ÁCÁRYA or ÁCÁRYÁ. Spiritual teacher qualified to give initiation and teach all lessons of meditation.
AKHAŃD́A KIIRTANA. Continuous KIIRTANA.
AMÁVASYÁ. New moon.
ÁNANDA. Divine bliss.
ANANDA MARGA. Path of divine bliss; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (Ananda Marga organization).
ÁSANA. The third limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga. Ásanas: postures for curing physical problems, especially those that interfere with SÁDHANÁ.
AŚT́APÁSHA. Eight fetters of the mind.
AVADHÚTA or AVADHÚTIKÁ. Literally, “one who is thoroughly cleansed mentally and spiritually”; a monk or nun of an order close to the tradition of Shaeva Tantra.
AVIDYÁ. Ignorance; centrifugal, or extroversial, force; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the subtle to the crude.

BÁBÁ. Affectionate name for Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti.
BRAHMA. Supreme Entity.
BRAHMA MADHU. BRAHMA is sweet.

CITTA. Done “I”, objective “I”, objective mind, mind-stuff.

DEVA. Mythologically, a god, a deity. Philosophically, any vibration, or expression, emanating from the Cosmic Nucleus.
DHÁRAŃÁ. Restriction of the flow of mind, conception; e.g., Tattva Dhárańa means restricting the flow of mind to, or conception of, the fundamental factors.
DHARMA. Spirituality; the path of righteousness in social affairs.
DHARMACAKRA. Collective meditation.
DHÁRMIKA. Adjective of DHARMA.
DHYÁNA. Meditation in which the psyche is directed towards Consciousness.

GRHII. Householder.
GURU MANTRA. “Important” mantra, learned as a lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ.
GURU PÚJÁ. See VARŃÁRGHYADÁNA.
GURU VANDANÁ. Shlokas, couplets, expressing homage to the Guru, used in VARŃÁRGHYADÁNA.

IISHVARA PRAŃIDHÁNA. Surrender to the Cosmic Controller through meditation; a lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ.

JÁGRTI. Literally, “place for awakening”; Ananda Marga spiritual centre.
JÁNUSPARSHA MUDRÁ. Gesture given by a spiritual master. Both hands rest, palm up, on the thighs.

KIIRTANA. Collective singing of the name of the Lord, sometimes combined with a dance that expresses the spirit of surrender.

MAHATTATTVA. “I” (“I am,” “I exist”) feeling, existential “I”.
MANTRA. A sound or collection of sounds which, when meditated upon, will lead to spiritual liberation.
MÁRGA GURU. Preceptor of Ananda Marga, Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrtijii.

NAGAR KIIRTANA. A KIIRTANA procession through the streets of the town.
NÁMA MANTRA. “Name” mantra; preliminary lesson of Ananda Marga
SÁDHANÁ.
NÁRÁYAŃA SEVÁ. Service, particularly food distribution, to the poor.

OṊḾ SHÁNTI. BRAHMA is peace.

PARAMA BRAHMA. BRAHMA, “Supreme” Brahma.
PRABHÁTA SAḾGIITA. A body of 5018 spiritual and psycho-spiritual songs composed by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti).
PRÁŃÁYÁMA. The fourth limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga: process of controlling vital energy by controlling the breath. A lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ.
PRÁRAMBHIKA YOGA. Elementary yoga.
PRATIIKA. Emblem of Ananda Marga.
PRATIKRTI. Photo of Márga Guru.
PRATYÁHÁRA. The [[fifth]] limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga: withdrawing the mind from absorption in the physical senses.
PROUTIST. An adherent of Prout (Progressive Utilization Theory, the social philosophy of Ananda Marga).
PÚRŃIMÁ. Full moon.
PURODHÁ. A senior spiritual teacher.

SÁDHAKA. Spiritual practitioner.
SÁDHANÁ. Literally, “sustained effort”; spiritual practice; meditation.
SÁDHÁRAŃA YOGA. Intermediate yoga.
SADVIPRA. Spiritual revolutionary.
SAHAJA YOGA. Advanced yoga.
SAMÁDHI. The eighth limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga; “absorption” of the unit mind into the Cosmic Mind (savikalpa samádhi) or into the Átman (nirvikalpa samádhi).
SAḾGHA. Organization; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha.
SAḾSKÁRA. Mental reactive momentum, potential mental reaction.
SANNYÁSA. Renunciation.
SATSAUṊGA. Good company.
SHRÁDDHA. Memorial ceremony.
SHUDDHI. Mental purification; a process of meditation.
SNÁNA MANTRA. Bath mantra.
SVÁDHYÁYA. One of the points of YAMA AND NIYAMA: reading and understanding spiritual topics.
SVASTIKA. Literally, “good existence”; a symbol of victory. (Explained by Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti on field walk in West Berlin, 17 May 1979.)

TÁŃD́AVA. A vigorous dance for male spiritual aspirants, originally formulated by Shiva. It develops the glands in a way that enhances courage and fearlessness. When Shiva Himself does this dance (Shiva Nat́arája), the dance becomes a metaphor in which Supreme Consciousness sends vibrations throughout the universe and causes all objects of the universe in turn to radiate vibrations.
TÁTTVIKA. A teacher of Ananda Marga elementary philosophy; literally, “one who knows the essence of philosophy”.
TILAKA. A mark made between the eyebrows with sandal paste, vermilion, etc.

VARÁBHAYA MUDRÁ. Gesture given by a spiritual master. Both palms are open. The left hand rests on the left thigh (vara mudrá), the right hand is raised (abhaya mudrá).
VARŃÁRGHYADÁNA or GURU PÚJÁ. Offering of mental colours.
VIDYÁ. Knowledge; centripetal, or introversial, force; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the crude to the subtle.
VISHEŚA YOGA. Special yoga.

YAMA AND NIYAMA. Moral code.