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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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- anãdi
- Beginningless. Without origin or starting point; self-existent (BGM's own entry notes some consider Ishvar, jeev, and Prakruti to be anãdi -- directly relevant to the Vachanamrut's five eternal entities).
- brahm-randhra
- Spiritual opening in the crown of the head (at the end of the sushumnã nãdi) through which the jeev leaves the body upon death or during samãdhi, and reaches higher loks. A shikhã is kept at the brahm-randhra.
- idã nãdi
- Nerve or channel of a feminine nature transmitting physical and emotional energy within the inner body of a person, where the current of energy flows downward and ends on the left side of the body. One of the three major nãdis: the idã nãdi, the pingalã nãdi, and the sushumnã nãdi.
- manovahã nãdi
- Nerve or channel in which the mind resides, transmitting energy within the inner body of a person and allowing the flow of desires and thoughts.
- nãdi
- Nerve or channel transmitting energy within the inner bodies of a person and interconnecting the chakras. There are said to be 72,000 nãdis in all, of which three are major: the idã nãdi, the pingalã nãdi, and the sushumnã nãdi.
- pingalã nãdi
- Nerve or channel of a masculine nature transmitting intellectual and mental energy within the inner body of a person, where the current of energy flows upward and ends on the right side of the body. One of the three major nãdis.
- sushumnã nãdi
- Nerve or channel transmitting cosmic energy within the inner body of a person, where the current passes through the spinal column from the base of the spine and ends in the brahm-randhra located in the crown of the head. One of the three major nãdis.