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A Radhasoami Glossary

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Glossary of Hindi Words used in the Site


 
GlossaryA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AdiFirst, primary, beginning
Adi-shabdPrimal Sound - the first emanation of shabd.
Adi-suratPrimal Current - the first emanation from Adi-shabd
AdyaPrimal spiritual-energy that mothered the creation
AgamInaccessible
Agam LokUnapproachable sphere, the stage next below Radhasoami Dham
AgyanIgnorance
AhankarEgotism, sense of self, self-love
AjarNot subject to old age or decay
AkahIndescribable
AkashSky, Heaven, Celestial region
Akash TattwaEther, the fifth elemental form of matter
Akshar PurushThe imperishable deity, Presiding deity of Sunn
AlakhInvisible
Alakh LokInvisible sphere, the stage next below Agam Lok
AmarImmortal
AmritAmbrosia
AnadiHaving no beginning
AnamNameless
AnamiHaving no name
Anami PurushNameless Being - The Supreme Being in a state of eternal Polarization before creation.
AnandBliss
AnantEndless
AndajCreation of life from eggshell (birds, serpents and the like)
Anhad1) Unbeaten  
2) Sound not produced by beating  
3) Dhunyatmak Shabd of Brahmand
AntahkaranInternal Constitution consisting of four functions, namely - a) responses at the mental plane, which give rise to thought, b) the spiritual or attention currents, by means of which thoughts are projected to their objectives and are associated with them, c) intelligence, which is the source of comprehension and which is the lustre shed by convergence of the spiritual current and, d) the ego, which differentiates one's comprehension from that of others.
AparShoreless (unfathomable - immense)
ArtiThis ceremony is one of the ways of practicing Dhyan in which the devotee fixes his gaze at the eye or the forehead of the guru, while the selected holy pieces from the scriptures are read or chanted.
ArupFormless
AwagawanCycle of birth and death
 
 
Bachak GyanSophistry, bookish knowledge
BachanDiscourses
Bani, BanisHoly writings or sayings
Basant-PanchamiSpring festival day in India
Basnadesire
BhajanSpiritual practice of listening to internal sounds, sound practices - Surat-Shabd-Yog.
BhaktA Devotee
BhaktiDevotion
BhandaraA big religious feast held by the followers of Radhasoami faith generally in honour of their past gurus.
Bhanwar GuphaRotating cave - the stage next below Satlok
BharamGoing astray, superstitious belief
BhekhMonk, ascetic
BhoomikaIntroduction to a book
BrahmLord of second grand division of creation - Universal Mind
BrahmandThe region of Universal Mind and pure matter, Second grand division of creation
 
 
ChaitanyaSpirit, life, intelligence, vitality - consciousness, the Supreme Spirit considered as the essence of all being and source of all sensation.
Chaitanya SamadhiConscious absorption
ChakraCentre - Ganglion
CharnamritWater with which the feet of a spiritual guide have been washed
ChaurasiEighty four cycles of birth and rebirth.
ChidakashChaitanya akash. The celestial region between the second and third divisions of creation.
ChitChaitanya, attention, innermost seat of the heart.
 
 
DarshanVision of guru, the essential form (visible and invisible both)
Dayal Merciful
Dayal DeshThe region of mercy; refers to the purely spiritual regions
Deh-SwarupPhysical form - the incarnate form of the Satguru
DhamRegion, abode
DhaniThe presiding deity of a region
DhundhkarHaziness - used to describe pre-creational condition
DhunyatmakResounding, vibrational
DhyanContemplation of the countenance of Santsatguru at the focus of spirituality
 
 
GaddiHoly seat
GrahasthaA householder or family life
Guda ChakraThe nervous centre or ganglion at the rectum
GunaAttributes - Sat, Raj, Tam
GuruA teacher - spiritual preceptor
Guru-BhaktiDevotion to Guru
Guru MukhOne who implicitly obeys the Guru
GyanKnowledge; enlightenment
 
 
IndriyaAn organ or instrument of sense - comprising the skin, tongue, nose, eye, ear and hands, feat, generative organs and anus
IshtWished, Beloved, Desirable
IshwarPresiding deity of Sahas-Dal-Kanwal
 
 
JarhMatter, Motionless, Ignorant, Immutable
JagritWakeful state
JatrasTypical open theatre shows, popular in Bengal (based on folk lore and religious themes)
JerajCreation of life from placenta
JivaLife, Soul, A creature, Living being
 
 
Kal1) Brahm
2) A personification of destructive principle
3) God of death
4) Satan
5) Time-factor
KamPassion
Karam1) Action, work
2) Impression made on the mind's atmosphere by external objects and desire
3) Performance of rites, rituals - 
a) Kriyaman karma - Acts performed in present life; 
b) Prarabdha karma - Acts performed in the past life and the fruit to be reaped in present life
c) Sanchit karma - Unripe acts done in the past and present lives and the result to be reaped in future lives.
Karan SharirCasual frames, instrumental form astral body
KarniSpiritual endeavour or positive exertion
KhatchakraSix centres or ganglion
KrodhAnger
 
 
LokWorld - a division of the Universe
 
 
Maha SunnThe vast plain which separates the second grand division of creation or spiritual-material regions from the first, the purely spiritual regions
ManaMind, the instrument of thinking
ManakashMind-sky
ManmukhHe who obeys the dictates of his mind only
Mauj1) Supreme or Divine Will
2) Will
Maya1) Unreality - the illusion by virtue of which one considers the unreal universe as really existent and as distinct from Brahm
2) The personified Will of Brahm in Brahmand and Pind
3) Matter - the veil of ignorance
MuktiSadeh Mukti - Liberation from physical bondage
Videh Mukti - Total liberation and attainment of spiritual bliss
Mukti, MokshaLiberation, Salvation, Emancipation
MumokshitaDesire of liberation or final emancipation
 
 
Nam, NaamName, word
NijOwn
Nij AnsOf the same essence as Lord
Nij DhamThe real abode of Supreme Being Radhasoami
Nij DharEmanation or projection of Supreme Spiritual Current - spirit current in communion with Supreme Spirit.
Nij PutraSupreme son of the Supreme Being Radhasoami (Waqt Guru)
Nij RupThe true form of the Supreme Being
Nij SwarupEssential form of the Guru
NiranjanPresiding deity of Sahas-Dal-Kanwal
NirmalPure
NirvrittiSatisfaction, Happiness, Final emancipation
 
 
PadA place, position
PakhandReligious hypocrisy
Panch TattwaFive elements, like ether, air, fire, water, earth
PapihaRain-lover bird - ever thirsty, longs incessantly for the first drop from the sky
Param PurushThe Supreme Being
ParamHighest, best, most excellent
Param SantA saint who has reached the highest sphere of the purely spiritual  regions, the abode of true Supreme Creator or prime origin of spirituality
Par Brahm PadRegion beyond that of Brahm
ParmarthThe highest or most sublime truth, true spiritual knowledge
ParmarthiOne in pursuit of parmarth
PindMaterial-spiritual region, region of individual mind and desire.
Prasad1) Favour, kindness
2) Food offered to sants, sadhs or mahatmas etc., or remnants of such food
3) A sanctified article
PravrittiApplication or addiction of mostly external or objective indulgence
PremLove
Prema BhaktiThe path of love and devotion
Premi AbhyasiAn ardent devotee of Surat-Shabd-Yog - with some intuitive attainments
PuranWhole, full, entire
 
 
QuwwalsIndigenous Indian singers who sing typical Urdu songs
 
 
RadhasoamiThe name of the True Supreme Being, Vibrational connotation of the Supreme Name as such
Radhasoami DhamThe Supreme Abode of the Supreme Being Radhasoami
 
 
SadhOne who has access to spiritual-material regions
SadhguruSpiritual guide who has descended from the top of second grand division or one who has reached it by the practice of Surat-Shabd-Yog
Sadh SangAssociation with a Sadh
Sahaj YogEasy method of attaining union with the Supreme Being
Sahas-Dal-Kanwal1) A thousand petalled lotus
2) The stage below Trikuti
SamadhantaProfound meditation
Samadhi1) A hallowed shrine where the most reverential physical remains of the guru are preserved 2) State of mystic trance
SanskarInfluence of previous birth or births
SanskariEligible for Parmarth as a result of past actions or grace
SantEmbodiment of truth - or special and beloved son of the Supreme Being
SantsatguruTrue Supreme Guide and preceptor in human form. Incarnation of Supreme Being
SarEssence
SaranProtection, Refuge
SatImmutable truth
Sat-AnuragTrue and sincere love
SatguruTrue and perfect guide
SatlokTrue sphere. Heavenly sphere or stage below Alakh Lok
Sat NamTrue Name
Sat PadSat Desh - The purely spiritual region
Sat PurushThe True Being, name of the presiding deity of Satlok
Sat Purush
Radhasoami
The true Supreme Being
Satsang1) True company or association
2) Holy service
3) Attendance on the Santsatguru
SatsangiAssociate or follower of Radhasoami faith or disciple of Santsatguru
Sat Shabd1) Holy and true name
2) Sound proceeding form the original source
SewaService
ShabdPrime manifestation. The sound which accompanies the current of energy.
Shabd-BhaktiIntuitive devotion to Shabd
SthitpragyaState of stabilized cognition
SthulaGross, coarse, rough
Sthula SharirThe physical frame, gross form
SukshmaSubtle, fine
Sukshma SharirSubtle form known as astral body
SumiranThe method of spiritual or internal repetition of the holy name -  Radhasoami - at the focus of the spirit entity
SunnSpirit Sphere - topmost region of Brahmand
Sunn SamadhSupreme Father's condition of intense rapture within Himself
Surat1) Self absorbed intelligent energy
2) Spirit
Surat-Shabd-MargiOne who practices Surat-Sahbd-Yog
Surat-Shabd-YogUnion of the spirit with the sound current, the spiritual practices
SushuptiThe state of deep and sound sleep
SwantiCelestial constellation which influences the drop that enters the sea-shell which becomes a pearl
SwapnaDream state
Swarup1) Similar, likeness of the self
2) Form
 
 
TanmatraSubtle essences
TattwaElement
Tattwa GyanKnowledge of the truth
Teesra TilThe third or the subtle eye (in between the eyebrows)
TitikshaEndurance, patience, forbearance
TrigunatmakContaining the three gunas
TrikutiPrism. The stage next below Sunn in the second grand division of creation
 
 
UdbhajCreation of life from earth
 
 
VidyaKnowledge
Yoga1) Joining, uniting
2) Union
3) Deep and abstract meditation
4) Means by which the spirit may be completely united with the Supreme Spirit

 

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