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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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moh
Infatuation. Attraction.
Mohini
An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a beautiful lady. After the devs and demons had churned the oceans to extract the nectar that would give them immortality, there was a fight over the possession of the urn. Bhagvãn realised that if the argument continued for long then the nectar would spill out and be lost forever. He also did not want the demons to drink any of the nectar. So, He appeared as Mohini, a lady of great beauty. Both the devs and the demons stopped fighting and were attracted to Her beauty. Flaunting Her charms, Mohini convinced both the devs and the demons that she would distribute the nectar.
svabhãv
1) Nature. 2) Flaw. Negative characteristic. A person’s vicious natures, such as kãm, krodh, lobh, and moh. Also used to refer to a person’s natures in the form of habits formed after repeated actions, in this birth or in the past lives. A svabhãv must be eradicated in order to attain kalyãn, which is achieved by listening to the advice of Bhagvãn and His sant.