Basic Sanskrit Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
Q
Supta
A
On your back
2
Q
Baddha
A
Bound
3
Q
Kona
A
Angle
4
Q
Sukha
A
Ease
5
Q
Asana
A
Pose
or
Vessel
6
Q
Padma
A
Lotus
7
Q
Ardha
A
Half
8
Q
Parivritta
A
Revolve
9
Q
Paschima
A
Back
10
Q
Uttana
A
Intense Stretch
11
Q
Prasarita
A
Stretched Out
12
Q
Pada
A
Foot
13
Q
Eka
A
One
14
Q
Vritti
A
Whirlpool
Or
Emotions , Thoughts
15
Q
Niroda
A
Consciousness
16
Q
Ashta
A
Eight
17
Q
Anga
A
Limb
18
Q
Nadis
A
Energy channels
19
Q
Mala
A
Garland
Or
Prayer beads
20
Q
Shamatha Meditation
A
“Calm-abiding” Buddhist meditation designed to pacify the mind by sustaining voluntary attention on a single point of concentration
21
Q
Vipassana meditation
A
“insight” a culminating meditation in which Awareness rests in its innate stillness, silence and spaciousness
22
Q
Dukha
A
Suffering
23
Q
Sunyata
A
Emptiness
24
Q
Samskara
A
A psychic scarring caused by habitual tendencies
25
Prajna
Wisdom, which allows us to see the truth by cultivating enlightened awareness and knowledge
26
Saha
Impossible to grasp
Or
Insubstantial
27
Samsara
Wheel of suffering that we perpetuate by doing the same thing time and time again
Or
Perpetual wandering
28
Bardo
Intermediate stages after death
29
Dharmakaya
Absolute reality
30
Karma
Action and reaction
31
Anaya
Egolessness
Or
No self
32
Giving
Dana
33
Hands
Asta
