sanskrit Flashcards
(134 cards)
1
Q
Angustha
A
big toe
2
Q
Ardha
A
half
3
Q
Baddha
A
bound
4
Q
Bhuja
A
arm or shoulder
5
Q
Danda
A
stick or staff
6
Q
Dwi
A
two or both
7
Q
Eka
A
one
8
Q
Hasta
A
hand
9
Q
Janu
A
knee
10
Q
Kona
A
angle
11
Q
Kurma
A
tortoise
12
Q
Mukha
A
face
13
Q
Nava
A
boat
14
Q
Padma
A
lotus
15
Q
Pada
A
foot
16
Q
Parsva
A
side
17
Q
Parivritta
A
revolved
18
Q
Prasarita
A
spread out
19
Q
Paschima
A
western
20
Q
Pida
A
pressure
21
Q
Purva
A
eastern
22
Q
Sirsa
A
head
23
Q
Supta
A
sleeping/reclining
24
Q
Upavishta
A
seated
25
Utka
fierce or powerful/upward
26
Uttana
intense stretch
27
Utthita
extended
28
anahata chakra
heart chakra
29
dristi
focal point
30
kumbhaka
breath retention (antar & bahya)
31
ahimsa
non-violence
32
ananda
bliss
33
bliss
ananda
34
limb
anga
35
anjali
offering, a gesture of reverence or salutation, derived from anj which means o honor or celebrate
36
prayer position
anjali
37
aparigraha
free from hoarding yama
38
yama free from hoarding
aparigraha
39
eight
asta
40
non-stealing
asteya
41
atman
eternal transcendental self
42
ignorance
avidya
43
avidya
ignorance
44
bandha
lock bondage valve
45
lock valve?
bandha
46
bhakti
devotion, love
47
bhastrika
bellows
48
bija
seed
49
bindu
point of focused energy
50
buddha
awakened, someone who has attained enlightenment
51
chatur
four
52
four
chatur
53
dharana
concentration the 6th stage of yoga
54
dhyana
meditation. the seventh stage of yoga
55
guna
quality, how consciousness manifests
56
isvara
supreme being
57
japa
repetition of mantras
58
jnana
knowledge, wisdom
59
karma
action
60
klesha
pain, suffering
61
kosha
casing, one of the five layer surrounding the self
62
kula
community
63
kundalini
coiled energy that resides at the base of the spine and must be awakened
64
mala
garland or wreath 108 beads
65
manas
mind
66
mandala
an intricate, circular design
67
mantra
sacred sound or phrase that has an effect on those who recite it
68
moksa
liberation
69
mudra
seal, a hand gesture
70
nada
sound
71
nadi
channel, river through which prana flows
72
nadi-sodhana
breath practice which cleanses the channels and balances the body
73
namaskar
to bow
74
namaste
"i bow to you" closing salutation
75
niyama
self-restraint/self discipline 2nd stage of yoga
76
OM
AUM - the planets primordial vibration from which the entire universe has arisen, amdra used as opening salutation
77
padah
chapter
78
pingala
nadi on the right side/male energy, fire sympathetic nervous system
79
prakrti
nature, the origianl source of the material world
80
pranam
prostration
81
puja
ritual worship
82
puraka
inhalation
83
purusha
the transcendental self of spirit
84
raja
royal or king
85
rechaka
exhalation
86
sadhana
spiritual discipline
87
salamba
supported
88
sama
same
89
samskara
subconscious impression, mental impression of the past
90
santosha
contentment/niyama
91
sat
reality/being
92
satya
truth
93
saucha
cleanliness
94
shala
house/yoga studio
95
sirsa
head
96
soham
'here I am' the unconscious reptitive prayer that goes on within every living being throught life
97
sukha
pleasure delight, ease
98
surya
sun
99
susumna nadi
central channel located at the spinal column
100
sutra
thread
101
svadhyaya
self study/niyama
102
tapas
heat
103
ubhaya
both
104
ujjayi
victorious breath, ujjayi pranayama is the principle breath of the practice
105
vayu
wind (5 directions of prana)
106
viloma
against the hair/grain
107
vinyasa
to place in a special way, linking of movement w/ breath
108
vrtti
fluctuation
109
yama
observance, moral code 1st stage of yoga
110
yuj
to join/yoke
111
chandra
moon
112
baka
crow/crane
113
bhujanga
cobra/serpent
114
chatur
four
115
dhanu
bow
116
galava
Indian sage
117
go
cow
118
hala
plow
119
kapota
pigeon
120
karani
doing/making (from the root - kr)
121
matsyendra
lord of the fish
122
namaskar
to bow
123
sarva
whole/all
124
svana
dog
125
tad
mountain
126
uttan
intense stretch/extended
127
utthita
extended
128
vasistha
Indian sage
129
viparita
inverted/reversed
130
vrksa
tree
131
sodhana
purifying/cleaning
| breath pranayama
132
nadi
organ for the passage of prana
133
kriya
cleansing breath
134
AUM
3 parts of OM
A=asana
U=prana(yama?)
M=(pratyahara
bridges the in/out
mind/body
