ÁCÁRYA m. or ÁCÁRYÁ f. Spiritual teacher qualified to teach all lessons of meditation.
ANANDA MARGA. Path of divine bliss; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (Ananda Marga organization).
ÁNANDA. Divine bliss.
AVADHÚTA m. or AVADHÚTIKÁ f. Literally, “one who is thoroughly cleansed mentally and spiritually”. A monk or nun of an order close to the tradition of Shaeva Tantra.

BRAHMA. Supreme Entity, comprising both Puruśa, or Shiva (Consciousness, Cognitive Principle) and Prakrti, or Shakti (Operative Principle).

COMMUNALISM. A group [groupist] psychology based on religion.

DHARMA. Characteristic property; spirituality (“the attainment of bliss or the endeavour to attain bliss through regular SÁDHANÁ in the subtler spheres of one’s nature”); the path of righteousness in social affairs.

KARMA. Action; sometimes, positive or negative action which produces SAḾSKÁRAs.
KARMA YOGA. A form of spiritual practice which emphasizes selfless action.
KRÁNTI. Evolution.
KŚATRIYA. Written as kśatriya, a person whose mentality is to dominate over matter; written as “Kśatriya”, a member of the second-highest caste in India.

MAHÁBHÁRATA. “Great India”; the name of a military campaign guided by Lord Krśńa around 1500 BCE to unify India; the epic poem written by Maharshi Vyasa about this campaign.
MÁRGA. Path.
MARGI. A member of Ananda Marga.
MORALISM. A natural system of morality (Oxford English Dictionary).

PRATIVIPLAVA. Counter-revolution.
PROUT. Progressive Utilization Theory.

SÁDHAKA. Spiritual practitioner.
SÁDHANÁ. Literally, “sustained effort”; spiritual practice; meditation.
SÁDHU. Virtuous person, spiritual aspirant; honest (adj.).
SADVIPRA. Spiritual revolutionary.
SAḾSKÁRA. Mental reactive momentum, potential mental reaction.
SAMÁJA CAKRA. Social cycle.
SAMÁJA. Society. “The concerted effort to bridge the gap between the first expression of morality and establishment in universal humanism is called ‘social progress’. And the collective body of those who are engaged in the concerted effort to conquer this gap, I call ‘society’.”
SHÚDRA. Written as shúdra, a person with a mentality of physical enjoyment only, a member of the labourer social class; written as “Shúdra”, a member of the lowest caste in India.

TANTRA. A spiritual tradition which originated in India in prehistoric times and was first systematized by Shiva. It emphasizes the development of human vigour, both through meditation and through confrontation of difficult external situations, to overcome all fears and weaknesses. Also, a scripture expounding that tradition.

VAESHYA. Written as vaeshya, a person of acquisitive mentality, a member of the capitalist social class; written as “Vaeshya”, a member of the second-lowest caste in India.
VIKRÁNTI. Counter-evolution.
VIKŚUBDHA SHÚDRA. Literally, “disgruntled SHÚDRA”; one who in the Vaeshya Age is economically a shúdra but mentally a
KŚATRIYA or VIPRA.
VIPLAVA. Revolution.
VIPRA. Written as vipra, a person who controls others by his wits, a member of the intellectual social class; written as “Vipra”, a member of the highest caste in India.