"S" - "GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS"

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"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 or two letters at a

time.

 

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.

 

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Saadaarana dharma: Common law

Saadhaka: Practitioner

Saadhana: Practice, Accomplishment

Saadhu: Saint, Holy person

SaaLigraama: Aniconic ammonite Sal tree fossils in Kantaki river

SaalOkya or SamaanalOka: Same world as of Paramaatma

Saamaanya dharma: Ordinary duties in general

Saamans: Chants set to music

Saam drishtika: Honoring by 'sight' (seeing)

Saameepya: Living in the proximity of Paramatma

Saamkhya: School of Enumeration, Evolutionary dualism

Saam sparsika: Honoring by 'touch'

Saam sravaNika: Honoring by 'hearing'

Saamyam: Equality

Saantham: Peaceful, Pacific

Saaram: Somewhat valuable

Saara tama: Most valuable

Saara tara: More Valuable

Saarnga: Divine bow of Lord Vishnu

Saa roopya: Assuming the same form as that of Paramatma

Saarshtita: Same intensity of pleasure

Saatrumurai (Tamil): Ceremonial honoring in Vaishnavite shrines

Saatvik: Pious person

Saa yujya: Being united with God in equal enjoyment of bliss

Sabda: Sound

Sabda pramaaNa: Authority of Sound, Credible testimony

SadhyOpaaya: Means that has to be sought for

Saguna Brahmam:Brahmam with attributes and qualities

Saha DharmiNi: Wife accompanying her husband in his religious duties

Sahakaari kaarana: Supportive Cause

Sahasraara: Topmost nerve center at the cranium

Sahita: Bottling 'with' air in Kumbaka

Sahyam: Tolerance

Saitdha: Installed by Siddhas

Sakhyam: Friendship

Sakinis: Spirits that lurk in vegetation

Sakti: Power, Energy, potency

Salya: Surgery

Samaadhi: Maintaining calmness in Integrative union with God

Samaana (in PraaNaaYaama): Digestive air

Sam aasrayaNa: 5 fold ceremony in which one is installed as a VaishNava

Samashti: Undifferentiated state of beings before being born

Sambhaavanai: Honoring in cash or kind

Samhita: Collection of verses containing holy dictates

Sam karshaNa: Resorber, Form of Lord in Vyuha state

Sam keerthanam: Praising the Lord through songs

Sampradaayam: Tradition, Convention, heritage

Samsaara: Perpetual bondage to the cycle of births and deaths

Samskaara: Sacraments

Samvatsara: Year

Samvritti Satya: Buddhist term for 'Relative reality' of Advaitins

Sanaatana Dharma: Ancient, Eternal correct way of life

Sanchita Karma: Accumulated Karma

Sandhyaa Baasha: Words with double meaning

Sandhyaa Vandana: (lit) Prayers at twilight, Meeting of Man and God

Sangita: Music

Sankalpa: Free will, Discretion, also Invocation

Sankha: Divine conch of Lord Vishnu a.k.a. Paanchajanya

SankOcha: Contraction, Blurred

Sannyaasa/Sannyaasi: Renunciation, Asceticism / Ascetic, Solitaire

Santati: Same as 'Gotra'

SapiNDa: Co - parcenary

Saptaaha: (lit) 7 days, Week

Sapta pathi: The 7 steps taken in marriage by bride and groom

Sapta Rishi maNDala: Realm of the 7 sages

Sapta sindhu: The 7 rivers, an obvious reference to Indus river

SaraNaa gati: Same as Prapatti, seeking refuge, Absolute surrender

Sareeraka sutra: Philosophy that holds that everything is Lord's body

Sarira: Physical body

Sarira-sSariri bhaava: Body - Soul relationship

Saarru amudu: Rasam -Juicy diluted variety like Sambhar

Sarva gjna-tvam: Omniscience, All pervading Knowledge

Sarva sakiti-tvam: Omnipotence

Sarva sunyam: Buddhist term for 'Maaya' of Advaitins

Sarvasvataara: A rite in which one sacrifices one's self

Sarva tantra swatantra: Master of all arts, crafts and artefacts

Saastra: Rule or Law book, Doctrine, Treatise

Sat or Sath: Being

Satva/Satvam: Serenity, Lucidity, Order, Pleasure, goodness

Satyam: Truth, Reality

Satya kaamam: Benevolence, Desiring only good of others

Satya lOka: (lit) World of truth; Celestial world of Brahma

Satya sankalpa: Benevolent will, Determination in doing good

Satya-tvam: Firmness, Truthfulness

Sauraseni: A form of Sanskrit prevalent in Uttar Pradesh

Savitru: Stimulator

Sesha/Seshatva: Servant / Servitude, Existing for the purpose of

Seshi/Seshitva: Master / Mastery

ShODasavarNaSwarNa: One who does not seek even MOksha

ShODasa Upachaara: 16 types of honor offered to the Lord

Shraddha (also Sraddha): (lit) dedication, Ceremonial offer to the manes

Shrama: Exertion: To exert energy

Siddhaanta: Philosophy, Treatises of well settled conclusions

Siddhi: Attainment of certain powers

SiddhOpaaya: One that already exists

Sikhaa: (lit) Tuft, also a mode of Scriptural recitation

Sikshaa: (lit) Learning, Instruction, Mode of study

SirOdayam: Appearance of the head of the baby at delivery

Sishta Aachaara: Traditional code of conduct of the great teachers

Sishya: Disciple

Siva linga: Icon in the phallic form of Siva

SmaraNam: Remembering

Smriti: That which is remembered

Snaana Aasana: Bathing place

Snaanam: Taking bath

SOma: Ambrosia,' Amanita Muscaria' (cf.Persian) 'hoama'

SOman: In Panchagni Vidya, it represents clouds

Somasa vana: Huge forest of Aswatta trees en route to Vaikunta

Soucham: Purity, Cleanliness

Sou- haardam: Hearty, Friendliness, Cordiality

Sou- labhyam: Easy accessibility, Grace, Compassion, Benevolence

Soundaryam: Beauty

Sourandrika: A section of Hinaayaana Buddhism

Souryam: Heroism, Fearlessness

Sou-seelyam: Excellence of disposition

Sparsam: Touch

SphOTta: (lit) Boil, which when it bursts gives out a sound

SravaNam: Hearing

Sri ChurNam: Red saffron Powder used in Vaishnavite caste marks

Sri: Mahaalakshmi, Consort of Lord Vishnu- Naaraayana

Srivatsa; (lit) beloved of fortune, Mole on Lord Vishnu's chest

Srouta sutra: Vedic Aphorism

Sruti: Sacred utterance which is heard or revealed

Sthaana: Location, Locality

Sthaavara: Those that are immobile like trees, stones etc

Sthairyam or Stiratvam: Steadiness, Stability, Never forsaking

Stita pragjna: Steadfast in awareness, Firmness of wisdom

StOtra granta: Prayers of praise

Stree tantra: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Stula: Patent, Manifest, Gross, material

Stula artha: Gross etymological derivation of meaning

Stula sarira: Gross physical body

Suba-tvam: Auspiciousness

Sudarsana Chakra: (lit) Beauteous to sight, Divine discus of Vishnu

Suddha Satvam: Absolute purity, ' sui generis'

Sudras: Servitors, Service oriented

Sukham: Happiness, Bliss

Sukla paksha: Bright fortnight of the moon

Sukla yajur veda: White yajur VEda

Sukshma: Latent, Subtle state

Sukshma artha: Subtle, implied, underlying meaning

Sukshma Sarira: Subtle inner body

Sunya vaada: Nihilism

Su-prabaatham: Awakening in the morning with the sound of music

Sura: Divine being, also a secular intoxicating drink

Surabhi Mudra: Gesture by linking fingers to resemble Cow's udder

SurasEni: A dialect prevalent in Uttar Pradesh, India

Surya: Sun God (cf) Greek 'Helios' or 'Apollo'

SuryOdaya: Sunrise, Daybreak

Sushumna (Murdhanya) naaDi: 101st vein leading to the crown of the head

Sushupti/Sushupti Sthaana: Dreamless, deep sleep / State of such sleep

Sutala: One of the nether worlds without pain or pleasure

Sutra: (lit) Thread, Aphorism

Sutra dhaari: The string puller as in a pantomime show

Suvah: Paradise, Heaven a.k.a Svarga

Svaadhyaaya: Frequent meditation on philosophical truths

SvaadishTaana: Yogic nerve center at the navel

SvaapadEsa: Inner esoteric meaning

Svaasa: Inhalation aka Poorakam in YOga

Sva-bhaava viruddha: Obstacles to the realization of naturally entitled

bliss

Sva dharma: One's personal individualistic duties

Svapna/Svapna sthaana: Dream / Dream state

Svarga: Heaven, Realm between the Sun and the Pole star

Sva-rupa: Inherent form of any being

Svarupa NishTa or Svarupa SamarpaNa: Surrender of one's form

SvEta varaaha kalpa: The present kalpa named after the 'white boar'

Swam/Swami: Possession / Possessor, Lordship

Swara: Tone

Swarupa nirupaka dharmas: Intrinsic special qualities

Swa-tantram: Independence, Freedom

Swayam prayojana: For its own sake, as an end in itself

Swayam vyakta: Emerged on its own

Sweta ambara: White robed Jains

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