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1. atman, n. View full entry 1785
...The self or soul; the supreme principle of life in the universe....
2. bhut, n. View full entry 1785
...In India, a spirit; a demon or goblin....
3. Brahm | Brahma, n. View full entry 1785
...The supreme God of post-Vedic Hindu mythology....
4. Devanagari, n. and adj. View full entry 1781
...The distinctive name of the formal alphabet in which, throughout northern, western and central India, Kashmir, and Nepal, the Sanskrit has, for some centuries, been written, as are also the vernacular languages...
5. gayatri, n. View full entry 1785
...A Vedic metre comprising three octosyllabic lines; a hymn, verse, etc., composed in this metre; esp. the verse of the Rig Veda repeated daily as a prayer by Brahmins....
6. Maharishi, n. View full entry 1785
...(The title of) a Hindu sage or holy man. Also in more general use: (the title of) a popular leader of spiritual thought or opinion. Cf. guru...
7. Manu, n. View full entry 1785
...The archetypal first man, father of the human race and legendary author of the Laws of Manu (Manu-smṛti), an important Sanskrit legal code. Also: any of a series of fourteen...
8. moksha, n. View full entry 1785
...The final release of the soul from a cycle of incarnation; the bliss attained by this liberation; = mukti...
9. mukti, n. View full entry 1785
...The final liberation of the soul from a cycle of incarnation; the bliss attained by this liberation; = moksha...
10. muni, n.1 View full entry 1785
...An inspired or holy man; a sage; an ascetic, a hermit. Also used as an honorific title....
11. Naga, n.1 View full entry 1785
...A member of a race of semi-divine creatures, often part-snake, associated with rivers, rain, etc....
12. om, n. (and int.) View full entry 1785
...A sacred syllable or invocation traditionally uttered at the beginning and end of prayer and meditation; also as Also (rare): perfection, a higher plane or state of existence....
13. pinda, n. View full entry 1785
...A cake or ball of rice offered to the memory of one's ancestors, esp. as part of funerary rites. Also: the rite in which these rice balls are offered up....
14. prakriti, n. View full entry 1785
...Matter, nature; (esp. in Sankhya philosophy) one of two principles which, when united with the other (soul or purusha) in three different qualities (gunas), gives rise to the world. Cf. Purusha...
15. prana, n. View full entry 1785
...Breathing, respiration; the breath as the sign of life; the life principle inhabiting all animate things. In meditation: a breath, a single inhalation or (more rarely) exhalation....
16. Purusha, n. View full entry 1785
...Universal spirit, soul; spec. (in Sankhya philosophy) the animating principle which, with prakriti and guna, gives rise to the material, sentient universe. Cf. guna, prakriti...
17. rakshasa, n. View full entry 1785
...A malignant demon; esp. any of a band of demons at war with Rama and Hanuman; an artistic representation of such a demon. Also in extended use....
18. soma, n.1 View full entry 1785
...An intoxicating drink holding a prominent place in Vedic ritual and religion....
19. yaksha, n. View full entry 1785
...Any of a class of demi-gods or nature spirits, often inoffensive tutelary guardians of a place; esp. one attendant upon Kubera, the god of wealth....
