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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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- ãchãrya
- 1) A person who establishes a religious philosophy. 2) Head of a sampradãy, who protects dharma. A spiritual leader and guru, who initiates a satsangi into the sampradãy. There are two ãchãryas in the Swãminãrãyan Sampradãy; one for northern India (Amdãvãd Gãdi), and one for southern India (Vadtãl Gãdi). They are decedents of Dharma-Dev (the father of Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn). Sahajãnand Swami adopted Ayodhyãprasãdji from His elder brother Rãmpratãpji, and adopted Raghuvirji from His younger brother Ichhãrãmji. Both sons then became the first two ãchãryas of the Swãminãrãyan Sampradãy. The ãchãrya a satsangi follows depends on where they live: satsangis living in northern India fall under the Amdãvãd region, and satsangis living in southern India fall under the Vadtãl region.
- Ayodhyãprasãdji
- Adopted by Swaminarayan Bhagwan from His elder brother Rampratapji; became the first Acharya of the Nar-Narayan Dev Gadi at Amdavad (Ahmedabad), one of the Sampraday's two hereditary acharya lineages.
- prasãd
- Food that has been blessed and sanctified after offering it to Bhagvãn.
- shakti-panthi
- Follower of a Shakti cult. They worship Shakti, as the governing power of the world, and they believe the consumption of meat and alcohol to be holy. Animals are sacrificed in front of a murti Shakti, and offered as prasãd. One of the four types of kusangis.
- thãl
- Food devotionally offered to Bhagvãn as a form of bhakti, which in turn blesses the food – turning it into prasãd.