glossary to the record of yoga

Glossary to the Record of Yoga

Introductory Note

Status. Work on this glossary is in progress. Some denitions areprovisional and will be revised before the glossary is published.Scope. Most words from languages other than English (primarily San-skrit), and some English words used in special senses in the Record ofYoga, are included.Transliteration. Words in italics are Sanskrit unless otherwise indi-cated. Sanskrit words are spelled according to the standard interna-tional system of transliteration. This has been adopted because thesame Sanskrit word is often spelled in more than one way in the text.The spellings that occur in the text, if they differ from the transliter-ation (ignoring any diacritical marks over and under the letters), arementioned in parentheses. The sounds represented by c, r., and s or s. inthe standard transliteration are commonly represented by ch, ri,and sh in the anglicised spellings normally used in the Record ofYoga.Order. All entries, regardless of language, are arranged in English al-phabetical order. Words and phrases are alphabetised letter by letter,disregarding diacritics, spaces and hyphens.Compounds and phrases. A compound or phrase composed of wordsthat do not occur separately in the text is normally listed as a unitand the words are not dened individually. Compound expressionsconsisting of words that also occur by themselves, and thus are denedseparately, are listed in the glossary only if they occur frequently orhave a special signicance.Denitions. The denition of each term is intended only as an aid tounderstanding its occurrences in theRecord of Yoga. It may not includeall the meanings a word has in the original language. On the otherhand, it may include meanings that are not found in dictionaries of thelanguage, since Sri Aurobindo adaptedmanywords to his own needs inreferring to his yogic experiences. The denitions take into account Sri

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Aurobindos own explanations, the contexts in which the terms occur,and the relations between the Record of Yoga and his other writings.Quotations. Direct quotations from Sri Aurobindos writings are indi-cated by quotation marks.Cross-references. Words in bold type in the denitions are dened inthe glossary.Searching. When searching for a denition, enter the term in either oftwo ways:1. Type the term as it is spelled in the text. This should nd either(a) the denition you are looking for, or (b) an entry that will showthe transliteration of the term under which the denition can be foundusing the next method.2. Type a period / full stop (.) and the transliterated spelling withoutdiacritical marks. Typing a period / full stop before the transliterationwill nd the entry where the term is dened rather than occurrences ofit in compounds or in denitions of other terms.Example: Searching for sparsha (as it is spelled in the text) ndsthe entry for the compound agneya-sparsa (agneya-sparsha), whichshows that the transliteration of sparsha is sparsa. Searching for.sparsa nds the denition of sparsa, skipping over other expressionscontaining this word.

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..abhasaabhasa appearance; (in Bengali) glimmer, hint.

..abhavaabhava entry into the being from outside.

..abhayaabhaya (abhaya; abhayam) fearlessness; passive courage, freedomfrom fear which with a bold calmness meets and receives every menaceof danger and shock of misfortune, an attribute of the ks.atriya...abhayamabhayam see abhaya...abhayam, sahasa, atmaslagha, yasolipsaabhayam, sahasa, atmaslagha, yasolipsa (abhayam, sahasa, atmasla-gha, yasholipsa) fearlessness, daring, self-condence, the urge to-wards victory (the attributes of the ks.atriya)...abhayam, sahasam, yasolipsa, atmaslagha, iti ksatratejahabhayam, sahasam, yasolipsa, atmaslagha, iti ks.atratejah. (abhayam,sahasam, yasholipsa, atmaslagha, iti kshatratejah) fearlessness, dar-ing, the urge towards victory, self-condence: these express the energyof the ks.atriya temperament.

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..abhimanaabhimana pride; egoism.

..abhisastihabhisastih. hostile expression.

..abhistiabhis.t.i invasion.

..abhyasaabhyasa repetition; exercise; discipline; practice.

..acchannaacchanna covered, concealed.

..active brahmanactive brahman same as sagun.a brahman, the dynamic aspect ofbrahman which is expressed in the cosmic movement, a universalDivine, one in being, multiple in personality and power, who conveysto us, when we enter into the consciousness of his universal forces, asense of innite quality and will and act and world-wide knowledgeand a one yet innumerable delight; realised by the mind separatelyfrom the santam brahma or silent brahman, it is an aspect of universalbeing which though wonderfully freed, uplifted and illumined, sup-ports only the present self-expression of the Cosmic Spirit and does nottransform, as would a transcendental Descent, the ambiguous symbolsand veiled mysteries of a world of Ignorance...active samataactive samata equality in ones response to the contacts of the world,consisting of (sama) rasa, (sama) bhoga and (sama) ananda, alsocalled positive samata: an active equality which will enable us notonly to draw back from or confront the world in a detached andseparated calm, but to return upon it and possess it in the power ofthe calm and equal Spirit...actual gnosisactual gnosis same as actualistic ideality...actualisticactualisticcharacterised by a working of intuition which, in dealingwith the movement in time, lays stress on the stream of immediateactualities...actualistic idealityactualistic ideality an intuitional form of logistic ideality which, ap-plied to the eld of trikaladr.s.t.i and tapas, depends upon the existentactuality, illumines it, goes a little beyond it but from it...actualistic logistisactualistic logistissame as actualistic ideality...actualistic seer tapasactualistic seer tapas tapas acting in the actualist intuitional revela-tion, the lowest form of seer tapas...actualistic seer trikaladrstiactualistic seer trikaladr.s.t.i (trikaldrishti) trikaladr.s.t.i in the actualistintuitional revelation...actualist intuitional revelationactualist intuitional revelation actualistic ideality raised to the intu-itive revelatory logistis...adasyaadasya inability to surrender, insubmission, absence of dasya.


..adequateadequate (vak) having the qualities of the lowest level of style, whichhas the power to make us . . . see the object or idea in a certain tem-perate lucidity of vision; most often combined with a higher level, asin the effective-adequate style or the inevitable form of the adequate...adesaadesa (adesha; adesh) command; a voice (van. ) heard inwardly asthe command of the Divine Guide of the Yoga; especially, theAdesha given in the jail, the inner command received by Sri Auro-bindo in Alipur jail giving him a mission to accomplish a certain work,karma, with four principal parts: literary (sahitya), religious (daiva ordharma), political (kr.ti) and social (samaja or kama1)...adesasiddhiadesasiddhi (adeshasiddhi; adesha-siddhi; adesha siddhi; adeshsid-dhi; adesh-siddhi; adesh siddhi) fullment of the divine command(adesa) enjoining the accomplishment of a certain mission (karma), awork for the world with literary, political, social and spiritual aspects...adesavaniadesavan. (adeshavani) speech of supreme command, the highestform of van. , which is clear and irresistible, the mind has to obey andthere is no question possible, even if what comes is contrary to thepreconceived ideas of the mental intelligence...adharaadhara (adhara; adhar) vessel, receptacle; support; that in whichthe consciousness is now containedmind-life-body, the psycho-physical system comprising the antah.karan. a and the sthula deha; aphysical object or sensation serving as a support or background forrupadr.s.t.i or any other kind of vis.ayadr.s.t.i...adharadrstiadharadr.s.t.i (adhardrishti; adhar drishti) vision of images on a back-ground (sadhara rupa)...adhara-siddhiadhara-siddhi the perfection of the mental-vital-physical system,consisting of the siddhi of the rst four catus.t.ayas, so that the adharabecomes a perfect instrument for the Purushottama, the Purusha andShakti to carry on their Lila...adharmaadharma not dharma; lawlessness...adhogatiadhogati literally downwardmovement; the negation of utthapa-na, especially due to defective laghima and mahima...adhyaksatvaadhyaks.atva (adhyakshatwa) the status of the Divine Being as theadhyaks.a, he who seated over all in the supreme ether over-sees things,views and controls them from above...adhyaropaadhyaropa superimposition...adhyaropitaadhyaropita superimposed.


..adhyayaadhyaya chapter.

..adinataadnata freedom from depression; the opposite of dainyam.

..adinata ksiprata sthairyam isvarabhavaadnata ks.iprata sthairyam svarabhava (adinata kshiprata sthairyamishwarabhava) non-depression, swiftness, steadiness, mastery: thesecond general formula of the sakti catus.t.aya, consisting of qualitiesneeded for the perfection of all parts of the psycho-physical system...AditiAditi the Vedic goddess of innite being, the mother of the gods,manifested here as the earth-goddess (Pr.thiv2); the adya-sakti, theindivisible consciousness (cit), force (tapas) and bliss (ananda) of theSupreme...adriadri rock; hill; a Vedic symbol of formal existence and especiallyof the physical nature...adrstamadr.s.t.am (adrishtam) literally the unseen; fate...adyaadya mahasakti (adya mahashakti) the original cosmic Power(mahasakti), the universal sakti on the highest plane of the eternalmanifestation...adya parasaktiadya parasakti (adya parashakti) the original supreme Power (parasakti), the transcendent sakti who stands above the worlds and linksthe creation to the ever unmanifest mystery of the Supreme...adya-saktiadya-sakti (adyashakti; adya-shakti) the original Power (sakti),both transcendent (adya parasakti) and universal (adya mahasakti)...AghoraAghora literally not terrible (though terrible, ghora, in appear-ance), an epithet of Siva, the destroyer; a form of Tantra of thevamamarga or left-hand path which annuls all distinctions; a beingor world characterised by samata (equality)...Agner bhrajante arcayahAgner bhrajante arcayah. (Agner bhrajante archayah) the amingradiances of Agni2 blaze forth. [R. g Veda 1.44.12]..agneya-sparsaagneya-sparsa (agneya-sparsha) ery or burning touch...agni1agni1 re; ery energy; the re of Agni2, the ame of divine Forceinstinct with divine knowledge; the bhuta of re, the igneous, radi-ant and electric energy, also called tejas; the type of akashic materialcalled re...Agni2Agni2 (Agni; Agnih) the god of Fire; in Sri Aurobindos interpre-tation of the Veda, the deva as the master of tapas, the divineConsciousness formulating itself in universal energy; he is the secretinhabitant ofMatter and its forms and the power of conscious Being,called by us will, effective behind the workings of mind and body;


his divine birth-place and home, though he is born everywhereand dwells in all things, is the Truth, the Innity, the vast cosmicIntelligence in which Knowledge and Force are unied...agnimayaagnimaya ery; pertaining to the bhuta of agni1; (rupa or lipi)composed of or containing the akashic material called agni orre...agnimaya varnaagnimaya varn. a ery colour; varn. amixedwith an element of agni1...Agni RudraAgni Rudra Agni2, the god of Force, identied with Rudra2, theDivine as master of our evolution by violence and battle...Agni TvastaAgni Tvas.t.a (Agni Twashta) Agni2, the universal energy, as Tvas.t.a,the Fashioner of things...Agni-VayuAgni-Vayu (Agni-Vayu; Agni Vayu) Agni2, the divine Force, work-ing through the vital energy of Vayu2...Agni-Vayu-AryamanAgni-Vayu-Aryamanthe three forceful gods Agni2, Vayu2 andAryaman unied to form one deity...Agni-Vayu-AryamanAgni-Vayu-Aryaman bhava the self-manifestation of the deva asAgni2, Vayu2 and Aryaman, forming part of devabhava...agrahaagraha insistence...ahaitukaahaituka causeless; objectless; lacking a hetu; (with reference toany form of physical ananda or certain types of subjective ananda)manifesting without relation to an outer stimulus or object; short forahaituka ananda...ahaituka anandaahaituka ananda objectless bliss; a kind of subjective ananda,self-existent and independent of objects and particular experiences,whichmanifests on the plane of mind (manas) as an even and tranquilneutral joy; any form of physical ananda not associated with anexternal stimulus...ahaitukanandaahaitukananda the form of ananda corresponding to the mentalplane (same as ahaituka ananda)...ahamahamI; ego, the sense of a separate self-existence (same asahankara); (the divine Aham) the individual consciousness nolonger as an obscured and limited ego, but as a centre of the Divine andof the universal consciousness embracing, utilising and transforminginto harmony with the Divine all individual determinations (same ascaitanyakendra)...aham bhartaaham bharta (literally) I am the upholder; the ego-sense in the con-sciousness that upholds actions.


..aham bhoktaaham bhokta (literally) I am the enjoyer; the ego-sense in the con-sciousness that enjoys experience...aham jnataaham jnata(literally) I am the knower; the egoism of the knower...aham kartaaham karta(literally) I am the doer; the egoism of the doer...aham saksiaham saks. (aham sakshi) (literally) I am the witness; the ego-sensein the witnessing consciousness...ahankaraahankarathe ego; the subjective principle by which the purus.a isinduced to identify himself with prakr.ti and her activities; the limitedI in us, freedom from which is part of the mukti or liberation of thenature: the egoistic consciousness, including the ego-sense in the lifestuff and the ego-idea in the mind which maintain a constructedsymbol of self, the separative ego, which does duty for the hidden realself, the spirit or true being and whose nature is a self-limitationof consciousness by a willed ignorance of the rest of its play and itsexclusive absorption in one form, one combination of tendencies, oneeld of the movement of energies...ahankara-mukti-siddhiahankara-mukti-siddhi the perfection of release from the ego(ahankara), part of the mukti or liberation of the nature: thetransformation of the limited ego into a conscious centre of the divineunity and freedom (caitanyakendra) through an uncompromisingabolition of the ego-sense at its very basis and source, leavingonly an individualisation for the purposes of the play of universalconsciousness in an individual mind and frame...ahasyamahasyamcheerlessness; the negation of hasya or laughter...ahiahi serpent; the Time-snake...ahitena cid arvataahitena cid arvata (ahitena chid arvata) even without urging on thewar-horse (symbol of vehement nervous tapas). [R. g Veda 8.62.3]..aikyalipsaaikyalipsa the urge towards unity, an element of Mahesvar bhava...aikyamaikyamunity...ainsi nest il pas assez rouge pour vousainsi nest il pas assez rouge pour vous [French] isnt it red enoughfor you like this? (British possessions were traditionally coloured redor pink on world maps.)..aishwari sthitiaishwari sthitisee aisvar sthiti...aishwaryaaishwarya, etc. see aisvarya, etc...aiskhistos esthaaiskhistos estha [Greek] youwere the ugliest (or themost infamous)...aisvari sthitiaisvar sthiti (aishwari sthiti) abiding in the consciousness of thesvara.


..aisvaryaaisvarya (aishwarya; aishwaryam; aiswarya; aisvaryam)mastery;sovereignty; the sense of divine power (same as svarabhava, a qualitycommon to the four aspects of daiv prakr.ti); one of the three siddhis ofpower: effectiveness of the will acting on a person or object without thekind of direct control established in vasita; an instance of so exercisingthe will; sometimes equivalent to aisvaryatraya or tapas...aisvaryabhavaaisvaryabhava (aishwaryabhava) state or sense of sovereign mas-tery (equivalent to svarabhava)...aisvaryabodhaaisvaryabodha (aishwaryabodha; aishwarya-bodha; aishwarya bo-dha) consciousness of sovereign power (equivalent to svarabhavaas a general attribute of daiv prakr.ti)...aisvarya-isitaaisvarya-sita (aishwarya-ishita; aishwarya ishita) the combinationof aisvarya and sita, two of the three siddhis of power...aisvarya-isita-vasitaaisvarya-sita-vasita (aishwarya-ishita-vashita) a combination ofthe three siddhis of power...aisvarya-isita-vyaptiaisvarya-sita-vyapti (aishwarya-ishita-vyapti) the combination ofaisvarya, sita and (communicative) vyapti...aisvaryamaisvaryam (aishwaryam; aisvaryam) see aisvarya...aisvaryamaya tratakaaisvaryamaya trat.aka (aishwaryamaya tratak) trat.aka (concentra-tion of the vision) brought about by aisvarya (exercise of will)...aisvaryaaisvarya (aishwarya) of exact time aisvarya applied to bring aboutan event at a specic time...aisvaryaprayogaaisvaryaprayoga (aishwaryaprayoga) application of the siddhi ofaisvarya...aisvaryasiddhiaisvaryasiddhi (aishwaryasiddhi; aiswaryasiddhi; aishwarya siddhi) the supernormal power (siddhi) called aisvarya; perfection or ful-lment of this power; an instance of its use...aisvarya-tapasaisvarya-tapas (aishwarya-tapas; aishwarya tapas) pressure ofaisvarya...aisvaryatrayaaisvaryatraya (aishwaryatraya; aishwarya-traya; aishwarya traya)the triad of aisvarya, consisting of the three siddhis of power...aisvarya-vasitaaisvarya-vasita (aishwarya-vashita; aishwaryavashita; aishwaryavashita) the combination of aisvarya and vasita, two of the threesiddhis of power...aisvarya-vasita-isitaaisvarya-vasita-sita (aishwarya-vashita-ishita; aishwarya vashitaishita) a combination of the three siddhis of power...aisvarya-vyaptiaisvarya-vyapti (aishwarya-vyapti) the combination of aisvarya


and (communicative) vyapti...aisvarya-vyapti-isitaaisvarya-vyapti-sita (aishwarya-vyapti-ishita) the combination ofaisvarya, (communicative) vyapti and sita...aiswaryaaiswaryasee aisvarya...aitihya lipiaitihya lipi historical lipi, a means of historical trikaladr.s.t.i...ajnaajnacommand; thought that is will (ajnanam); the ajnacakra...ajnacakraajnacakra (ajnachakra; ajna-chakra) the cakra between the eye-brows, the centre of consciousness that governs will, vision and dy-namic thought, not the ordinary outer mental will and sight, butsomething more powerful, belonging to the inner being...ajnanaajnana (ajnana; ajnanam) ignorance; absence of jnana; the forget-fulness of the high and true self, resulting in bondage to the threemodes (trigun. a) of the lower Nature (apara prakr.ti)...ajnanamajnanamsee ajnana...ajnanamajnanamknowledge-will; the operation of consciousness by whichit dwells on an image of things so as to hold, govern and possess it inpower, one of the four functions of active consciousness (of which theothers are vijnana, prajnana and samjnana) and the means by whichthe supreme consciousness that is the master of the world (svara)exercises control of all things; same as ajna...akalyanaakalyan. a misfortune, adversity; evil...akaraakara (akar) form; the manner in which an object appears to thesenses...akaranaakaran. a causeless; same as ahaituka...akartaakartathe non-doer; inactive...akartavyaakartavyawhat is not to be done...akartr-samaakartr.-sama (akartri-shama) inactive peace...akasaakasa (akasha; akash) ether; the most rareed condition of materialbeing, a condition of pure material extension in Space, the subtlestof the pancabhuta; the state of physical substance that borders on thesupraphysical and is the medium through which the powers of higherworlds act on the material plane (same as sthula akasa); any of variouskinds of suks.ma akasa or immaterial ether, depths of more and moresubtle ether which are heavily curtained from the physical sense bythe grosser ether of the material universe; (same as akasarupa orakasalipi) images or writing seen in the akasa...akasalipiakasalipi (akashalipi; akasha lipi) etheric writing; lipi seen in the


akasa...akasarupaakasarupa (akasharupa; akasha rupa) rupa seen in the akasa, eitheras the result of forming images by mental-physical pressure outof akashic material or of sudden manifestation of form partial orcomplete out of other akashas into the physical...akasa-saktiakasa-sakti (akasha-shakti) the power of the akasa (to resist thetapas)...akashaakasha, etc. see akasa, etc...akashic materialakashic materialsubtle-gross etheric material of any of sevenkinds (called in ascending order chaya [shadow], dhuma [smoke],tejas [brilliance], jyotih. [light], vidyut [lightning] or varn. a [colour],agni [re], and prakasa [radiance]) out of which akasarupa andakasalipi are formed...akashic recordakashic recordthe etheric writing (akasalipi) that keeps the recordof all things past, transcribes all that is in process in the present, writesout the future...akriya udasinataakriya udasnata inactive indifference...aksaraaks.ara (akshara) letter, syllable; immutable, unchanging; the im-mutable brahman, the immobile omnipresent Soul of things; theimmutable self-existence which is the highest self-expression of theDivine and on whose unalterable eternity all the rest, all that movesand evolves, is founded, the inactive status of the purus.ottama inthe freedom of his self-existence unaffected by the action of his ownpower in Nature, not impinged on by the urge of his own becoming,undisturbed by the play of his own qualities...aksara purusaaks.ara purus.a (akshara purusha) the immutable spirit, the unchang-ing purus.a: the inactive Purusha free from Prakriti and her works,who stands above all things in his imperturbable immobility of eternalsilence and calm...aksepaaks.epa (akshepa) disturbance...aksharaaksharasee aks.ara...akshepaakshepa see aks.epa...alaksanaalaks.an. a (alakshana) featureless...alasyaalasya (alasya; alasyam) lassitude...alasyamalasyamsee alasya...alpaalpa small, little; limited, decient; littleness (same as alpam)...alpamalpam littleness, the negation of br.hat.


..amaama raw.

..amangalaamangala unfortunate, unfavourable; adverse event (same as aman-galam)...amangalabodhaamangalabodha the sense of misfortune or adversity...amangalamamangalammisfortune, unfavourable occurrence, adverse circum-stances...amara purusaamara purus.a (amara purusha) immortal spirit...amavasyaamavasyanew-moon day...ambulandoambulando [Latin]walking; see in ambulando...amertumeamertume [French] bitterness...amrtaamr.ta (amrita; amritam) immortality; the spirits timeless exis-tence . . . translated into the Time manifestation, including in itsfullness a physical life t for a divine inhabitant and, in the sensenot of attachment or of restriction to our present corporeal frame butan exceeding of the law of the physical body, the conquest of death,an earthly immortality; the ambrosia of the gods, a rejuvenatingnectar induced by certain practices of yoga to trickle down from asubtle centre in the head; identied with soma1, the sweetness thatcomes owing from the streams of the upper hidden world, . . . thedivine delight hidden in all existence which, once manifest, supportsall lifes crowning activities and is the force that nally immortalisesthe mortal...amsaamsa (ansha; angsha) portion...amutraamutra there; beyond this world...anahataanahatathe cakra in the heart, also called the heart-lotus, themental-vital, emotional centre with the psychic behind it (the soul,Purusha in the heart)...anaikyaanaikya (anaikya; anaikyam) disunity...anaikyamanaikyamsee anaikya...anandaananda delight, bliss, ecstasy, beatitude; a profound concentratedintense self-existent bliss extended to all that our being does, envisages,creates, a xed divine rapture; same as sama ananda, the universaldelight which constitutes active / positive samata, an equal delight inall the cosmic manifestation of the Divine, whose foundation is theAtmajnana or Brahmajnana by which we perceive the whole universeas a perception of one Being that manifests itself in multitudinousforms and activities; the highest of the three stages of active / positive


samata, the joy of Unity by which all is changed into the fulland pure ecstasy of the Spirit; the third and highest state of bhukti,consisting of the delight of existence experienced throughout the sys-tem in seven principal forms (kamananda, premananda, ahaitukaananda, cidghanananda, suddhananda, cidananda and sadananda)corresponding to the seven kosas or sheaths of the being and the sevenlokas or planes of existence; physical ananda or sarrananda in its veforms, also called vividhananda (various delight), the fourth memberof the sarra catus.t.aya; (especially in the plural, anandas) any ofthese forms of ananda; same as anandam brahma, the last aspectof the fourfold brahman; bliss of innite conscious existence, theoriginal, all-encompassing, all-informing, all-upholding delight, thethird aspect of saccidananda and the principle manifested in its purityin janaloka or anandaloka, also present in an involved or subordinatedform on every other plane...ananda-akasaananda-akasa (ananda-akasha; ananda akasha) ether of ananda,a supra-ethereal . . . ether of bliss . . . which is the matrix and conti-nent of the universal expression of the Self...ananda atmanananda atman delight-self; anandam brahma seen or experiencedas the atman, the calm, motionless, blissful Self within us which iseternally untroubled and unaffected by the touches of things...ananda bhavaananda bhava (ananda bhava) condition of spiritual bliss; state ofconsciousness on a plane of ananda...anandabhogaanandabhoga (anandabhoga; ananda-bhoga) enjoyment of de-light; same as bhoga as a term for the third and highest stage ofactive / positive samata, also called (sama) ananda...ananda bhumiananda bhumi the world of bliss, a svargabhumi...anandabodhaanandabodha awareness of bliss...ananda brahmaananda brahma same as anandam brahma...anandabrahmadarsanaanandabrahmadarsana (anandabrahmadarshana) vision of anan-dam brahma...ananda brahmanananda brahman same as anandam brahma...anandabuddhaanandabuddha (van. ) expressing ananda on the mental plane...ananda candraananda candra (ananda chandra) the moon (candra1) as a symbolof ananda...ananda cidghanaananda cidghana (ananda chidghana) same as suddha cidghanaananda.


..ananda-cit-satananda-cit-sat (ananda-chit-sat)Bliss-Consciousness-Being; sat-cit-ananda with the terms reversed...anandadarsanaanandadarsana (anandadarshana; ananda-darshana; ananda dar-shana) vision of the various forms of the delight of existence inthings and beings...anandadharanasaktianandadharan. asakti (anandadharanashakti) the power to sustainananda of any intensity...ananda idealityananda ideality same as ananda-vijnana...ananda isvaraananda svara (ananda ishwara) anandam brahma seen as an as-pect of the Lord...anandakosaanandakosa (anandakosha; ananda-kosha) the sheath (kosa) cor-responding to the plane of ananda, the bliss-sheath which is thespiritual body of the bliss soul and in which, together with thevijnanakosa, all the perfection of a spiritual embodiment is to befound, a yet unmanifested divine law of the body...anandalokaanandaloka (anandaloka; ananda-loka; ananda loka) the world(loka) of the supreme bliss (ananda) of saccidananda, the planeof the joy of absolute identity in innumerable oneness, where allconsciousness is of the bliss of the Innite, all power is power of thebliss of the Innite, all forms and activities are forms and activities ofthe bliss of the Innite; there is also a repetition of the Ananda planein each lower world of consciousness, but in the lower planes notonly is it reached by a sort of dissolution into it of the pure mind or thelife-sense or the physical awareness, but it is, as it were, itself dilutedby the dissolved form of mind, life or matter, held in the dilution andturned into a poor thinness wonderful to the lower consciousness butnot comparable to its true intensities...anandamanandamsame as anandam brahma...ananda-mahatananda-mahat (van. ) expressing ananda on the plane of vijnana...ananda manasananda manas the principle of ananda reected in themental plane...anandamayaanandamaya (anandamaya; anandamay) full of or consisting ofananda; joyous, delightful, blissful, beatic; characterized by an equaldelight (sama ananda) in all experiences; having the nature of pureananda of saccidananda, or of the principle of ananda involvedin or subordinated to the principle of another plane, such as thephysical, mental, etc.; (the Anandamaya) the All-Blissful, shortfor anandamaya svara or anandamaya purus.a; the third degree of


the third intensity of Kr.s.n. adarsana, a kind of vision of the divinePersonality corresponding to anandam brahma in the impersonalbrahmadarsana...anandamaya asatanandamaya asat (anandamay asat) non-being (asat) conceived assome inexpressible Beatitude [ananda] . . . into which even the notionof self-existence seems to be swallowed up; a pure causeless eternalBliss so intense that we are that alone, experienced when the mind,in approaching saccidananda, dwells exclusively on the aspect ofdelight, Ananda, and existence [sat] and consciousness [cit] then seemto disappear into a bliss without basis of self-possessing awareness orconstituent being...anandamaya asuraanandamaya asura the sadhyadeva (mind raised to the plane ofananda) of the asura type, who evolves in the eleventh and twelfthmanvantaras of the sixth pratikalpa...anandamaya brahmamayaanandamaya brahmamaya consisting of anandam brahma...anandamaya isvaraanandamaya svara (anandamaya ishwara) the all-blissful Lord,the svara as the anandamaya purus.a, the Lord of existence andworks and Spirit of bliss...anandamaya Krsnaanandamaya Kr.s.n. a (anandamaya Krishna)Kr.s.n. a as the ananda-maya svara / purus.a, the deva of whom ananda is the subtle bodyand being; Kr.s.n. a seen in the highest form (third degree of the thirdintensity) of Kr.s.n. adarsana...anandamaya lilaanandamaya lla theworld as a rapturous game of the anandamayasvara / purus.a...anandamayaanandamaya llamaya(brahman or svara) full of ananda ex-pressed in the lla of the world; short for anandamaya llamayasagun.a or anandamaya llamaya Kr.s.n. a...anandamaya lilamaya Krsnaanandamaya llamaya Kr.s.n. a (anandamaya lilamaya Krishna)Kr.s.-n. a as the anandamaya and the llamaya, taking divine delight in thecosmic game...anandamaya lilamaya sagunaanandamaya llamaya sagun.a anandamaya sagun.a brahman in itsllamaya aspect, seen as the source of the cosmic play...anandamaya natianandamaya nati ecstatic submission; the highest form of nati,which comes when one learns to take delight in all things even asthe Lord takes delight in them, becoming capable of receiving allcontacts with a blissful equality, because we feel in them the touch ofthe imperishable Love and Delight, the happiness absolute that hides


ever in the heart of things...anandamaya purusaanandamaya purus.a (anandamaya purusha) the Bliss-Self of thespirit; the supreme and universal Soul, the one and yet innumerablePersonality, the innite Godhead, the self-aware and self-unfoldingPurusha, whose essential nature is ananda, a transcendent Bliss,unimaginable and inexpressible by the mind and speech; also calledananda purus.a...anandamaya sagunaanandamaya sagun.a same as anandamaya sagun.a brahman...anandamaya saguna brahmananandamaya sagun.a brahman sagun.a brahman perceived as full ofthe universal delight that is the nature of anandam brahma...anandamaya titiksa-udasinata-natianandamaya titiks.a-udasnata-nati (anandamaya titiksha-udasinata-nati) joyous endurance-indifference-submission; anandamaya natiunied with titiks.a and udasnata...anandamaya vanianandamaya van. beatic voice...anandam brahmaanandam brahma the realisation of Brahman as the self-existentbliss and its universal delight of being, the last member of the brahmacatus.t.aya; the divine Reality (brahman) realised as a supreme andall-pervading ananda, also called brahmananda...anandam brahmananandam brahman same as anandam brahma...anandamanandam brahman. o vidvan na bibheti kutascana (anandam brah-mano vidvan na bibheti kutaschana) he who possesses the delightof the brahman (see brahmananda) has no fear from anything in theworld. [Cf. Taittirya Upanis.ad 2.4]..Ananda MimamsaAnanda Mmamsa (Ananda Mimansa) inquiry into the nature ofbliss, a Sanskrit work...anandam jnanam anantam sarvam (brahma)anandam jnanam anantam sarvam (brahma) brahman as Bliss, asKnowledge, as the Innite, as the All; the formula of the brahmacatus.t.aya with its terms in reverse order...ananda purusaananda purus.a (ananda purusha; ananda-purusha) the supremebliss Soul, the aspect of the divine Personality (purus.a) correspondingto the impersonal anandam brahma; same as anandamaya purus.a...anandasiddhianandasiddhi (anandasiddhi; ananda siddhi) the perfection ofananda, especially in the sense of sama ananda or any form ofphysical ananda...anandatattvaanandatattva (anandatattwa; ananda tattwa) the principle of bliss,usually referring not to the supreme ananda of saccidananda, but toits diluted manifestation on a lower plane.


..anandavanianandavan. (anandavani; ananda vani) beatic voice: van. originat-ing on the ananda plane or expressing the delight of the anandamayasvara...ananda-vijnanaananda-vijnana (ananda-vijnana; ananda vijnana) the principle ofananda reected in the plane of vijnana...ananda-vijnanamayaananda-vijnanamaya(van. ) expressing the delight and wisdom ofthe vijnanamaya anandamaya svara...ananimaanan. ima (ananima; an-anima) defect or denial of an. ima...anantaananta innite; brahman as the Innite (short for ananta brahman)...ananta anandaananta ananda the innite delight (ananda) of saccidananda; (inbrahmadarsana) the sense of the innite Ananda in each thing...ananta brahma; ananta brahmanananta brahma; ananta brahman same as anantam brahma...ananta dasa disahananta dasa disah. (ananta dasha dishah) the ten directions of in-nite space...anantagunaanantagun.a (anantaguna; ananta guna; anantagunam)the innitequalities of the spirit of which Nature is only the power in beingand the development in action; brahman as an Innite teemingwith innumerable qualities, properties, features; capable of innitequalities; same as anantagun.amaya...anantagunamanantagun.amsee anantagun.a...anantagunamayaanantagun.amaya full of innite qualities (anantagun.a); the God-head, the spirit manifested in Nature who appears in a sea of innitequality expressing his absolute capacity of boundlessly varied self-revelation; Kr.s.n. a seen in the second degree of the third intensity ofKr.s.n. adarsana, a kind of vision of the divine Personality correspondingto anantam brahma in the impersonal brahmadarsana...ananta-jnanaananta-jnanasame as anantam jnanam brahma...anantamanantamsame as anantam brahma...anantam brahmaanantam brahma the realisation of the Brahman innite in beingand innite in quality, in which all quality (gun.a) and action is experi-enced as the play of a universal and innite energy, the second mem-ber of the brahma catus.t.aya; the divine Reality (brahman) realisedin its absolute innity, bringing the perception of Innite Force andQuality at play in all forms. This has two aspects, one in which theInnite Force acts as if it were a mechanical entity, knowledge standingback from it, the other in which Life Force & Knowledge act together& the Innite Force is an intelligent or at least a conscious force.


..anantam jnanam (brahma)anantam jnanam (brahma) the union of anantam (brahma) andjnanam (brahma)...ananta tapasananta tapas innite force...anantyamanantyam innity...anarambhaanarambha non-initiation of action...anarvaanarvasame as anarvan...anarvananarvanunopposed; free from struggle...anaryaanaryanot arya; ignoble, unaspiring; a human being or supraphys-ical power opposed to the spiritual effort...andha visvasaandha visvasablind faith...anekadarsi ekamanekadarsi ekam (anekadarshi ekam) the One (eka1) seeing theMany...AngirasasAngirasasan ancient clan of r.s.is in the Veda, the human fatherswho discovered the Light, also portrayed as heavenly seers or as powersof Agni2, forces of the symbolic Light and Flame; along with theBhr.gus, identied in the Record of Yoga with the Judeo-Christianseraphim, the highest order of angels...angshaangshasee amsa...angusthamatraangus.t.hamatra (angushthamatra) the size of a thumb...animaan. ima neness, subtlety; a physical siddhi that frees the body fromthe limitations ordinarily imposed by the gross materiality of its sub-stance, such as subjection to stiffness, strain and pain resulting fromexertion...anima agnian. ima agni the re of an. ima...anirdesyamanirdesyam (anirdeshyam) the indenable...AniruddhaAniruddha the aspect of the fourfold svara whose sakti is Maha-sarasvat, corresponding to the sudra who represents the cosmic prin-ciple of Work in the symbolism of the caturvarn. ya; his method is thatof the patient intellectual seeker & the patient & laborious contriverwho occupies knowledge & action inch by inch & step by step...Aniruddha-Balarama balakabhavaAniruddha-Balarama balakabhavaa combination of the Anirud-dha and Balarama aspects of the fourfold svara (see Balarama-Aniruddha) enjoying the world-game (lla) in a mood of divine child-likeness (balabhava)...Aniruddha bhavaAniruddha bhava the temperament of Aniruddha; manifestation ofthe Aniruddha personality of the fourfold svara...Aniruddha-saktiAniruddha-sakti (Aniruddha-shakti) Mahasarasvat as the sakti or


dev expressing the Aniruddha aspect of the fourfold svara...anisaansa (anisha) not lord; powerless...anisabhavaansabhava (anishabhava) the state or sense of not being the lord;powerlessness; subjection of the soul to the lower Nature; the oppositeof svarabhava...anisataansata (anishata) incapacity; same as ansabhava...anistaanis.t.a (anishta) not chosen, undesired...anisvaraansvara (anishwara) (T2) not fully expressing the omniscience andomnipotence of the svara...anna1anna1 (anna; annam) (literally) food; matter, the principle on whichthe physical world (bhu) is based, the lowest of the three principlesof the aparardha; in its fundamental nature, a form of the forceof conscious Being [sat], a form given by Mind and realised by Life;the divisible being which founds itself on the constant changeablenessof physical substance, the material body which, together with thephysical pran. a, composes the sthula deha...anna2anna2 a former coin of India with the value of one sixteenth of arupee...annakasaannakasa (annakasha) physical ether...annakosaannakosa (annakosha; anna-kosha) literally food-sheath; thebodily case, the gross physical sheath of this materially visible andsensible frame; the physical kosa, of which the body is only thecentralised part...annamannamsee anna1...annamayaannamaya physical; composed of or pertaining to anna1...annamaya atmanannamaya atmanphysical self...annamaya-cittaannamaya-citta (annamaya-chitta) the pervading and possessingaction of consciousness (citta) in the body...annamaya purusaannamaya purus.a (annamaya purusha) the physical conscious be-ing, the purus.a as a soul in body, which puts forth life as its activityand mind as the light of that activity; it uses life and mind char-acteristically for physical experience, all else being regarded as aconsequence of physical experience, does not look beyond the lifeof the body and, so far as it feels anything beyond its physical individ-uality, is aware only of the physical universe and at most its onenesswith the soul of physical Nature...anrtaanr.ta (anrita) false, wrong; falsehood, error (same as anr.tam).


..anrtamanr.tam (anritam) falsehood, error; the negation of r.tam.

..anrtanianr.tani (anritani) errors.

..anrta tejasanr.ta tejas (anrita tejas) false energy.

..anshaansha see amsa.

..antahantah. same as antar.

..antahkaranaantah.karan. a (antahkarana; antahkaran) the inner instrument,regarded as comprising the buddhi or intelligence, manas or sense-mind and citta or basic consciousness, ordinarily subject to theahankara or ego-sense and pervaded by the suks.ma pran. a or subtlelife-force...antahsukhaantah. sukha inner happiness...antahsukhontararamahantah. sukhontararamah. having the inner happiness and inner re-pose. [Gta 5.24]..antarantarwithin; short for antardars or antardr.s.t.a...antararamaantararama inner ease and repose...antard.antard.abbreviation of antardars or antardr.s.t.a...antardarsiantardars (antardarshi) inward-looking; samadhi in the wakingstate with internal vision and experience (same as antardars jagrat)...antardarsi jagratantardars jagrat (antardarshi jagrat) jagrat samadhi of the inward-looking (antardars) type, in which images or other objects of subtlesensory experience are perceived internally in a subtle ether such as thecittakasa or cidakasa, usually with the eyes closed...antardarsi rupaantardars rupa (antardarshi rupa) subtle images seen in antardarsjagrat or the faculty of seeing such images...antardrstaantardr.s.t.a (antardrishta) (images, etc.) seen or perceived within;samadhi in the waking state with such vision or perception (same asantardars jagrat); same as antardr.s.t.a lipi or antardr.s.t.a rupa...antardrsta jagratantardr.s.t.a jagrat (antardrishta jagrat) samadhi in the waking statein which images, etc., are perceived internally; same as antardarsjagrat...antardrsta jagrat samadhiantardr.s.t.a jagrat samadhi (antardrishta jagrat samadhi) same asantardr.s.t.a jagrat...antardrsta lipiantardr.s.t.a lipi (antardrishta lipi) writing seen in the state of antar-dars jagrat, the second type of lipi in the lipi catus.t.aya...antardrsta rupaantardr.s.t.a rupa (antardrishta rupa) images seen with an internalvision in the waking state of samadhi; same as antardars rupa...antardrsta samadhiantardr.s.t.a samadhi (antardrishta samadhi) same as antardr.s.t.a


jagrat...antardrstiantardr.s.t.i (antardrishti) internal vision (in the waking state ofsamadhi); same as antardars jagrat...antariksaantariks.a (antariksha) the mid-region between earth and heaven;the intermediate dynamic, vital or nervous consciousness connect-ing the physical and mental planes, the world of the life-force, same asbhuvar...antarjyotihantarjyotih. (antarjyotih; antarjyoti) inner light...antaryamiantaryam the inner Control, the inner Guide...antianti close, near...anucaraanucara (anuchara) follower, attendant, servant...anumantaanumanta giver of the sanction...anumatianumati consent, sanction...anupalabdhianupalabdhi absence of experience...anusmaranaanusmaran. aremembrance, attention...apahapah. same as apas2...apakarsanaapakars.an. a (apakarshana) tearing away; cutting off; one of the veforms of pain to be turned into raudrananda...apanaapana the vital current that moves in the lower part of the trunkfrom the muladhara to the navel; one of the pancapran. a, that whichgives away the vital force out of the body and so is called the breathof death...aparaapara lower...aparaapara lower (feminine of apara)...apara prakrtiapara prakr.ti (apara prakriti) the lower (mental-vital-physical)Nature which is derived from the higher Nature or para prakr.ti;prakr.ti in the lower hemisphere of existence (aparardha), also calledtraigun. yamay prakr.ti because its process is limited to the action ofthe three modes of the traigun. ya or trigun. a...aparardhaaparardhathe lower half of world-existence, the hemisphere ofthe triloka (three worlds) of manas, pran. a and anna1 or mind, life andmatter; these three principles are in themselves powers of the superiorprinciples (of the higher hemisphere, parardha), but wherever theymanifest in a separation from their spiritual sources, they undergo as aresult a phenomenal lapse into a divided in place of the true undividedexistence . . . oblivious of all that is behind it and of the underlyingunity, a state therefore of cosmic and individual Ignorance (avidya).


..apara trikaladrstiapara trikaladr.s.t.i (apara trikaldrishti) the lower form of trikala-dr.s.t.i, i.e., telepathic trikaladr.s.t.i...apara vidyaapara vidyathe lower knowledge; the knowledge of the world, thelower science which diffuses itself in an outward knowledge of phe-nomena, the disguises of the One and Innite as it appears to us in orthrough the more exterior forms of the world-manifestation aroundus...aparigrahahaparigrahah. freedom from the idea of possession...apas1apas1 work, action...apas2apas2 waters (accusative of apas)..apasapas waters; (in Vedic symbolism) the waters of being, represent-ing existence in its manifold movement on various planes...apasi svasrnamapasi svasr.n. am (apasi swasrinam) in the work of the sisters (thedivine Waters). [R. g Veda 3.1.3]..apikarsanaapikars.an. a (apikarshana) injuring; breaking; one of the ve formsof pain to be turned into raudrananda...apo matarisva dadhatiapo matarisva dadhati (apo Matariswa dadhati) Matarisvan gov-erns action (apas1). [Isa Upanis.ad 4]..aprakasaaprakasa (aprakasha) absence of light (prakasa); lack of clarity;nescience...apramattaapramatta free from negligence and distraction...apramattataapramattataattentiveness...aprasadaaprasadadiscontent; lack of (atma)prasada...apravrttiapravr.tti (apravritti) inactivity; inertia; the negation of pravr.tti...apriyaapriya (apriya; apriyam)unpleasant, disliked; that which is disliked;the sense of disliking...apriyamapriyam see apriya...apsarasapsaras (Apsara) nymph of heaven...apsuapsu in the waters (apas)...aptavya-anaptavyaaptavya-anaptavya (the sense of) what is to be obtained and whatis not to be obtained...Arabindo, mandir karo, mandir karoArabindo, mandir karo, mandir karo [Bengali] Aurobindo, makea temple, make a temple...arambhaarambha personal initiation of action...AranyaniAran. yan the Vedic goddess of the forest (aran.ya, wilderness, per-haps equivalent in the esoteric sense of the Veda to vana, forest,symbolising for Sri Aurobindo the growths of the earth, our material


existence)...arasaharasah. distaste; lack of appreciation...archevequearcheveque [French] archbishop...ardhajnanamardhajnanamhalf-knowledge...arogyaarogya (arogya; arogyam) health; freedom from disease (roga) in allits forms, part of physical perfection (sarrasiddhi); the rst memberof the sarra catus.t.aya, the state of being healthy, whose rst stageis when the system is normally healthy and only gets disturbed byexceptional causes, its second stage when even exceptional causesor great overstrain cannot disturb the system, while its culminationwould be immortality (amr.ta) in the body; same as arogyasakti...arogyamarogyamsee arogya...arogyamarogyam utthapana saundaryam vividhananda iti sarra catus.t.ayam(arogyam, utthapana, saundaryam, vividhananda iti sharirachatush-tayam) arogya, utthapana, saundarya and vividhananda: theseconstitute the sarra catus.t.aya...arogyaprakrtiarogyaprakr.ti (arogyaprakriti) healthy nature...arogya sadhanaarogya sadhanathe process leading to arogyasiddhi...arogyasaktiarogyasakti (arogyashakti; arogya-shakti; arogya shakti) the forceof health maintaining arogya and repelling tendencies or attacks ofroga...arogyasariraarogyasarra (arogyasharira) healthy body...arogyasiddhiarogyasiddhi (arogyasiddhi; arogya-siddhi; arogya siddhi) the per-fection of health (arogya); the movement towards this perfection orthe power working to bring it about...arogya tapasarogya tapas (arogya tapas; arogya-tapas)will-power (tapas) actingon the body to maintain or restore health...arthaartha meaning...arthabodhaarthabodha (arthabodha; artha-bodha) perception of the meaning...articulate thoughtarticulate thought same as vanmaya thought...aryaarya noble, aspiring; a follower of the ideals of the ancient Indianspiritual culture; a superhuman power helping men to realise theseideals...AryamanAryaman the Aspirer, a Vedic god, one of the Four who representthe working of the Truth in the human mind and temperament; he isthe deity of the human journey who sums up in himself the wholeaspiration and movement of man in a continual self-enlargement and


self-transcendence to his divine perfection, bringing to this movementa mighty strength and perfectly-guided happy inner upsurging...Aryaman-BhagaAryaman-Bhagathe combination of Aryaman and Bhaga, the As-pirer and the Enjoyer, in which the power of Aryaman is theeffective term of the self-discovering and self-seizing movement bywhich Being and Consciousness realise themselves as Bliss...asaasa (asha) hope, expectation...asad atmanasad atman the Self (atman) as Non-being (asat), the negation ofall this existence and yet something inconceivable to mind, speech ordening experience; this negation is the afrmation by the Unknow-able . . . of Its freedom from all cosmic existence, freedom, that isto say, from all positive terms of actual existence which consciousnessin the universe can formulate to itself, not denying these terms as areal expression of Itself, but denying Its limitation by all expressionor any expression whatsoever...asadgrahaasadgrahafalse conception...asaktiasakti attachment...asaktiasakti (ashakti) incapacity; lack of sakti...asamahita asanta-manusaasamahita asanta-manus.a (asamahita ashanta-manusha) uncon-centrated unquiet man, the ordinary human being who lacks thepower of spiritual concentration and quietude...asamarthyaasamarthya incapacity...asamataasamata inequality; lack of equanimity; defect or failing of samata;sometimes restricted to passive / negative asamata...asanaasana (asana; asan) sitting; any of various postures assumed inhat.hayoga with a view to the habituating of the body to certainattitudes of immobility in order to force it to hold the Pranic energyinstead of dissipating and squandering it; any position of the body,especially those that involve keeping different limbs raised in exercisesfor developing secondary utthapana...asantiasanti (ashanti; asanti) disquiet, disturbance, trouble; the negationof santi...asantosaasantos.a (asantosha) dissatisfaction...asastiasasti (ashasti) non-expression...asatasatnon-existent, unreal; non-being, nothingness; the Negation ofthings made possible by the Spirits potency of presenting to itselfthe opposites of its own truths of being an abyss of non-existence,


a profound Night of inconscience, a fathomless swoon of insensibilityfrom which yet all forms of being, consciousness and delight of exis-tence [saccidananda] canmanifest themselves; (same as asat brahma)something beyond the last term to which we can reduce our purestconception and our most abstract or subtle experience of actual beingas we know or conceive it while in this universe, not a mere negationbut a zero which is All or an indenable Innite which appears to themind a blank, because mind grasps only nite constructions...asat brahmaasat brahma brahman as Non-Being in the sense, not of an inex-istent Nihil but of an x which exceeds our idea or experience of exis-tence; it is that which is not manifested and beyond manifestationand is not contained in the basis of manifestation...asatruasatru (ashatru) free from (internal) enemies...asatyaasatyauntrue, false; falsehood (same as asatyam)...asatya dvesaasatya dves.a (asatya dwesha) aversion for falsehood...asatyamasatyamuntruth, falsehood; the negation of satyam...asatya tapasasatya tapas false power...asatya tejasasatya tejasfalse energy...asaundaryaasaundarya (asaundarya; asaundaryam) absence of beauty; ugli-ness; the negation of saundarya...asaundaryamasaundaryamsee asaundarya...a-sauryaa-saurya (a-shaurya) lack of heroism or courage (saurya), perhapsreferring to a deciency of abhaya and sahasa, two attributes of theks.atriya...ashaashasee asa...ashaktiashaktisee asakti...ashantiashantisee asanti...ashastiashastisee asasti...ashatruashatrusee asatru...a-shauryaa-shauryasee a-saurya...ashivaashivasee asiva...ashivamashivamsee asivam...ashtasiddhiashtasiddhi see as.t.asiddhi...ashuashusee asu...ashubhamashubhamsee asubham...ashuddhaashuddha see asuddha...ashuddhiashuddhi see asuddhi.


..asiddhaasiddha imperfect.

..asiddhiasiddhi failure; imperfection; negation of siddhi; denial of progressin yoga, relapse; the power that works against the achievement ofperfection in the yoga or in any part of the yoga...asivaasiva (ashiva) inauspicious, evil...asivamasivam (ashivam) inauspicious circumstances, misfortune, adver-sity...asmaranaasmaran. aforgetfulness, inattentiveness; without attention...asraddhaasraddha lack of faith; doubt, scepticism, distrust, unfaith; thenegation of sraddha...asramaasramaspiritual community...astaraastara invincible...astasiddhias.t.asiddhi (ashtasiddhi; ashta siddhi) the eight siddhis or super-normal powers (prakamya, vyapti, vasita, aisvarya, sita, mahima,laghima and an. ima), constituting the third member of the vijnanacatus.t.aya. When the members of the vijnana catus.t.aya are listed as verather than four, with rupadr.s.t.i as the third, as.t.asiddhi is omitted andis replaced by tapas, meaning the siddhis of power (vasita, aisvarya andsita), as the fourth member; the siddhis of knowledge (prakamya andvyapti) are then treated as belonging to trikaladr.s.t.i, and the siddhisof the body (mahima, laghima and an. ima) are regarded as part ofutthapana...astikyamastikyambelief in God...asuasu life-breath; energy, force...asuasu (ashu) swift...asubhamasubham (ashubham)bad...asuddhaasuddha (ashuddha; asuddha) impure...asuddha pravrttiasuddha pravr.tti (ashuddha pravritti) impure impulsion; the activ-ity of an impure nature, action impelled by desire and emotion...asuddhiasuddhi (ashuddhi; asuddhi) impurity, confusion and disorderamong the functions, the opposite of suddhi...asukhaasukha (asukha; asukham)unhappiness; grief; the negation ofsukha...asukhamasukhamsee asukha...asundaraasundara (asundara; asundaram) not beautiful; absence of beauty;the sense of ugliness...asundaramasundaramsee asundara.


..asunvanasunvanwho presses not out the nectar; void of active delight.

..asuraasura(in the Veda) the mighty Lord, an epithet of the supremedeva; a Titan (daitya); a kind of anti-divine being of the mentalisedvital plane; the sixth of the ten types of consciousness (dasa-gavas)in the evolutionary scale: mind concentrated on the buddhi; (on page1280) a being of a world of might & glory...asuradevaasuradevathe combination of asura and deva, making vijnanaserve the buddhi, which evolves in the general asura type in the ninthmanvantara of the sixth pratikalpa...asura-pasuasura-pasu (asura-pashu) the asura stage of the pasu, which evolvesin the general asura type early in the sixth pratikalpa...asuraasura raks.asa (asura rakshasa) the combination of asura andraks.asa, seeking from the buddhi the satisfaction of heart and senses,which evolves in the general asura type in the (current) seventhmanvantara of the sixth pratikalpa...asurimasurm raks.asncaiva prakr.tim apannah. (asurim rakshasincaivaprakritim apannah) possessed of the Asuric and Rakshasic nature.[Cf. Gta 9.12, 16.20]..Asuro-RakshasaAsuro-Rakshasa same as asura raks.asa...asurya janahasurya janah. sunless peoples...a su surmontera su surmonter toutes les difcultes et sassurer une vie durable [French]was able to overcome all difculties and secure a lasting life...asvaasva (aswa) the horse, Vedic symbol of vital energy...asvadaasvada (aswada) taste (in a literal or gurative sense); the subtlesense of taste (rasadr.s.t.i)...asvahasvah. horses; nervous energies...asva(h)asva(h. ) patvabhih. saphanam (aswa patwabhih saphanam) horses(symbolic of vital energies) with tramplings of their hooves. [Cf. R. gVeda 5.6.7]..asvapnaasvapna (a-swapna) absence of dream-vision...asvatthaasvattha (aswattha) g tree (Vedantic symbol of the cosmic mani-festation)...AsvinsAsvins (Aswins) the Riders on the Horse, the name of two Vedicgods; twin divine powers whose special function is to perfect thenervous or vital being in man in the sense of action and enjoyment...athanatogenathanatogen [coined from Greek] that which produces immortality...athumiaathumia [Greek] faintheartedness, despondency.


..atmaatma same as atman.

..atmaivabhud bhutaniatmaivabhud bhutani the Self (atman) has become all beings. [IsaUpanis.ad 7]..atmajnanaatmajnanaknowledge of the Self (atman)...atmanatman self; a Self that is neither our limited ego [ahankara] norour mind, life or body, world-wide but not outwardly phenomenal, yetto some spirit-sense . . . more concrete than any form or phenomenon,universal yet not dependent for its being on anything in the universe oron the whole totality of the universe; brahman known in its subjectiveaspect as the Self or immutable existence of all that is in the universe,as the cosmic Self, but also as the Supreme Self transcendent of its owncosmicity and at the same time individual-universal in each being...atmani atmanam atmanaatmani atmanam atmana the self in the self by the self. [Gta 13.25]..atmaprakasaatmaprakasa (atmaprakasha) self-luminous, self-revealing; self-luminosity...atmaprasadaatmaprasada (atmaprasada; atmaprasad) a state of clearness,purity and contentment in the whole self, the last member of thesamata / santi catus.t.aya, which in its most positive form is calledhasya; an element of Mahesvar bhava...atmaratiatmarati delight in the Self. [cf. Gta 3.17]..atma saktiatma sakti (atma shakti) a high idea of the power that is in onesself, an attribute of the ks.atriya, equivalent to atmaslagha...atmasamarpanaatmasamarpan. a self-surrender, the giving of ones self withoutdemanding a return, an attribute of the sudra...atmaslaghaatmaslagha (atmaslagha; atma slagha) self-afrmation, the highself-condence of power, capacity, character and courage indispensableto the man of action, an attribute of the ks.atriya...atmatrptaatmatr.pta (atmatripta) self-contented...atriatri literally devourer, a type of hostile being in the Veda...attahasyaat.t.ahasya (attahasya; attahasyam) loud laughter, the laughter thatmakes light of defeat and death and the powers of the ignorance, anelement of Mahakal bhava or Can.d. bhava, and the principal form ofdevhasya...attahasyamat.t.ahasyamsee at.t.ahasya...a uhatea uhate so that he bears up thy activities (Sri Aurobindos inter-pretation of ohate in R. g Veda 1.176.4)...AUMAUM another spelling of the mystic syllable OM; its three letters,


A, U and M, symbolise the states of brahman as, respectively, thespirit of the gross and external (virat.), the spirit of the subtle andinternal (hiran. yagarbha), and the spirit of the secret superconscientomnipotence (prajna), while the syllable as a whole represents the Ab-solute (turya), the supreme Intangible, the original Unity, the timelessMystery self-existent above all manifestation in supernal being...avahelaavahelacontempt...avaraka tamasavaraka tamas covering darkness...avaranamavaran. amcovering, obstruction...avasavas presence...avasthaavasthastate, condition...avataraavatara (avatar) divine incarnation; the descent into form of theGodhead (deva, svara, purus.ottama), when the divine Conscious-ness and Power, taking upon itself the human form and the humanmode of action, possesses it not only by powers and magnitudes, by de-grees and outward faces of itself but out of its eternal self-knowledgein order to exemplify the possibility of the Divine manifest in the hu-man being and to leave the inuence of that manifestation vibratingin the earth-nature and the soul of that manifestation presiding overits upward endeavour; any of the ten incarnations of Vis.n. u describedin the Hindu tradition, regarded by Sri Aurobindo as a parable ofevolution...avegaavegaenthusiasm...avegamayaavegamayaenthusiastic...avegamaya sraddhaavegamaya sraddha enthusiastic faith...avegamaya tejasavegamaya tejas enthusiastic energy...avesaavesa (avesh) inrush of inspiration or spiritual force...avesamayaavesamaya (aveshamaya) inspired; enthusiastic...avicara samadhiavicara samadhi (avichara samadhi) a type of samadhi in which themind ceases to judge and perceive...avidyaavidya ignorance; the power by which the Spirit dwells . . . in theconsciousness of multiplicity and relativity; the knowledge of theMany (bahu), which becomes no longer knowledge at all but igno-rance, Avidya because it takes the Many for the real fact of existenceand views the One [eka1] only as a cosmic sum of the Many...avikalpa samadhiavikalpa samadhi samadhi with cessation of variety of inner expe-rience.


..aviraavra lacking in strength.

..avisrstiavisr.s.t.i (avisrishti) absence of visr.s.t.i.

..avyaktaavyakta (avyakta; avyaktam) unmanifest; the Unmanifest.

..avyaktamavyaktamsee avyakta.

..avyakta paratparaavyakta paratparathe unmanifest Supreme.

..ayatharthabodhaayatharthabodha incorrect perception.

B

..bahirdarsabahirdarsa (bahirdarsha) same as bahirdars.

..bahirdarsibahirdars (bahirdarshi) outward-looking; samadhi in the wakingstate with externalised vision and experience (same as bahirdarsjagrat)...bahirdarsi akasabahirdars akasa (bahirdarshi akasha) the vision of akasarupa inbahirdars jagrat...bahirdarsi jagratbahirdars jagrat (bahirdarshi jagrat) jagrat samadhi of the out-ward-looking (bahirdars) type, in which images or other objects ofsubtle sensory experience are perceived as if outside oneself...bahirdarsi rupabahirdars rupa (bahirdarshi rupa) subtle images seen in bahirdarsjagrat or the faculty of seeing such images...bahirdrstabahirdr.s.t.a (bahirdrishta) (images, etc.) seen or perceived outsideoneself; samadhi in the waking state with such vision or perception(same as bahirdars jagrat)...bahubahu many; the multiplicity, the play or varied self-expansion ofthe One [eka1], shifting in its terms, divisible in its view of itself,by force of which the One occupies many centres of consciousness,inhabits many formations of energy in the universal Movement...bahyasparsabahyasparsa (bahyasparsha; bahyaspars) outward touch...bala1bala1 (bala; balam) strength; a term in the rst general formula ofthe sakti catus.t.aya; an abounding strength, energy and puissance ofoutgoing and managing force, an element of dehasakti...Bala2Bala2 the name of a daitya or Titan, regarded by Sri Aurobindo as aforce from the mahat, the plane of the vastness of vijnana, descendedinto the mental plane and there disturbing evolution by a prematureeffort towards perfection...balabala child, boy (see bala-Kr.s.n. a)...balabala girl (see bala-Kal).


..balabhavabalabhava the state of being (like) a child; childhood; childlikeness;the childlikeness of the free physical mind, a state of pure happy andfree irresponsibility of action; the royal and eternal childhood whosetoys are the worlds and all universal Nature is the miraculous gardenof the play that tires never...bala bhavabala bhava girlish aspect...balakabalakafemale crane...balakabalaka child, boy...balakabhavabalakabhavasame as balabhava...balaka Krsnabalaka Kr.s.n. a (balaka Krishna) same as bala-Kr.s.n. a...bala-Kalibala-Kal (bala-Kali; bala Kali) the girl Kal, the force of Naturethat whirls the stars in their orbits, lightly as a child might swing aball; the sakti as the playmate of bala-Kr.s.n. a...bala-kisora-bhavabala-kisora-bhava (bala-kishora-bhava; bala-kishore-bhava) theyoung boy aspect (of the llamaya Kr.s.n. a)...bala-Krsnabala-Kr.s.n. a (bala-Krishna; bala Krishna) the boy Kr.s.n. a, the divineChild at play in the worlds in the free innity of the self-delightof Sachchidananda; Kr.s.n. a as the llamaya purus.a in a condition ofbalabhava...balambalamsee bala1...BalaramaBalarama (Balarama; Balaram) the aspect of the fourfold svarawhose sakti is Mahakal, corresponding to the ks.atriya who representsthe cosmic principle of Power in the symbolism of the caturvarn. ya; hisqualities include strength, grandeur, rushing impetuosity, overbearingcourage and he is identied with Rudra2...Balarama-AniruddhaBalarama-Aniruddha (Balarama-Aniruddha; Balaram-Aniruddha)the combination of the Balarama and Aniruddha aspects of the four-fold svara, corresponding to the Mahakal-Mahasarasvat combi-nation of the aspects of the sakti; the temperament proper to thiscombination (short for Balarama-Aniruddha bhava)...Balarama-Aniruddha bhavaBalarama-Aniruddha bhava (Balarama-Aniruddha bhava; Balaram-) the Balarama-Aniruddha temperament; a combination of Bala-rama bhava and Aniruddha bhava...Balarama bhavaBalarama bhava the temperament of Balarama; manifestation ofthe Balarama personality of the fourfold svara...balaslaghabalaslaghaassertion of strength (bala1), an element of dehasakti...balavatbalavat like a child.


..bali1bali1 offering, oblation.

..Bali2Bali2 a daitya or Titan subdued by Vis.n. u in his fth avatara, at therst stage of fully human evolution, when he incarnated in man asdwarf, small and undeveloped and physical but containing in himselfthe godhead and taking possession of existence; Bali is associatedin the Record of Yoga with obstinacy of the will (hat.ha) as a qualityneeded in the complete psychological state...bandhubandhu kinsman; brother...bandini dasibandin das literally captive slave-girl, the das as the captive ofher divine Lover and Master, a symbol of the state of madhura dasya...barhihbarhih. in the Veda, the seat of sacred grass on which the gods areinvited to sit at the sacrice...barhisbarhis same as barhih. ...bauddhabauddha relating to the buddhi; intellectual...bauddha narahbauddha narah. literally intellectual men, powers of the buddhi...b. darshanab. darshanaabbreviation of brahma darshana (see brahmadarsa-na)...BhadrakaliBhadrakalname of a goddess, a form of Durga (see Durga-Kal)...bhadra pramatibhadra pramati happy state of mind. [R. g Veda 1.94.1]..BhagaBhaga the Enjoyer, a Vedic god, one of the Four who representthe working of the Truth in the human mind and temperament;he brings into the human consciousness the divine beatitude, theillimitable joy of the Truth, of the innity of our being...bhagavanbhagavan (bhagavan; bhagawan)God, the Divine, the Lord ofLove and Delight...bhagavatabhagavatarelating to bhagavan; divine; the name of the highestsvarga...bhagavati sraddhabhagavati sraddhafaith in the Divine; same as sraddha bhagavati...bhagavati svasaktyambhagavati svasaktyam (bhagavati swashaktyam) (faith) in God andin the power within oneself...bhagawanbhagawansee bhagavan...bhagyabhagya destiny...bhaktabhakta devotee, God-lover...bhaktibhakti devotion, love and adoration and the souls desire of theHighest...bhartabharta upholder...bhartrbhartr. (bhartri) (brahman as) the upholder.


..bhasabhas.a (bhasha; bhasa) language; the linguistic faculty (bhas.asakti),one of the special powers whose development is related to literarywork (sahitya); the study of languages and reading of texts for thesake of cultivating this faculty...bhasasaktibhas.asakti (bhashashakti) linguistic faculty; the power of under-standing languages, especially by intuition, inspiration and othermeans proper to vijnana...bhasasiddhibhas.asiddhi (bhashasiddhi) perfection of the linguistic faculty...bhasatattvabhas.atattva (bhashatattwa) the principles of language; the system-atic study of these principles, usually referred to as nirukta or philol-ogy...bhasyabhas.ya (bhashya) commentary; scriptural interpretation; the capac-ity of exegesis in faithful subordination to the strict purport &connotation of the text...bhautabhauta physical; relating to the ve bhutas and their balance in thebody...bhauta asiddhibhauta asiddhi the negation of bhautasiddhi...bhautasiddhibhautasiddhi (bhautasiddhi; bhauta-siddhi; bhauta siddhi) a termthat occurs in 1912-13 in connection with utthapana, also associatedwith the vijnana catus.t.aya; it is perhaps a collective term for thesiddhis of the body, which are the basis of utthapana and form partof as.t.asiddhi in the vijnana catus.t.aya...bhauta tejasbhauta tejas(excess of) the element tejas (re) in the body; bodyheat...bhavabhava becoming; state of being (sometimes added to an adjective toform an abstract noun and translatable by a sufx such as -ness, asin br.hadbhava, the state of being br.hat [wide], i.e., wideness); condi-tion of consciousness; subjectivity; state of mind and feeling; physicalindication of a psychological state; content, meaning (of rupa); spir-itual experience, realisation; emotion, moved spiritualised state ofthe affective nature; (madhura bhava, etc.) any of several types ofrelation between the jva and the svara, each being a way in whichthe transcendent and universal person of the Divine conforms it-self to our individualised personality and accepts a personal relationwith us, at once identied with us as our supreme Self and yet closeand different as our Master, Friend, Lover, Teacher; attitude; mood;temperament; aspect; internal manifestation of the Goddess (dev), in


her total divine Nature (daiv prakr.ti or devbhava) or in the moreseizable because more dened and limited temperament of any ofher aspects, as in Mahakal bhava; a similar manifestation of anypersonality or combination of personalities of the deva or fourfoldsvara, as in Indrabhava or Aniruddha bhava; in the vision of Reality(brahmadarsana), any of the many aspects of the Innite whichdisclose themselves, separate, combine, fuse, are unied togetheruntil there shines through it all the supreme integral Reality; espe-cially, the various states of perception inwhich the divine personality(purus.a) is seen in the impersonality of the brahman, ranging from thegeneral personality of sagun.a brahman to the vivid personalityof Kr.s.n. akal...bhavasamrddhibhavasamr.ddhi richness of feeling; an element of Mahalaks.mbhava...bhava-saundaryabhava-saundarya (bhava-saundarya; bhava saundarya) beauty inthe state of mind and feeling; inner beauty...bhavitavyambhavitavyamthat which is to be...bhaya anandamayabhaya anandamaya fear turned into delight...bhedabheda division...bhedabuddhibhedabuddhi dividing mind...bhogabhoga enjoyment; a response to experience which translates itselfinto joy and suffering in the lower being, where it is of a twofoldkind, positive and negative, but in the higher being it is an ac-tively equal enjoyment of the divine delight in self-manifestation;(also called sama bhoga) the second stage of active / positive samata,reached when the rasagrahan.a or mental seizing of the principle ofdelight in all things takes the form of a strong possessing enjoy-ment . . . which makes the whole life-being vibrate with it and acceptand rejoice in it; the second stage of bhukti, enjoyment without de-sire in the pran. a or vital being; (when prti is substituted for bhoga asthe second stage of positive samata or bhukti) same as (sama) ananda,the third stage of positive samata or bhukti, the perfect enjoyment ofexistence that comes when it is not things, but the Ananda of thespirit in things that forms the real, essential object of our enjoying andthings only as form and symbol of the spirit, waves of the ocean ofAnanda...bhoga hasyam karmalipsa samabhavabhoga hasyam karmalipsa samabhava enjoyment, cheerfulness, the


urge to work, equality...bhogalipsabhogalipsa the urge towards enjoyment, an attribute of the vaisya...bhogasamarthyabhogasamarthya (bhogasamarthya; bhogasamarthyam; bhoga samar-thyam) the capacity to take all enjoyment of the world with-out desire but also without exhaustion and satiety, an element ofpran. asakti...bhogasamarthyambhogasamarthyam see bhogasamarthya...bhojananandabhojanananda delight in eating...bhoktabhokta enjoyer...bhoktrbhoktr. (bhoktri) (brahman as) the enjoyer...bhrajantahbhrajantah. blazing; radiant...bhramsabhramsa a fall (from the path of yoga)...bhrastabhras.t.a (bhrashta) fallen (from the path of yoga)...bhratrabhratra brotherhood; the relation (bhava) with the svara in whichthe relation of friend (sakhya) is raised to brother...BhrguBhr.gu (Bhrigu) the name of a Vedic r.s.i, progenitor of an ancientclan of sages who went by his name, also described as heavenly seers orsymbolically as burning powers of the Sun, the Lord of Knowledge;along with the Angirasas, they are identied in the Record of Yogawith the Judeo-Christian seraphim, the highest order of angels...bhrsta tavisibhr.s.t.a tavis.i (bhrista tavishi) aficted force...bhubhu earth, the plane of terrestrial existence; the world of Matter(anna1), which is Sachchidananda represented to His own mentalexperience as a formal basis of objective knowledge, action and delightof existence, the lowest world of the triloka; it includes the physicalplane, along with its vital and mental envelopes (triloka in bhu), andthe subtle bhu...bhuhbhuh. same as bhu...bhuh-prakrtibhuh. -prakr.ti (bhuh-prakriti) physical nature...bhuktibhukti enjoyment; the enjoyment of our liberated being whichbrings us into unity or union with the Supreme; the third mem-ber of the siddhi catus.t.aya, resulting from suddhi and mukti andconsisting of the Delight of existence in itself, independent of everyexperience and extending itself to all experiences. It has three states(rasagrahan.a, bhoga and ananda), each with three intensities (rati,ratna and ratha), on each of seven levels corresponding to the sevenplanes of existence.


..bhumabhuma largeness.

..bhumaya akasabhumaya akasa (bhumaya akasha) the akasa of bhu; the physicalether...bhumayi prakrtibhumay prakr.ti (bhumayi prakriti) terrestrial nature...bhumibhumi earth; world; place of manifestation...bhurbhur same as bhu...bhurlokabhurloka the world (loka) of terrestrial existence; same as bhu...bhurmayabhurmaya physical...bhusvargabhusvarga (bhuswarga) a heavenly world (svarga) belonging to thehigher levels associated with the terrestrial plane (bhu) or to the subtlebhu...bhutabhuta creature; any of the pancabhuta, the ve subtle conditionsof material energy which are called by the names of the ve con-crete elements of ancient thought, ether, air, re, water and earth; allobjects are said to be created by the combination of these ve subtleconditions or elementswhich are nowhere to be found in their purityin the gross material world...bhutaprakrtibhutaprakr.ti (bhutaprakriti) material Nature...bhutasuddhibhutasuddhi purication of the combination of the bhutas in thebody...bhuvahbhuvah. same as bhuvar...bhuvarbhuvar the plane of the life-principle (pran. a), consisting of multi-ple dynamic worlds formative of the Earth, the second plane of thetriloka; the vital layer of the material world (see bhuvar of bhu)...bhuvarlokabhuvarlokathe world (loka) called bhuvar; the vital world...bhuvarmayabhuvarmaya consisting of the energy of bhuvar; vital...bhuvarmaya tapasbhuvarmaya tapas same as bhuvar tapas...bhuvarmayibhuvarmay vital (feminine of bhuvarmaya)...bhuvar of bhubhuvar of bhu the vital world within the physical; the vital layer ofthe earth-consciousness or plane of material existence, the second levelof the triloka in bhu...bhuvar tapasbhuvar tapas the power that belongs to the vital plane; manifestingthrough this medium, theWill tends to produce powerfully immediateresults & more intermittently, often by indirect means & after muchtergiversation, nal results...bibhatsabbhatsa disgusting...bibhatsa viratibbhatsa virati avoidance of what is repellent.


..bijabja seed; also spelled vja.

..blagueblague [French] humbug.

..bodhabodha awareness, consciousness, perception.

..bodhi-sattvabodhi-sattva (Bodhi-sattwa) in Mahayana Buddhism, a beingwho, though having the right to enter Nirvana, deliberately renouncesit, electing to work under the conditions and possibly renewed temp-tations of the world, for the love of ones fellow man or of the wholesentient world (The Theosophical Path, March 1915, p. 160)...brahmabrahma same as brahman...BrahmaBrahma the Creator, one of the three Powers and Personalities ofthe One Cosmic Godhead, of which the other two are Vis.n. u, thePreserver, and Siva or Rudra2, the Destroyer...brahmabhavabrahmabhava consciousness of the impersonal brahman in allthings; inner realisation of brahman...brahmabodhabrahmabodha (brahmabodha; brahma bodha) awareness of brah-man...brahmabuddhibrahmabuddhi awareness of brahman...brahmacaribrahmacar (brahmachari) unmarried religious student...brahma catustayabrahma catus.t.aya (brahma chatusthaya; brahmachatusthaya; brah-machatushtaya) the sixth catus.t.aya, the quaternary of the divineReality (brahman), consisting of sarvam brahma, anantam brahma,jnanam brahma and anandam brahma (combined in sarvam anantamjnanam anandam brahma, the formula of the fourfold brahman)...brahmadarsanabrahmadarsana (brahmadarshana; brahma-darshana; brahma dar-shana; brahmadarshan) the vision (darsana) of brahman in allthings and beings; the perception of the fourfold brahman as theimpersonal Sarvam Anantam Jnanam Anandam (also called sim-ple Brahmadarshana), sometimes extended to the perception ofthe Personal in & embracing the Impersonal, the latter percep-tion including svaradarsana and such specic forms of darsana asNarayan. adarsana, Kr.s.n. adarsana and Kr.s.n. akal darsana. The visionof the one and indivisible eternal transcendent and cosmic Brahmanthat is in its seeming divided in things and creatures is in its naturea spiritual seeing of God and world which is a direct experience[upalabdhi] and as real, vivid, near, constant, effective, intimate asto the mind its sensuous seeing and feeling of images, objects andpersons.


..brahmadrstibrahmadr.s.t.i (brahmadrishti) same as brahmadarsana.

..brahmajnanabrahmajnana knowledge of the brahman.

..brahmalokabrahmaloka the world of the brahman in which the soul is onewith the innite existence and yet able to enjoy differentiation in theoneness...brahmamayabrahmamaya consisting of brahman...brahmamaya isvarabrahmamaya svara (brahmamaya ishwara) the svara with brah-man as his impersonal aspect...brahmanbrahman (in the Veda) the soul or soul-consciousness emergingfrom the secret heart of things or the thought, inspired, creative, fullof the secret truth, which emerges from that consciousness and becomesthought of the mind; (in Vedanta) the divine Reality, the One [eka1]besides whom there is nothing else existent, the Absolute who is atthe same time the omnipresent Reality in which all that is relative existsas its forms or its movements. Its nature is saccidananda, inniteexistence (sat), consciousness (cit) and bliss (ananda), whose secondelement can also be described as consciousness-force (cit-tapas), mak-ing four fundamental principles of the integral Reality; brahman seenin all things in terms of these principles is called in the Record of Yogathe fourfold brahman, whose aspects form the brahma catus.t.aya. Thecomplete realisation of brahman included for Sri Aurobindo not onlythe unication of the experiences of the nirgun. a brahman (brahmanwithout qualities) and sagun.a brahman (brahman with qualities), butthe harmonisation of the impersonal brahman which is the spiri-tual material and conscious substance of all the ideas and forces andforms of the universe with the personal svara in the consciousness ofparabrahman, the brahman in its supreme status as a transcendentUnthinkable too great for any manifestation, which is at the sametime the living supreme Soul of all things (purus.ottama) and thesupreme Lord (paramesvara) and supreme Self (paramatman), and inall these equal aspects the same single and eternal Godhead. Brahmanis represented in sound by the mystic syllable OM...brahmanabrahman. a by the soul-thought (brahman in the Vedic sense). [Cf.R. g Veda 2.2.10]..brahmanabrahman. a the soul-type representing the Divine as knowledge inman, the rst element in the fourfold personality symbolised by thecaturvarn. ya.


..brahmanandabrahmananda the bliss of brahman, the self-existent bliss of thespirit which depends on no object or circumstance; it can be de-scribed as the eternity of an uninterrupted supreme ecstasy, a bliss ofwhich peace . . . is the intimate core and essence...brahmanyambrahman. yamBrahminhood; the inner nature of the brahman. a...brahmapremabrahmaprema love of the brahman in all...brahmasaktibrahmasakti (brahmashakti) the soul-power of knowledge whichreveals itself in the brahman. a...brahmasiddhibrahmasiddhi the siddhi of the brahma catus.t.aya...brahmatejasbrahmatejas the energy that manifests itself in the brahman. a tem-perament...brahmatmabhavabrahmatmabhava realisation of the Self as one with brahman...brahmavarcasyabrahmavarcasya (brahmavarchasya; brahmavarchasyam) spiri-tual force which comes from knowledge and purity, an attribute ofthe brahman. a...brahmavarcasyambrahmavarcasyam (brahmavarchasyam) see brahmavarcasya...brahminbrahmin same as brahman. a...brahmi sthitibrahm sthiti abiding in the consciousness of the brahman...brhadbr.had (brihad) same as br.hat...brhad arcisbr.had arcis (brihad archis) vast ray...brhadbhavabr.hadbhava (brihadbhava)wideness...brhad rtambr.had r.tam (brihad ritam) same as br.hat r.tam...brhallipsabr.hallipsa the urge towards vastness; an element of Mahesvarbhava...BrhaspatiBr.haspati (Brihaspati) a Vedic god, the Master of the creativeWord; the universal deva as the self-expressive Soul, giver of thesupreme word by which is effected the manifestation of the differ-ent world-planes in the conscient human being culminating in themanifestation of the superconscient, the Truth and the Bliss...brhatbr.hat (brihat)wide, large, vast; wideness, largeness; vast abundance;vast self-awareness, one of the three terms expressing the nature ofvijnana (see satyam r.tam br.hat)...brhat rtambr.hat r.tam (brihat ritam; brihad ritam) large ordered truth...brhat satyabr.hat satya (brihat satya; brihat satyam) large essential truth...brhat satyam rtambr.hat satyam r.tam (brihat satyam ritam) vastness, essential truthand ordered truth; see satyam r.tam br.hat...brhat siddhibr.hat siddhi (brihat siddhi) large perfection.


..brhattarabr.hattara (brihattara)wider; very wide.

..brhattvabr.hattva (brihattwa)wideness.

..brihadbrihad, etc. see br.had, etc.

..BrihaspatiBrihaspatisee Br.haspati.

..brihatbrihat, etc. see br.hat, etc.

..brumebrume [French] fog.

..bubhuksabubhuks.a (bubhuksha) appetite.

..buddhabuddha mental; the mental plane, the plane of buddhi.

..buddha bhavabuddha bhavamental condition; intellectual state of consciousness.

..buddhabuddha tapas mental will-power; same as intellectual / mentaltapas...buddha vanibuddha van. mental voice; a communication from a spirit belongingto the mental plane...buddherbuddher of the intelligence...buddhibuddhi intelligence; the thinking mind, the highest normal facultyof the antah.karan. a, also called the manasa buddhi or mental rea-son, whose three forms are the habitual mind, pragmatic reason andtruth-seeking reason. The buddhi as the discerning intelligence andthe enlightened will is in its nature thought-power and will-powerof the Spirit turned into the lower form of a mental activity andthus an intermediary between a much higher Truth-mind not nowin our active possession, which is the direct instrument of Spirit, andthe physical life of the human mind evolved in body; its powers ofperception, imagination, reasoning and judgment correspond respec-tively to the higher faculties of revelation, inspiration, intuition anddiscrimination belonging to vijnana, which may act in the mind tocreate a higher form of the buddhi that can be called the intuitivemind or vijnanabuddhi. In compound expressions, the word buddhisometimes refers to a particular mentality or state of consciousness andmay be translated sense of, as in dasyabuddhi, sense of surrender...buddhicaturyabuddhicaturya acuteness of intelligence, an element of Maha-sarasvat bhava...buddhigrahyam atindriyambuddhigrahyam atndriyam seizable by the reason but beyond thesenses. [Gta 6.21]..buddhisaktibuddhisakti (buddhishakti) the power, capacity and right state ofactivity of the thinking mind, one of the four kinds of sakti formingthe second member of the sakti catus.t.aya.


..buddhi-yogabuddhi-yoga a method of yoga, the Yoga of the self-liberatingintelligent will...bujrukibujruki [Bengali] hocus-pocus; imposture.

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..caitanyacaitanya (chaitanya; chaitanyam) consciousness; same as cit.

..caitanyakendracaitanyakendra (chaitanyakendra) centre of consciousness; thetrue centre which is a luminous formulation of the one Con-sciousness and a pure channel and instrument of the one Existence,supporting the individual manifestation and action of the universalForce and revealing the true Person in us, the central eternal being,an everlasting being of the Supreme, a power and portion of thetranscendent Shakti...caitanyalokacaitanyaloka (chaitanyaloka) the world of pure and innite con-sciousness (usually not distinguished from tapoloka)...caitanyamcaitanyam (chaitanyam) see caitanya...caitanyamayacaitanyamaya (chaitanyamaya) having the nature of caitanya, theprinciple of pure consciousness (cit) that is the second aspect of sac-cidananda; expressing the principle of caitanya or cit contained in theprinciple of any other plane, such as the physical...cakracakra (chakra) any of the seven centres of consciousness in the subtlebody (suks.ma deha), each of which is the centre and the storing-houseof its own particular system of psychological powers, energies and op-erations, each system corresponding to a plane of our psychologicalexistence; these centres or lotuses, connected with certain centresin the physical nervous system and arranged in a line correspondingto the spinal cord, are called (from the highest to the lowest) sahas-radala, ajnacakra, visuddha, anahata, man. ipura, svadhis.t.hana andmuladhara, of which man. ipura (the nabhicakra or navel centre)and especially svadhis.t.hana (the penultimate chakra or, countingfrom the bottom, the second chakra, also called the kamacakra orsimply the chakra) are often mentioned in the Record of Yoga inconnection with arogya and kamananda...cakra-sakticakra-sakti (chakra-shakti) strength of the cakra or cakras, re-ferring especially to the kamacakra, but possibly including thenabhicakra.


..caksuhcaks.uh. (chakshu) the eye; the sense-organ or indriya (especially thesubtle sense-organ or suks.ma indriya) of sight (darsana)...caksuscaks.us (chakshush) same as caks.uh. ...caksusacaks.us.a (chakshusha; chakshush) ocular, visual; pertaining to theeye or to the physical or subtle sense of vision (caks.us); the visual formof subtle sense-perception (vis.ayadr.s.t.i), also called darsana...caksusa anandacaks.us.a ananda (chakshush ananda) visual ananda, delight in allthat is seen with the eyes, a kind of indriya-ananda...camacamasee sama...camamayacamamayasee samamaya...camascamassee samas...cancalyacancalya (chanchalya) restlessness...candacan.d. a (chanda) erce, ardent, intense...canda anandacan.d. a ananda (chanda ananda) same as can.d. ananda...candanandacan.d. ananda (chandananda) intense delight...canda samanandacan.d. a samananda (chanda samananda) intense equal delight...canda sukhamcan.d. a sukham (chanda sukham) ardent happiness...candatacan.d. ata (chandata) erceness, ardour, intensity...canda tejascan.d. a tejas (chanda tejas) ardent energy (tejas)...CandiCan.d. (Chandi) erce (feminine of can.d. a); the erce one, anepithet of Kal...CandibhavaCan.d. bhava (Chandibhava; Chandi bhava; Chandibhavah) theforce of Kali manifest in the temperament (see Kal), a term usedearly in the Record of Yoga for devbhava or daiv prakr.ti, sometimesreferring to a combination of the four personalities of the divine saktiwith Mahakal as the dominant aspect, sometimes referring specicallyto the force of Mahakal and almost equivalent to Mahakal bhava...candra1candra1 (chandra)moon; the lunar orb as a symbol of the mind,especially the intuitive mind, which reects the light of vijnana symbol-ised by surya1, the sun; also a symbol of ananda, sometimes identiedwith soma1...Candra2Candra2 (Chandra) the god of the moon (candra1); the deity ofmind...candracandra (chandra; chandra) lunar, relating to the moon; mild, cold;belonging to the intuitive mind...candralokacandraloka (chandraloka) the world of the moon (candra1, symbolof the mind reecting

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