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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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- ãrta
- A person who is distressed from having fallen from the path of attaining siddh-dashã, but still wishes to attain it. One of the four types of bhaktas.
- Buddh
- An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of an enlightened sãdhu. He was born a prince named Siddhãrth. A brãhman had predicted that Siddhãrth would either become a great king or a great tyãgi as a result of seeing suffering and death. Siddhãrth eventually left home and became a sãdhu. He attained great peace and knowledge, and became enlightened. He then became known as Buddh. He preached the philosophy of ahinsã to all who could hear Him. He taught that all sorrow comes from attachments and desires, so it's better to abandon all attachments in order to remain happy.
- nirãvaran drashti
- The ability to see everywhere, like a siddh or yogi.
- sãdhan-dashã
- A person in the process of attaining siddh-dashã. Has attained the state of brahm. He identifies things separately; pleasant and unpleasant vishays do not appear to be equal.
- Siddh
- A yogi.
- siddh-dashã
- Elevated state. No differentiation is made between objects and pleasant and unpleasant vishays. Attained by those who have become yogis. A person with siddh-dashã has the ability to see for thousands of miles while remaining in one place, and hear talks from thousands of miles away, and he has the ability to obtain any object with his own hands, even from other loks.
- siddhi
- Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn.
- yogi
- 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers.