"E", "F" "G"& "H": "GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS"

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Dear Bhagavatas:

In deference to the overwhelming requests for the release of the

"GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS" and the "TIME-LINE"

included as Annexures to my book “HINDUISM REDISCOVERED”,

we begin with the "Glossary".

 

As the Glossary is rather too lengthy, it is proposed to feature it in a

series of postings in the alphabetical order, with one letter at a time.

(Since the terms under "E" and "G" are not many and there are no terms under

"F", this posting features "E" and "G")

 

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER

We hasten to assure you that the Glossary is neither exhaustive nor the

meanings error-free.

We implore your patience in going through the same and please feel free to

suggest any corrections / improvements through personal mail addressed to

"Ramanbil"

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

 

The "TIMELINE" needs a litttle reformatting. It will be releaed later, when

the reformatting is complete.

 

Neither of them was released to any lists so far.

 

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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"E", "F" & "G"

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"E"

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Echil ( Tamil) or Enjalu (Kannada): Saliva, Spittle

Eesitvam: Lordship, also one of the Siddhis(accomplishments)

Eka akshara: Monosyllable

Ekaanta bhakti: Exclusive devotion to the Lord

Ekaantins: Devotees rendering devotion unmindful of reward

Ekatva: Unity in diversity

Ekodishta: 11th day ceremony after death

Ettuthogai (Tamil): 8 Anthlogies

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"F": NIL

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"G"

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Gaambheeryam: Majesty, Profundity, Greatness

Gaayatri: Mantra which protects one who sings (utters) it

Gadha: Divine Mace a.k.a.Kaumodaki

Gaja: Elephant, Elephantry

Gana (recitation): Recitation back and forth cf 'Ganapadigal'

Gandarva: Celestial musicians

Gandarva (marriage): Marriage by consent solemnized by pledging fidelity

Gandha: Smell

Gandharva veda: Music, Dance and Fine Arts

Garima: Heaviness, One of the Siddhis

GaruDa: Divine falcon Bird vehicle of Lord Vishnu

GhanDam: Near Death Expereience ( NDE)

Ghata aakaasa: Air within a pot

Ghataka sruti: Integrators, Passages in Vedas that synchronize

Gnaana / Gnaani: Wisdom, Knowledge, Knower

Gnaana abhyaasa: Discussing with Gurus to gain better understanding

Gnaana khaanda: Knowledge works,a.k.a. Gnaana Mimaamsa

Gnaanatva: Knowledge, Knowingness

GnaanEndriyas: Sense Organs

Gnaatru / Gneya: Knower, known, knowledge

GOkarna mudra: Gesture representing the ear of the cow

GO-maatha: Cow visualized as mother

GOpis: Cowherd girls

GOptrutva varaNa: Formal expression of one's total dependence

Gotra: lineage a. k.a Santati, Anvaya

Granta chatushtaya: 4 holy works to be studied by a Vaishnava

Graasa mudra: Gesture with the right hand Index and little fingers

Grihasta: Home maker, Male head of a household

Grihya sutra: Aphorisms relating to Individual householders

Gritha: Ghee, Clarified butter

GuNa: Characteristics, Quality, Virtue, Strands

GuNa (recitation): A mode of recitation of Scriptural texts

Guru: Elder, Spiritual master, a respectable person

Guru kula: Abodes of Gurus where disciples stay and study

Guru parampara saaram: The lineage of preceptors

Guru-Sishya-Parampara: Generations of Teacher- Pupil relationship

 

"H"

 

Haituka: Those demanding reasons and proof for everything

Hala: Plough

Halaahala: Name of a potent poison, a.k.a KaalakooTa

Harijan: Children of God

Hatah: Force

Hata yoga: Forceful union, Physical Exercises

Hatha: 'Killed'

Havis: Offering

Hetu: Assumption of a Cause, Reason, Questioning

Himsa dosha: Unmindfulness to causing pain to others

Hinaa yaana: (lit) the little vehicle, an earlier sect of Buddhists

Hiranya aksha: One with golden colored eyes

Hiranya garbha: Golden embryo

Hita: That which advises what is good for the soul

HOma: Offering in fire

Hota: One who tends Sacrificial fires and recites prayers

Hrasva: Shortened

Hrishikesa: One who rules over the mind and heart

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