Sanskrit Non-Translatables Flashcards
(57 cards)
अग्निः
अग्निशुद्धसमं तात GGv61 - “purified in the same way as fire”
Not only fire:
God of Fire–Agni Devata; sacrificial fire; digestive fire. Meaning depends on context.
अग्निः
अग्निशुद्धसमं तात GGv61 - “purified in the same way as fire”
असुर / असुरः
Not only demon, as in the Western sense; includes a sense of lineage, clan, dynasty; generally posses vices, but not always, such as Prahlada; can refer to someone who is only interested in worldliness and not any spiritual pursuit; asuras disrupt yajnas
असुर / असुरः
अहंकार
Not the Western concept of “ego”, but “that which gives a sense of I or I-ness”
अहंकार
अहिंसा
non-violence with proper understanding
अहिंसा
minimizing violence to fit the context of the situation
आकाशः / आकाशम्
विरजं परमाकाशं GGV64, हृदयाकाशमध्यस्थं GGv113
Not only “space” but the substratum of space, time and matter.
आकाशः / आकाशम् is infinite, not finite.
आकाशः / आकाशम् – Sanskrit Non-Translatables p79
विरजं परमाकाशं GGV64, हृदयाकाशमध्यस्थं GGv113
आगम
Not only ritual.
IT IS treatises, scriptures;
(many other meanings)
आगमः
procedures for temple worship, town planning, healing, and many other everyday activities.
आत्मन्
ममात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा
Not “soul”
Self, Consciousness, Brahman, etc.
आत्मन्
ममात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा
आनन्द / आनन्दः
Not only happiness, joy, delight, pleasure
THE SUPREME BLISS OF THE SELF
आनन्द / आनन्दः
Sanskrit Non-translatables p189
इतिहासः
Not only history; refers to the Rāmāyana and Mahābhārata; “expansion or elaboration of an incident which happened in the past”
Use historical facts for the purpose of teaching philosophical or spiritual principles.
इतिहासः
Apte p382; also Sanskrit Non-Translatables p149
इन्द्रिय
Not only the physical senses;
belonging to the subtle body;
Are eleven in number.
इन्द्रिय
कर्म योग
Does not refer to any action done for its reward.
DOES refer to the path of yoga where the seeker performs action without attachment to its fruits.
कर्म योग - Sanskrit Non-Translatables p137
(not in Guru Gita as कर्म योग)
कामः
Not only sensual “lust”;
desire not against dharma; Apte: wish, desire, love
कामः
काव्य / काव्यम्
NOT poetry in the Western sense which focuses on poetry as an art alone.
काव्य (like the Puranas and Itihasas) is used to communicate spiritual knowledge to the common people.
Sanksrit Non-Translatables p182
(not found in Guru Gita)
कैवल्यम्
Not “salvation” in the Christian sense. But ‘purity’ in the sense of being free from worldly entanglements by attaining liberation.
कैवल्यम्
Apte p606: 1 Perfect, isolation, soleness, exclusiveness; 2 Individuality; 3 Detachment of the soul from matter, identification with the supreme spirit 4 Final emancipation or beatitude
गुणः
नित्यं ब्रह्म निराकारं निर्गुणं बोधयेत् परम् । GGv109
Does not simply mean mode or quality. Meaning is dependent on context (see Apte p663).
गुण is the substratum of qualities of prakriti: sattva (equanimity); rajas (greed); tamas (delusion, ignorance.)
गुणः
नित्यं ब्रह्म निराकारं निर्गुणं बोधयेत् परम् । GGv109
गुरुः
Not a teacher of mundane knowledge;
गुरुः
चक्रम्
Not merely physical energy centers.
Six energy centers in the subtle body along the sushumna (subtle central channel).
चक्रम्
Literally: wheel, circle, ring, cycle, etc.; Sanskrit Non-Translatables p125
चित्त
not unconscious mind;
the mind, storehouse of karmic samskaras, “hard disk”
चित्त
See Sanskrit Non-Translatables p111
जीवः
Not the sinful soul as known in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
“Atma in ignorance, which identifies itself with the body, etc.”
जीवः
Apte p740; Sanskrit Non-Translatables p60
ज्ञान योग
≠ Intellectual study in a worldly sense; ज्ञान योग refers to sadhana which leads to identification with the Self.
Requires “prerequisites.”
ज्ञान योग
Sanskrit Non-Translatables p.138
तन्त्रम्
≠ tantric sex
refers to scriptures which are based on experiences of seers and yogis; complementary to the Vedas.
तन्त्रम्
दासः
Not the common use of “slave” – but refers to one who selflessly surrenders to God or Guru.
दासः – from Apte: 1 Slave, servant in general
See Sanskrit Non-Translatables p.168; (not found in the Guru Gita)
देवता
Plural: देवताः
Not angel or god (in the Western sense.)
देवता is an object of adoration and
one who manages the cosmos.
देवता - Apte p835; Sanskrit Non-Translatables p99
ध्यानम्
गुरोर्ध्यानं सदा कुर्यात् GGv19
meditation, reflection, thought, contemplation
(Should not be used to encompass all the yogi’s practices without consideration of the individual steps, of which Dhyana is #7, just before Samadhi.)
ध्यानम्
गुरोर्ध्यानं सदा कुर्यात् GGv19
