Radhasoami Satsang: Glossary of Hindi words used in the Site

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Glossary of Hindi Words used in the Site

Glossary	A 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

Adi	First, primary, beginning
Adi-shabd	Primal Sound - the first emanation of shabd.
Adi-surat	Primal Current - the first emanation from Adi-shabd
Adya	Primal spiritual-energy that mothered the creation
Agam	Inaccessible
Agam Lok	Unapproachable sphere, the stage next below Radhasoami Dham
Agyan	Ignorance
Ahankar	Egotism, sense of self, self-love
Ajar	Not subject to old age or decay
Akah	Indescribable
Akash	Sky, Heaven, Celestial region
Akash Tattwa	Ether, the fifth elemental form of matter
Akshar Purush	The imperishable deity, Presiding deity of Sunn
Alakh	Invisible
Alakh Lok	Invisible sphere, the stage next below Agam Lok
Amar	Immortal
Amrit	Ambrosia
Anadi	Having no beginning
Anam	Nameless
Anami	Having no name
Anami Purush	Nameless Being - The Supreme Being in a state of eternal Polarization before creation.
Anand	Bliss
Anant	Endless
Andaj	Creation of life from eggshell (birds, serpents and the like)
Anhad	1) Unbeaten 2) Sound not produced by beating 3) Dhunyatmak Shabd of Brahmand
Antahkaran	Internal 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.
Apar	Shoreless (unfathomable - immense)
Arti	This 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.
Arup	Formless
Awagawan	Cycle of birth and death


Bachak Gyan	Sophistry, bookish knowledge
Bachan	Discourses
Bani, Banis	Holy writings or sayings
Basant-Panchami	Spring festival day in India
Basna	desire
Bhajan	Spiritual practice of listening to internal sounds, sound practices - Surat-Shabd-Yog.
Bhakt	A Devotee
Bhakti	Devotion
Bhandara	A big religious feast held by the followers of Radhasoami faith generally in honour of their past gurus.
Bhanwar Gupha	Rotating cave - the stage next below Satlok
Bharam	Going astray, superstitious belief
Bhekh	Monk, ascetic
Bhoomika	Introduction to a book
Brahm	Lord of second grand division of creation - Universal Mind
Brahmand	The region of Universal Mind and pure matter, Second grand division of creation


Chaitanya	Spirit, life, intelligence, vitality - consciousness, the Supreme Spirit considered as the essence of all being and source of all sensation.
Chaitanya Samadhi	Conscious absorption
Chakra	Centre - Ganglion
Charnamrit	Water with which the feet of a spiritual guide have been washed
Chaurasi	Eighty four cycles of birth and rebirth.
Chidakash	Chaitanya akash. The celestial region between the second and third divisions of creation.
Chit	Chaitanya, attention, innermost seat of the heart.


Darshan	Vision of guru, the essential form (visible and invisible both)
Dayal	Merciful
Dayal Desh	The region of mercy; refers to the purely spiritual regions
Deh-Swarup	Physical form - the incarnate form of the Satguru
Dham	Region, abode
Dhani	The presiding deity of a region
Dhundhkar	Haziness - used to describe pre-creational condition
Dhunyatmak	Resounding, vibrational
Dhyan	Contemplation of the countenance of Santsatguru at the focus of spirituality


Gaddi	Holy seat
Grahastha	A householder or family life
Guda Chakra	The nervous centre or ganglion at the rectum
Guna	Attributes - Sat, Raj, Tam
Guru	A teacher - spiritual preceptor
Guru-Bhakti	Devotion to Guru
Guru Mukh	One who implicitly obeys the Guru
Gyan	Knowledge; enlightenment


Indriya	An organ or instrument of sense - comprising the skin, tongue, nose, eye, ear and hands, feat, generative organs and anus
Isht	Wished, Beloved, Desirable
Ishwar	Presiding deity of Sahas-Dal-Kanwal


Jarh	Matter, Motionless, Ignorant, Immutable
Jagrit	Wakeful state
Jatras	Typical open theatre shows, popular in Bengal (based on folk lore and religious themes)
Jeraj	Creation of life from placenta
Jiva	Life, Soul, A creature, Living being


Kal	1) Brahm 2) A personification of destructive principle 3) God of death 4) Satan 5) Time-factor
Kam	Passion
Karam	1) 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 Sharir	Casual frames, instrumental form astral body
Karni	Spiritual endeavour or positive exertion
Khatchakra	Six centres or ganglion
Krodh	Anger


Lok	World - a division of the Universe


Maha Sunn	The vast plain which separates the second grand division of creation or spiritual-material regions from the first, the purely spiritual regions
Mana	Mind, the instrument of thinking
Manakash	Mind-sky
Manmukh	He who obeys the dictates of his mind only
Mauj	1) Supreme or Divine Will 2) Will
Maya	1) 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
Mukti	Sadeh Mukti - Liberation from physical bondage Videh Mukti - Total liberation and attainment of spiritual bliss
Mukti, Moksha	Liberation, Salvation, Emancipation
Mumokshita	Desire of liberation or final emancipation


Nam, Naam	Name, word
Nij	Own
Nij Ans	Of the same essence as Lord
Nij Dham	The real abode of Supreme Being Radhasoami
Nij Dhar	Emanation or projection of Supreme Spiritual Current - spirit current in communion with Supreme Spirit.
Nij Putra	Supreme son of the Supreme Being Radhasoami (Waqt Guru)
Nij Rup	The true form of the Supreme Being
Nij Swarup	Essential form of the Guru
Niranjan	Presiding deity of Sahas-Dal-Kanwal
Nirmal	Pure
Nirvritti	Satisfaction, Happiness, Final emancipation


Pad	A place, position
Pakhand	Religious hypocrisy
Panch Tattwa	Five elements, like ether, air, fire, water, earth
Papiha	Rain-lover bird - ever thirsty, longs incessantly for the first drop from the sky
Param Purush	The Supreme Being
Param	Highest, best, most excellent
Param Sant	A 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 Pad	Region beyond that of Brahm
Parmarth	The highest or most sublime truth, true spiritual knowledge
Parmarthi	One in pursuit of parmarth
Pind	Material-spiritual region, region of individual mind and desire.
Prasad	1) Favour, kindness 2) Food offered to sants, sadhs or mahatmas etc., or remnants of such food 3) A sanctified article
Pravritti	Application or addiction of mostly external or objective indulgence
Prem	Love
Prema Bhakti	The path of love and devotion
Premi Abhyasi	An ardent devotee of Surat-Shabd-Yog - with some intuitive attainments
Puran	Whole, full, entire


Quwwals	Indigenous Indian singers who sing typical Urdu songs


Radhasoami	The name of the True Supreme Being, Vibrational connotation of the Supreme Name as such
Radhasoami Dham	The Supreme Abode of the Supreme Being Radhasoami


Sadh	One who has access to spiritual-material regions
Sadhguru	Spiritual 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 Sang	Association with a Sadh
Sahaj Yog	Easy method of attaining union with the Supreme Being
Sahas-Dal-Kanwal	1) A thousand petalled lotus 2) The stage below Trikuti
Samadhanta	Profound meditation
Samadhi	1) A hallowed shrine where the most reverential physical remains of the guru are preserved 2) State of mystic trance
Sanskar	Influence of previous birth or births
Sanskari	Eligible for Parmarth as a result of past actions or grace
Sant	Embodiment of truth - or special and beloved son of the Supreme Being
Santsatguru	True Supreme Guide and preceptor in human form. Incarnation of Supreme Being
Sar	Essence
Saran	Protection, Refuge
Sat	Immutable truth
Sat-Anurag	True and sincere love
Satguru	True and perfect guide
Satlok	True sphere. Heavenly sphere or stage below Alakh Lok
Sat Nam	True Name
Sat Pad	Sat Desh - The purely spiritual region
Sat Purush	The True Being, name of the presiding deity of Satlok
Sat Purush Radhasoami	The true Supreme Being
Satsang	1) True company or association 2) Holy service 3) Attendance on the Santsatguru
Satsangi	Associate or follower of Radhasoami faith or disciple of Santsatguru
Sat Shabd	1) Holy and true name 2) Sound proceeding form the original source
Sewa	Service
Shabd	Prime manifestation. The sound which accompanies the current of energy.
Shabd-Bhakti	Intuitive devotion to Shabd
Sthitpragya	State of stabilized cognition
Sthula	Gross, coarse, rough
Sthula Sharir	The physical frame, gross form
Sukshma	Subtle, fine
Sukshma Sharir	Subtle form known as astral body
Sumiran	The method of spiritual or internal repetition of the holy name - Radhasoami - at the focus of the spirit entity
Sunn	Spirit Sphere - topmost region of Brahmand
Sunn Samadh	Supreme Father's condition of intense rapture within Himself
Surat	1) Self absorbed intelligent energy 2) Spirit
Surat-Shabd-Margi	One who practices Surat-Sahbd-Yog
Surat-Shabd-Yog	Union of the spirit with the sound current, the spiritual practices
Sushupti	The state of deep and sound sleep
Swanti	Celestial constellation which influences the drop that enters the sea-shell which becomes a pearl
Swapna	Dream state
Swarup	1) Similar, likeness of the self 2) Form


Tanmatra	Subtle essences
Tattwa	Element
Tattwa Gyan	Knowledge of the truth
Teesra Til	The third or the subtle eye (in between the eyebrows)
Titiksha	Endurance, patience, forbearance
Trigunatmak	Containing the three gunas
Trikuti	Prism. The stage next below Sunn in the second grand division of creation


Udbhaj	Creation of life from earth


Vidya	Knowledge
Yoga	1) Joining, uniting 2) Union 3) Deep and abstract meditation 4) Means by which the spirit may be completely united with the Supreme Spirit