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Sanskrit and Vraj philosophical terms used across the Vachanamrut, Shikshapatri, and Bhaktachintamani, sourced verbatim from Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Bhuj-Kutch's own published Vachanamrut glossary appendix — not written by us.
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- ahankãr
- 1) Ego. The sense of ‘I-ness’. 2) One of the four antah-karans, with the functions of giving rise to the sense of self and individual existence. It is a product of maha-tattva from which the remaining tattvas are produced. By nature, it is passive, dense, and totally ignorant.
- antah-karan
- Inner ability. The complete mind which is made up of four parts: man (generating thoughts and desires); buddhi (consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming convictions, or discriminating); chitt (repeatedly contemplating or focusing); and the ahankãr (forming a sense of being). It is also referred to as a singular as all four are parts make up one antah-karan, but usually referred to as being four different antah- karans.
- jad prakruti
- 1) Eight non-chaitanya (lifeless) components of the world: pruthvi, jal, tej, vãyu, ãkãsh, maha-tattva, Pradhãn-Prakruti and Mul-Prakruti. 2) The Bhagvad Geetã mentions these to be pruthvi, jal, tej, vãyu, ãkãsh, man, buddhi and ahankãr. [Loyã – 7].
- mahã-bhuts
- Major elements. Collective term for the five physical elements that evolve from tãmas-ahankãr and from which the physical world is formed. They are: pruthvi (earth or solid matter), jal (water or liquid matter), tej (light or energy), vãyu (air or gaseous matter), and ãkãsh (space or vacuum). Each one has a root cause, called its tanmãtrãs or vishay: smells, tastes, sights, touch, and sounds.
- rãjas-ahankãr
- One of the three types of ahankãr that evolve from maha- tattva and from which, the ten indriyas, the buddhi, and the prãns evolve.
- Rudra
- A svarup of Shiv. The dev of the ahankãr.
- sãttvik-ahankãr
- One of the three types of ahankãr that evolve from maha- tattva, and from which the man, and the presiding devs of the indriyas evolve.
- tãmas-ahankãr
- One of the three types of ahankãr that evolve from maha- tattva, and from which the five bhuts and the five tanmãtrãs.