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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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- anu
- An essential, universal, and atom-like unit of matter. Smallest building block of creation.
- dhanush
- A bow; symbolises humility and strength. A chihn on Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn’s left foot. Performing dhyãn on this chihn makes a bhakta humble, wise, polite, and fearless. It also enables him to overcome inner enemies.
- Hanumãnji
- A dev with the svarup of a monkey. He is courageous, brave, and a loyal bhakta of Shree Rãm.
- indriyas
- A sense, through which a person can ‘know’ and ‘perform actions’. There are ten indriyas in total - the five gnãn- indriyas (cognitive senses) and the five karma-indriyas (conative senses), with the mind often taken to be the eleventh indriya. They engage themselves in their respective vishays and have the complete knowledge of that vishay. The sense organs are not to be confused with the indriyas (the senses). The sense organs are part of the physical body, whereas the indriyas (senses) are distinct from the physical body. five gnãn-indriyas: hearing (ears/shrotra), touch (skin/tvak), sight (eyes/chakshu), taste (tongue/rasnã) and smell (grahn) five karma-indriyas: speech (voice/vãk), handling (hands/pãni), walking (feet/pãd), excretion (anus/pãyu) and procreation (genitals/upastha)
- jal-basti
- Flushing with water. A strict yogic practice to help cleanse the inner parts of the body, which in turn helps in the observance of brahm-chãrya. The practice involves standing in waist-high water and drawing in water through the anus, swirling the water around the stomach, and then discharging it again through the anus. Another version of the practice involves drawing in water through
- karma-indriya
- Conative sense, through which a person can perform actions. The organ that is the physical aspect of a sense. There are five karma-indriyas: speech (voice), handling (hands), walking (feet), excretion (anus) and procreation (genitals). They engage themselves in their respective vishays and have the complete knowledge of that vishay. The sense organs are not to be confused with the indriyas (the senses). The sense organs are part of the physical
- Mahã
- Eighth month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between January and February.
- Manu
- Manu is responsible for overseeing the first stages of all life forms in the new cycle of creation and he lives for the entire cycle. Manu and his wife become the first parents for each cycle (Adam and Eve). In one day of Brahmã, fourteen Manus reign and die. The duration of the reign of one Manu is 306,720,000 human years, and is called a manvantar. Fourteen Manus are created and destroyed during one day of Brahmã.
- manvantar
- The duration of the reign of one of the fourteen Manus that reign sequentially during one day of Brahmã. Duration of time equalling 306,720,000 human years.
- pãyu
- Anus. Physical organ of excretion (one of the indriyas).
- Posh
- Seventh month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between December and January.
- Rãm/Rãmchandra
- An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a king. Shree Rãm was the perfect human, the perfect son, the perfect husband, and the perfect king. He was exiled to the forest for fourteen years, with His wife Sitãji and His brother Lakshmanji. When Sitãji was kidnapped by the demon Rãvan, Rãm saved her with the help of Hanumãnji and Lakshmanji, and killed Rãvan.