rishi   show
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Rudraksha   show
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show Performance of spiritual disciplines to take the practitioner towards an intended goal, usually enlightenment  
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show Cycle of birth and death  
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show The ancient sacred language of the Vedas  
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Satsang   show
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show Selfless service  
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Shakti   show
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Shanti   show
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show Unmanifest pure potentiality, the destructive and creative force behind the Universe. The first yogi  
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show Yogic powers  
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show Threads or stitches, collection of statements with inner meanings  
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show Title of respect for a learned or holy person  
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Tulsi   show
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show Collection of 108 Vedic texts exploring higher states of consciousness  
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Vastu   show
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show The culmination of Vedic Wisdom  
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Vedas   show
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Vedasya   show
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show Maintainer and harmonizing force of the Universe  
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Yagna (Yagya)   show
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Yantra   show
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Yatra   show
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Yoga   show
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show Four periods of time: Sat (golden), Treta, Dwapara, Kali (least evolved and present period)  
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Ama   show
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show Oil massage  
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show Mind body constitution  
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show Dosha responsible for movement (elements - space and air)  
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Pitta   show
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show Dosha responsible for structure (elements - earth and water)  
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show Nature or original doshic proportions  
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show Doshic imbalance  
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show Bodily tissues  
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Mahabhutas   show
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show Space  
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show Air  
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Jala   show
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Prithivi   show
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Marma   show
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show The five purifying therapies  
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Ojas   show
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Madhura   show
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Amla   show
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Lavana   show
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show Bitter  
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Kashya   show
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Katu   show
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Srota   show
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show Subtle elements, sense perceptions  
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Shabda   show
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Sparsha   show
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Rupa   show
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Rasa   show
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Gandha   show
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Five Kleshas   show
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show Mistaking the unreal for the real or ignorance  
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show Holding tightly to the concept of "I"  
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Raga   show
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Dvesha   show
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Abhinevesha   show
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Atman Darshan   show
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