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Dear Bhagavatas:
In deference to the overwhelming requests for the release of the
"GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS" and the "TIME-LINE"
included as Annexures to my book ?HINDUISM REDISCOVERED?,we begin with the
"Glossary".

As the Glossary is rather too lengthy, it is proposed to feature it in a series of postings in the alphabetical order, with one or two letters at a time.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
We hasten to assure you that the Glossary is neither exhaustive nor the meanings error-free.

We implore your patience in going through the same and please feel free to
suggest any corrections / improvements through personal mail addressed to
"Ramanbil@xxxx"
Thanks for your patience and understanding.

The "TIMELINE" needs a litttle reformatting. It will be releaed later, when
the reformatting is complete.

Neither of them was released to any lists so far.

Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
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S
Saadaarana dharma: Common law
Saadhaka: Practitioner
Saadhana: Practice, Accomplishment
Saadhu: Saint, Holy person
SaaLigraama: Aniconic ammonite Sal tree fossils in Kantaki river
SaalOkya or SamaanalOka: Same world as of Paramaatma
Saamaanya dharma: Ordinary duties in general
Saamans: Chants set to music
Saam drishtika: Honoring by 'sight' (seeing)
Saameepya: Living in the proximity of Paramatma
Saamkhya: School of Enumeration, Evolutionary dualism
Saam sparsika: Honoring by 'touch'
Saam sravaNika: Honoring by 'hearing'
Saamyam: Equality
Saantham: Peaceful, Pacific
Saaram: Somewhat valuable
Saara tama: Most valuable
Saara tara: More Valuable
Saarnga: Divine bow of Lord Vishnu
Saa roopya: Assuming the same form as that of Paramatma
Saarshtita: Same intensity of pleasure
Saatrumurai (Tamil): Ceremonial honoring in Vaishnavite shrines
Saatvik: Pious person
Saa yujya: Being united with God in equal enjoyment of bliss
Sabda: Sound
Sabda pramaaNa: Authority of Sound, Credible testimony
SadhyOpaaya: Means that has to be sought for
Saguna Brahmam:Brahmam with attributes and qualities
Saha DharmiNi: Wife accompanying her husband in his religious duties
Sahakaari kaarana: Supportive Cause
Sahasraara: Topmost nerve center at the cranium
Sahita: Bottling 'with' air in Kumbaka
Sahyam: Tolerance
Saitdha: Installed by Siddhas
Sakhyam: Friendship
Sakinis: Spirits that lurk in vegetation
Sakti: Power, Energy, potency
Salya: Surgery
Samaadhi: Maintaining calmness in Integrative union with God
Samaana (in PraaNaaYaama): Digestive air
Sam aasrayaNa: 5 fold ceremony in which one is installed as a VaishNava
Samashti: Undifferentiated state of beings before being born
Sambhaavanai: Honoring in cash or kind
Samhita: Collection of verses containing holy dictates
Sam karshaNa: Resorber, Form of Lord in Vyuha state
Sam keerthanam: Praising the Lord through songs
Sampradaayam: Tradition, Convention, heritage
Samsaara: Perpetual bondage to the cycle of births and deaths
Samskaara: Sacraments
Samvatsara: Year
Samvritti Satya: Buddhist term for 'Relative reality' of Advaitins
Sanaatana Dharma: Ancient, Eternal correct way of life
Sanchita Karma: Accumulated Karma
Sandhyaa Baasha: Words with double meaning
Sandhyaa Vandana: (lit) Prayers at twilight, Meeting of Man and God
Sangita: Music
Sankalpa: Free will, Discretion, also Invocation
Sankha: Divine conch of Lord Vishnu a.k.a. Paanchajanya
SankOcha: Contraction, Blurred
Sannyaasa/Sannyaasi: Renunciation, Asceticism / Ascetic, Solitaire
Santati: Same as 'Gotra'
SapiNDa: Co - parcenary
Saptaaha: (lit) 7 days, Week
Sapta pathi: The 7 steps taken in marriage by bride and groom
Sapta Rishi maNDala: Realm of the 7 sages
Sapta sindhu: The 7 rivers, an obvious reference to Indus river
SaraNaa gati: Same as Prapatti, seeking refuge, Absolute surrender
Sareeraka sutra: Philosophy that holds that everything is Lord's body
Sarira: Physical body
Sarira-sSariri bhaava: Body - Soul relationship
Saarru amudu: Rasam -Juicy diluted variety like Sambhar
Sarva gjna-tvam: Omniscience, All pervading Knowledge
Sarva sakiti-tvam: Omnipotence
Sarva sunyam: Buddhist term for 'Maaya' of Advaitins
Sarvasvataara: A rite in which one sacrifices one's self
Sarva tantra swatantra: Master of all arts, crafts and artefacts
Saastra: Rule or Law book, Doctrine, Treatise
Sat or Sath: Being
Satva/Satvam: Serenity, Lucidity, Order, Pleasure, goodness
Satyam: Truth, Reality
Satya kaamam: Benevolence, Desiring only good of others
Satya lOka: (lit) World of truth; Celestial world of Brahma
Satya sankalpa: Benevolent will, Determination in doing good
Satya-tvam: Firmness, Truthfulness
Sauraseni: A form of Sanskrit prevalent in Uttar Pradesh
Savitru: Stimulator
Sesha/Seshatva: Servant / Servitude, Existing for the purpose of
Seshi/Seshitva: Master / Mastery
ShODasavarNaSwarNa: One who does not seek even MOksha
ShODasa Upachaara: 16 types of honor offered to the Lord
Shraddha (also Sraddha): (lit) dedication, Ceremonial offer to the manes
Shrama: Exertion: To exert energy
Siddhaanta: Philosophy, Treatises of well settled conclusions
Siddhi: Attainment of certain powers
SiddhOpaaya: One that already exists
Sikhaa: (lit) Tuft, also a mode of Scriptural recitation
Sikshaa: (lit) Learning, Instruction, Mode of study
SirOdayam: Appearance of the head of the baby at delivery
Sishta Aachaara: Traditional code of conduct of the great teachers
Sishya: Disciple
Siva linga: Icon in the phallic form of Siva
SmaraNam: Remembering
Smriti: That which is remembered
Snaana Aasana: Bathing place
Snaanam: Taking bath
SOma: Ambrosia,' Amanita Muscaria' (cf.Persian) 'hoama'
SOman: In Panchagni Vidya, it represents clouds
Somasa vana: Huge forest of Aswatta trees en route to Vaikunta
Soucham: Purity, Cleanliness
Sou- haardam: Hearty, Friendliness, Cordiality
Sou- labhyam: Easy accessibility, Grace, Compassion, Benevolence
Soundaryam: Beauty
Sourandrika: A section of Hinaayaana Buddhism
Souryam: Heroism, Fearlessness
Sou-seelyam: Excellence of disposition
Sparsam: Touch
SphOTta: (lit) Boil, which when it bursts gives out a sound
SravaNam: Hearing
Sri ChurNam: Red saffron Powder used in Vaishnavite caste marks
Sri: Mahaalakshmi, Consort of Lord Vishnu- Naaraayana
Srivatsa; (lit) beloved of fortune, Mole on Lord Vishnu's chest
Srouta sutra: Vedic Aphorism
Sruti: Sacred utterance which is heard or revealed
Sthaana: Location, Locality
Sthaavara: Those that are immobile like trees, stones etc
Sthairyam or Stiratvam: Steadiness, Stability, Never forsaking
Stita pragjna: Steadfast in awareness, Firmness of wisdom
StOtra granta: Prayers of praise
Stree tantra: Gynecology and Obstetrics
Stula: Patent, Manifest, Gross, material
Stula artha: Gross etymological derivation of meaning
Stula sarira: Gross physical body
Suba-tvam: Auspiciousness
Sudarsana Chakra: (lit) Beauteous to sight, Divine discus of Vishnu
Suddha Satvam: Absolute purity, ' sui generis'
Sudras: Servitors, Service oriented
Sukham: Happiness, Bliss
Sukla paksha: Bright fortnight of the moon
Sukla yajur veda: White yajur VEda
Sukshma: Latent, Subtle state
Sukshma artha: Subtle, implied, underlying meaning
Sukshma Sarira: Subtle inner body
Sunya vaada: Nihilism
Su-prabaatham: Awakening in the morning with the sound of music
Sura: Divine being, also a secular intoxicating drink
Surabhi Mudra: Gesture by linking fingers to resemble Cow's udder
SurasEni: A dialect prevalent in Uttar Pradesh, India
Surya: Sun God (cf) Greek 'Helios' or 'Apollo'
SuryOdaya: Sunrise, Daybreak
Sushumna (Murdhanya) naaDi: 101st vein leading to the crown of the head
Sushupti/Sushupti Sthaana: Dreamless, deep sleep / State of such sleep
Sutala: One of the nether worlds without pain or pleasure
Sutra: (lit) Thread, Aphorism
Sutra dhaari: The string puller as in a pantomime show
Suvah: Paradise, Heaven a.k.a Svarga
Svaadhyaaya: Frequent meditation on philosophical truths
SvaadishTaana: Yogic nerve center at the navel
SvaapadEsa: Inner esoteric meaning
Svaasa: Inhalation aka Poorakam in YOga
Sva-bhaava viruddha: Obstacles to the realization of naturally entitled bliss
Sva dharma: One's personal individualistic duties
Svapna/Svapna sthaana: Dream / Dream state
Svarga: Heaven, Realm between the Sun and the Pole star
Sva-rupa: Inherent form of any being
Svarupa NishTa or Svarupa SamarpaNa: Surrender of one's form
SvEta varaaha kalpa: The present kalpa named after the 'white boar'
Swam/Swami: Possession / Possessor, Lordship
Swara: Tone
Swarupa nirupaka dharmas: Intrinsic special qualities
Swa-tantram: Independence, Freedom
Swayam prayojana: For its own sake, as an end in itself
Swayam vyakta: Emerged on its own
Sweta ambara: White robed Jains
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