EE7.5 - Glossary

Glossary

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Those Sanskrit terms that have been adequately explained where they first occur in the text itself have not been included in this glossary.

ÁCÁRYA m. or ÁCÁRYÁ f. Spiritual teacher qualified to teach all lessons of meditation.
AHAḾTATTVA. Doer “I”, ego, second mental subjectivity.
ANÁHATA CAKRA. Fourth psychic-spiritual centre, or plexus; the “yogic heart”. See also CAKRA.
ÁNANDA. Divine bliss.
ANANDA MARGA. Path of divine bliss; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (Ananda Marga organization).
ANNAMAYA KOŚA. The physical body, composed of the five fundamental factors.
APARÁVIDYÁ. Knowledge of the mundane.
AVIDYÁMÁYÁ. Extroversial force; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the subtle to the crude. See also VIDYÁMÁYÁ.

BHÁVA. Idea, ideation, mental flow.
BHÁVA SÁDHANÁ. Spiritual practice of auto-suggestion.
BHÚTATATTVA. Theory of the five fundamental factors; one of the five fundamental factors.
BRAHMA. Supreme Consciousness, Supreme Entity, comprising both PURUŚA, or Shiva, and PRAKRTI, or Shakti.
BRAHMATVA. Brahma-hood, Cosmotheistic bearing, supreme rank.

CAKRA. Cycle or circle; psycho-spiritual centre, or plexus. The cakras in the human body are all located along the suśumná canal which passes through the length of the spinal column and extends up to the crown of the head. Some cakras, however, are associated with external concentration points. The concentration points for the cakras: (1) for the múládhára cakra, the base of the spine, above the perineum; (2) for the svádhiśt́hána, the base of the genital organ; (3) for the mańipura, the navel; (4) for the anáhata, the mid-point of the chest; (5) for the vishuddha, the throat; (6) for the ájiṋá, between the eyebrows; and (7) for the sahasrára, the crown of the head.
CITTA. Done “I”, objective “I”, objective mind, mind-stuff.

DHARMA. Spirituality; religion in the broader sense; the path of righteousness in social affairs.

GUŃA. Binding factor or principle; attribute; quality. PRAKRTI, the Cosmic Operative Principle, is composed of: sattvaguńa, the sentient principle; rajoguńa, the mutative principle; and tamoguńa, the static principle.

IISHVARA PRAŃIDHÁNA. Surrender to the Cosmic Controller through meditation; a lesson of Ananda Marga meditation.
INDRIYA. One of the ten sensory and motor organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin; and hands, feet, vocal cord, genital organ and excretory organ). The eye indriya (for example) comprises the eye itself, the optical nerve, the fluid in the nerve, and the location in the brain at which the visual stimulus is transmitted to the CITTA.
INDRIYATATTVA. Theory of the INDRIYAs.

MANAH. Mind.
MÁNUŚA. Human being, living being with developed mind.
MARGI. A member of Ananda Marga.
MEDA. Fat in a transitional stage from liquid.
MÚLÁDHÁRA CAKRA. Lowest, or basal, psycho-spiritual centre, or plexus, located just above the base of the spine. See also CAKRA.

PAIṊCABHÚTAS. Five fundamental factors.
PARÁ SHÁNTI. Absolute peace, supreme beatitude.
PARAMÁ PRAKRTI. Supreme Operative Principle.
PARAMÁTMÁ, PARAMÁTMAN. Supreme Consciousness in the role of witness of His own macropsychic conation. Paramátman comprises: (1) Puruśottama, the Macrocosmic Nucleus; (2) Puruśottama’s association with all creation in His extroversial movement (prota yoga); and (3) Puruśottama’s association with each unit creation individually (ota yoga) and (4) with all collectively (prota yoga) in His introversial movement.
PARÁVIDYÁ. Spiritual knowledge, knowledge of the Great.
PRAKRTI. Cosmic Operative Principle.
PRÁŃÁH. Vital energy.
PRÁŃÁYÁMA. Process of controlling vital energy by controlling the breath; a lesson of Ananda Marga meditation.
PRATISAIṊCARA. In the Cosmic Cycle, the step-by-step introversion and subtilization of consciousness from the state of solid matter to Nucleus Consciousness. (Prati means “counter” and saiṋcara means “movement”.)
PURUŚABHÁVA. Cognitive bearing, stance or aspect of Consciousness.
PURUŚADEHA. The entire created substance, causal, subtle and crude, of the Macrocosm; Cosmic “I” + Cosmic Doer “I” + Cosmic done “I”.

RASA. Any fluid, specifically the digested essence of food.
RŚI. Sage; one who, by inventing new things, broadens the path of progress of human society.
RÚPATANMÁTRA. Inferential waves conveying vision, i.e., the sense of form. See also TANMÁTRATATTVA.

SÁDHAKA. Spiritual practitioner.
SAHASRÁRA CAKRA. Highest, or pineal, psycho-spiritual centre, or plexus, located at the crown of the head. See also CAKRA.
SAMÁJA CAKRA. Social cycle.
SAḾSKÁRA. Mental reactive momentum, potential mental reaction.
SVABHÁVA. Characteristics, one’s own nature.

TANMÁTRATATTVA. The theory of inferential waves. Tanmátra literally means “minutest fraction of that,” i.e., of a given rudimental factor of matter. It is also translated “generic essence” or “inferential wave.” Tattva means “theory.”
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.
TÁRAKA BRAHMA. Supreme Consciousness in Its liberating aspect.
TÁTTVIKA. A spiritual teacher qualified to give initiation.

VASÁ. Fat.
VIDYÁMÁYÁ. Introversial force; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the crude to the subtle. See also AVIDYÁMÁYÁ.