Glossary
Term Indicates
A
Symbol of Siva, short form of anuttara (the Supreme); the letter pervading all the other letters of the alphabet.
Abeda
Onness; one; not different
Abhasana
appearance; esoteric meaning - srsti- emanation
Abhava
A term used in Logic to denote one of the seven categories, meaning non-existence. Non-ens; void.
Abhinna
Non-different, identical
AbhiSheka
anointment, holy bathing
Abhiyoga
Backward reference of awareness
Abhoga
Expansion; camatkara or spiritual delight.
Abuddha
What is known as the awakened state for the common man is from the standpoint of the Yogi abuddha or unawakened state i.e. a state of spiritual ignorane.
Achalam
Immovable; permanent
AchAra
observance, discipline
Achit
Non-intelligent; non Ego; matter; Asat.
Adhah-kundalini
the field of Kundalini from Lambika to one-three-fourths of its folds in the Muladhara
AdhAra
base, any of the six mystical chakras
Adhikara
Office, prerogative, right
Adhikarana
A complete argument dealing with one question; a thesis.
Adhisakti
The Original Divine Power or Light identified with the Divine Light of Gayatri.
Adhisthana
Substratum, support
Adhisukshuma
Least of the least ; most subtle.
Adhisthatr
The superintending, governing, presiding principle. Anu-One that breathes i.e. the limited, conditioned experient.
Adho-vaktra
Medhra-Kanda, situated at the root of the rectum
Adhva
Adhva literally means course or path. Suddha Adhva is the intrinsic course, the supramundane manifestation. Asuddha adhva is the course of mundane manifestation.
Adhvan (Adhva)
journey, way, course
Adi koti
The first edge or point i.e. the heart from which the measure of breath is determined.
Advaya
One without a second
Advaita
non-dualism, a Hindu philosophy
Agama
Revealed text, traditional knowledge, Dynamic scripture, Scripture explaining the implementation aspects of spirituality
Agama Pramana
One of the four proofs employed by Hindu Logicians, meaning the Highest authority or word of God, Sabda Pramana, Sruthi Pramana.
Aghora
The merciful Siva
Aghora Saktis
The Saktis that lead the conditioned experients to the realization of Siva
Aghoresa
An aspect of Isvara below Suddha vidya giving rise to asuddha tattvas like maya; Anantanatha.
Agni kArya
the fire ritual
Agni (symbolic)
Pramata-knower or subject.
Agnisomatmika
The parasakti (highest sakti) that brings about srsti (manifestation) and samhara (withdrawal) of the universe.
Agnisomamayam
The universe which is of the nature of pramana (knowledge) and prameya (objects).
Agnja
Authority
Agnja Sakti
The Divine Power.
AGYA chakra
mystic centre at the brow junction, sixth centre
AGYAna
unwisdom, ignorance
Ahadyan
Inner worship ; esoteric worship ; true worship.
Aham
I, absolute I
Aham-bhava
I-feeling; I-consciousness
AhaMkAra
the "I" feeling, I-making principle, ego
Ahankara
One of the four Andakaranas ; Pride of self ; self knowledge.
Ahanta
I-consciousness; I-ness
Ahimsa
non-violence
Ajnanam
The primal limitation (mala); Ajnana in this system does not mean absence of knowledge, but contracted or limited knowledge. Being inherent in Purusa on account of which he considers himself as of limited knowledge and limited activity, it is known as Paurusa-Ajnana. Being inherent in Buddhi, it leads one to form all kinds of asuddha vikalpas (thought-constructs devoid of essential Reality) and is thus known as Bauddha Ajnana.
Akala
The experient established in Siva tattva and identified with Siva.
Akamia Karma
See under Karma.
Akas
The highest of the five elements ; Ether.
Akasa
Space, ether; the sky; the infinite;
Akhyati
ignorance
Akrama
Successionless manifestation of the essential nature; Sakta Yoga.
Akrtrima
Natural; inartificial
Akhyati
Primal Ignorance; Mahamaya
Akshara, Axara
letter
Akshata, Axata
rice grains (usually in the context of worship or blessing)
Akula
Siva
Alamgrasa
'Alam' in this context means , atyartham i.e., to the utmost, and grasa means swallowing, consuming i.e., completely reducing to sameness with Self. Bringing experienced object completely to sameness with the consciousness of the Self, when no impression of samsara as separate from consciousness is allowed to remain.
Alayam
temple, kOvil, mandir
Amayiya
Beyond the scope of Maya; Amayiya sabda is one which does not depend on convention, in which the word and the object are one.
Amba
The highest Sakti of the Divine.
Amrta
Ambrosia; the spiritual state in which further involution in matter is annulled.
Amrta varna
the letter 'sa'
Amudha
Sentient
AnAhata
The mystic centre at the heart, fourth centre
Anacka
Sounding the consonants without the vowels; esoteric meaning-'concentrating on any mantra back to the source where it is unuttered'.
Ananda
Bliss; Happiness ; the nature of Sakti; the essential nature of Parama Siva along with Cit; the letter 'a'.
Anandamayakosa
The sheath of bliss
Annamayakosa
The gross physical sheath
Ananda-upaya
Realization os Siva-nature without any yogic discipline. Also known as Ananda Yoga or Anupaya.
Anasrita-siva
The state of Siva in which there is no objective content yet, in which the universe is negated from Him.
Anantabhattaraka
The presiding deity of the Mantra experients.
Anava
See under Pasa, ego.
ANavam
ego
Anava mala
Mala or limitation pertaining to anu or the empirical individual; innate ignorance of the jiva; primal limiting condition which reduces universal consciousness to a jiva, depriving consciousness of sakti and sakti of consciousness and thus bringing about a sense of imperfection.This limitation works in two ways-(1) while the sense, of doership is present, there is loss of bodha or prakasa, i.e. considering inconscient thngs like sunya, buddhi, prana, or body as the Self. (2) While there is bodha or prakasa, there is loss of the sense of activity or doership.
Anavopaya
The means whereby the anu or the empirical individual uses his own karanas or instruments i.e. senses, prana and manas for self-realization. It includes disciplines concerning the regulation of prana, rituals, japa, concentration, etc.
Anava Samavesa
Identification witht the Divine by the above means.
Anava upaya
The Yoga whereby the individual utilizes his senses, prana and manas for Self-realization. It consists generally of uccara, karana, dhyana, varna, and sthanakalpana. It is also known as Anava yoga, Bhedopaya and Kriya-yoga or Kriyopaya
Andakarana
A generic name to denote all the four internal senses, Manas, Bhuddhi, Chittam and Ahankara.
Anekesvara Vadi
The School of Thinkers who hold that there are many Gods.
Antakoti
The last edge or point; it is dvadasanta a measure of twelve fingers.
Antahkarana
The innerorgan, comprising manas (mind), buddhi (intellect or determinative faculty), citta (pleasure-seeking faculty), and, ahamkara (ego).
Antahstha
Lit; standing in between, the letters ya, ra, la, va are known as antahsta letters. According to Siksa (Phonetics) and Vyakarana (Grammar), they are called antahstha, because they stand between vowels and consonants, they are neither purely vowels, nor purely consonants or they are so called, because they stand between letters.
According to Ksemaraja, they are called antahstha because they are determined by Maya and her kancukas which operate from within the mind of man.
Abhinavagupta, however, says that since the formation of the antahstha letters is due to iccha and unmesa saktis which are inner forces and are identified with the pramata (subject), they are rightly called antahstha
Antaratma
The conditioned inner soul consisting of puryastaka or subtle body. It is called inner as contrasted with the gross body which is the outer covering of the soul.
Antarmukhibhava
Introversion of consciousness.
Antarvyoma
The interior space where prana and apana are dissolved.
Anu
An atom ; very small ; Soul ; 'Aniti svasiti iti anuh'- one who breathes i.e. the jiva- the empirical individual; the limited, conditioned experient, conditioned by the body, puryastaka and prana; the nature is the empirical mind; the Maya-pramata, the experient dominated by Maya.
Anubhava ; Anubhuthi
Experience.
Anugraha
blessing, grace,
AnumAna
inference ; one of the four proofs of Hindu Logicians.
Anupaya
Spontaneous realization of Self without any special effort.
Anusandhana
Lit; investigation; tracking a matter to its source. In Yoga, repeated intensive awareness of the Source or essential Reality.
Anusandhata
One who joins the succeeding experience into a unity.
Anusvarva
Nasal sound on the top of a letter; representation of Siva.
Anusyuta
Strung together; connected uninterruptedly.
Anuttara
(1) The Highest; the Supreme; Parama Siva; the Absolute (lit. one than whom nothing is higher). (2) The vowel 'a'
Apana
The vital vayu that goes in downwards towards the anus; the inhaled air. soma and jiva are synonyms of apna
Apara
Lower; lowest, immanent
Apasusakti
One whose bondage has disappeared and who has become a free being (pati) like Sadasiva.
apaurusheya
not man-made
Apavarga
Liberation
Apavedya susupti
Profound sleep in which there is absolutley no awareness of any object whatsoever
archana
salutation, praise
archaka
priest
ArAdana
worship
AraNyaka
class of religious and philosophical writings (associated with brAhmaNa)
Ardhacandra
Lit., demi-lunar; the second stage in the ardhamatra (half of a mora) in the japa or recitation of Aum; subtle energy of sound.
Arhata
Jaina
Arivu
Intelligence ; Soul.
Artha
object; end; sense-object; meaning; notion; aim; wealth
aruL
Grace ; Divine Grace.
Arul Sakti
The Power of Divine Grace.
aShTAnga
with eight limbs (parts)
aShTottara (satanAma)
108 names
Asana
Exoteric meaning- 'A particular posture of the body.'
Esoteric meaning- 'Being established in the Self.' sitting posture
Asat
Non-ego ; Matter, other that Sat ; Achit, other than Souls, and God. Non-being
Asaya
Disposition of mind, antah-karana or the psychic apparatus; mental deposits lying in the unconscious.
Ashrama
1. hermitage, 2. Stage of life (The four stages are brahmacharya, gArhasthya, vAnaprastha, sanyAsa)
Asuddha vidya
Knowledge of a few particulars; limited knowledge; empirical knowledge.
Asuddhi
Impurity, limitation
Asunya
Non-void
Asyanata
shrunken state; dried state; congealment; solidification
Atharva-veda
One of the section of the Vedas
Atisanta padam
The state of Parama Siva beyond the tattvas.
Atmaboddha
(Lit., Self-Knowledge) The name of a sanskrit work written by Sankaracharya
Atma
This word is invariably to denote the Soul, in all Siddhantha works ; In Vedantha works, this word is used to denote the Soul, Jivatma, and God, Paramatma
Atman
Self
Atma-labha
Realization of Self
Atmasatkr
Reducing to sameness with the Self.
Atma-visranti
Resting in the Self
Atma-vyapti
Realization of the Self without the realization of the all-inclusive Siva-nature.
AtmArtha
spiritual, self intended
Aunmukhya
Because of His inherent ananda, the intentness of Siva towards manifestation; the rising of Iccha Sakti towards creativity.
Avadhana
Constant attentiveness.
Avastha
One of the conditions or states of the Soul's existence. State; condition
Avatar
Incarnation
Avesa
Entry; absorption
Aviddhei
Ignorance.
Avikalpa
Intuitive apprehension, free of all thought-construct.
Avikalpa (Nirvikalpa) Jnana
Direct realization of Reality without any mental activity.
Avikalpa (Nirvikalpa) pratyaksa
Sensuous awareness without any perceptual judgement, unparticularised awareness.
Aviveka
Non-awareness of the Real, moha or delusion; ignorance; non-discernment
AvuDaiyAr
gomukhi, the base of the shiva linga (circular or square) facing north regulating the thIrtha out
Avyakta
Non-manifest; unmanifest
bahir (pUja, mukha ......)
outside
Bahirmukhata
Externalization, extroversion of consciousness
Baindavi kala
Baindavi-pertaining to Bindu or the knower, Kala -will power. Baindavi kala is that freedom of Parama Siva by which the knower always remains as the knower and is never reduced to the known, svatantrya sakti
Bala
Cid-bala, power of the true Self or Universal Consciousness.
Bandha
(1) Bondage; (2) Limited knowledge (3) Knowledge founded on primal ignorance (4) Yogic practice in which certain organs of the body are contracted and locked.
Bandham
Bond ; fetters.
Bala
Cid-bala, power of Universal Consciousness or true Self.
Bauddha ajnana
The ignorance inherent in Buddhi by which one considers his subtle or gross body as the Self on account of asuddha vikalpas
Bauddha jnana
Considering oneself as Siva by means of suddha vikalpas
Bethabetham
Being nondual and dual.
bhAga
part
bhagavan
glorious, divine
bhakta
devotee
Bhakti (apara)
Devotion; intense feeling and will for being united with Siva.
Bhakti (para)
The constant feeling of being united with Siva and the supreme bliss of that consciousness.
Bharita
plenitude, fulness
bhasma, thiruniiru
ash, vibhUti
bhAShya
commentary, elucidation
Bhava
Existence both internal and external; object
Bhavana
The practice of contemplating or viewing mentally oneself and everything else as Siva; jnana yoga; Sakta upaya; creative contemplation; apprehension of an inner, emergent divine consciousness.
Bhava-sarira
Consideration of sound, etc. as one's Self.
Bhairava (apara)
Siddhas who have unity-consciousness and consider the whole world as identical with Self.
Bhairava (para)
Parama Siva; the Highest Reality. This is an anacrostic word, bha, indicating bharana, maintenance of the world, ra, ravana, or withdrawal of the world, and va, vamana or projection of the world.
Bhairava Agama
Sixty-four Saiva Agamas that teach non-dualism.
Bhairava (Teachers)
Liberated Sivas who are established in unity-consciousness and teach the sixty-four non-dualistic sastras
Bhairavi
Sakti of Bhairava
Bhairava mudra or Bhairavi mudra
This is a kind of psycho-physical condition brought about by the following practice 'Attention should be turned inwards; the gaze should be turned outwards, without the twinkling of the eyes'.
Bhairava Samapatti
Identity with Parama Siva
Bheda ; Betham
difference ; Duality.
Bhoga
experience, sometimes used in the narrow sense of 'enjoyment'.
Bhokta
experient
Bhrumadhya
the centre or middle of the eye-brows.
Bhucari
Sub-species of Vamesvari, connected with the bhavas or existent objects. Bhu means existence; hence existent objects are the sphere of 'bhucari'
Bhumika
Role
Bhuta
Gross physical element
Bhutakaivalya
Withdrawal of the mind from the elements.
Bhuta-jaya
Control over the elements.
Bhuta-prthaktva
Detachment of the essential Self from the elements.
Bhuta-sarira
Consideration of the gross physical body as the Self
Bhuvana
becoming; place of existence; world; place of being, abode.
Bhuvana adhva
The third spatial existence, namely world. There are 108 bhuvanas
Bija
(1) Visva Karanam sphurattatma parasaktih i.e., the active light of the highest Sakti which is the root cause of the universe. (2) vowel. (3) The mystical letter forming the essential part of the mantra of a deity. (4) The first syllable of a mantra.
bIja (mantra)
seed (mantra)
Bijavasthapana
setting of the seed, esoteric meaning, 'vilaya'-concealment of true nature.
Bindu or Vindu
(1) A point, a metaphysical point. (2) Undivided Ligth of Consciousness. (3) The compact mass of sakti gathered into an undifferentiated point ready to create (4) Parah pramata, the Highest Self or Consciousness. (5) Anusvara or nasal sound , suggesting the fact that Siva in spite of the manifestation of the universe is undivided. (6) A specific teja or light appearing in the centre of the eye-brows by the intensity of meditation.
Bindu
written also as Vindu, a point; a metaphysical point; ghanibhuta sakti,- the compact mass of Sakti gathered into pramata-the highest Self or Consciousness; the anusvara or nasal sound indicated by a dot on a letter indicating the fact that Siva in spite of the manifestation of the universe is undivided.
Bodha
Enlightenment; spiritual awakening.
Bhoga
Enjoyment
Bhouddam
Buddhism, exoteric as it is now called, denying the existence of the Soul and God, and proclaiming the supremacy of the human Reason of Buddhi alone.
Brahm
(Neuter gender) ; (Literally) means Great ; Supreme Being ; The Omnipresent Being.
Brahma
The deva of creation. One of the trimUrti (In Sankara Vedanta) Pure foundational Consciousness without activity; unlimited knowledge devoid of activity. (In Saiva Philosophy) Pure foundational consciousness full of svatantrya sakti i.e. unimpeded power to know and do any and every thing; parama Siva
Brahmajnana
The knowledge of Brahman
Brahmanadi
Susumna or the central pranic channel or nerve.
Brahmanirvana
Resting in pure jnana tattva devoid of activity; the state of Vijnanakala
Brahmarandhra
The Sahasrara Cakra ; the pranic centre at the top of the head.
Brahma-sutra
An authoritative treatise on Vedanta philosophy ascribed to Vyasa. Same as Vedanta-sutras
Brahmavada
Sankara Vedanta
Brahmananda
The fourth stage of ananda (joy) in anavopaya experienced by resting of consciousness on Samana prana resulting from the unified combination of multifarious objects.
brahman
Supreme Being, Absolute
brAhmaNa
1. one pursuing brahman, one of the four sections of society
2. portion of vedas describing the application of the mantras
brahmarandhram
aperture in the head of the head through which the soul is said to escape on leaving body
Buddha
One awakened to the light of consciousness
Buddhi
Reason ; one of the four Andakaranas ; Sometimes the higher mind; the super-personal mind; the ascertaining intelligence; the intuitive aspect of consciousness by which the essential Self awakens to truth.
buddi
intellect
Buvana
The whole material universe.
Caitanya
The foundational Consciousness which has absolute freedom of knowing and doing, of jnana and kriya sakti<
Cakra
The group or Collective whole of saktis
Cakresvara
The master or lord of the group of saktis
Camatkara
Bliss of the pure I-consciousness; delight of artistic experience.
Candra
Prameya or object of knowledge; the apana prana or nadi (channel or nerve)
Caramakala
The highest phase of manifestation known as Santyatita or Santatita Kala
Carvaka
the materialist
Carvaka Darsana
materialistic philosophy
Cetana
Parama Siva, Self, Conscious individual.
Cetya
Knowable, object of consciousness.
Chaitanyam
Intelligence.
charyA
practice, observance
Cheda
Cessation of prana and apana by sounding of anacka (vowel-less) sounds.
Chit
Intelligence ; consciousness, perception
Chit Sakti
Divine Intelligence or Energy ; Gnana Sakti.
Chittam
Sence of Perception ; one of the four Andakaranas.
Cidakasa
The ether of consciousness
Churnika
A brief abstract ; a style of expression.
Cidghana
Mass of consciousness
Cidananda
lit., consciousness and bliss, (1) The nature of ultimate Reality consisting of consciousness and bliss. (2) The sixth stratum of ananda in uccara yoga of anava upaya
Cidanandaghana
Mass of Consciousness-bliss
Cinta
thought; idea
Cit
The Absolute; foundational consciousness; the consciousness that is the unchanging principle of all changes.
Citi
The consciousness-power of the Absolute that brings about the world-process.
Citi-cakra
Samvit-Cakra- the senses
Citkala
Energy of consciousness
Citprakasa
Light of consciousness
Citta
the individual mind, the limitation of Citi or Universal Consciousness manifested in the individual mind, the mind of the empirical individual, consisting mainly of Sattva, the mind of the Maya-pramata
Citta pralaya
Dissolution of the empirical mind in the higher consciousness
Citta sambodha
Awakening of the individual mind
Citta visranti
Repose of the empirical mind in the higher consciousness
Dardhya
Firmness of mind or concentration.
Darsana
Seeing; system of philosophy
dEvAram, tEvAram
The great Tamil hymns sung by saints sambandar, appar & sundarar on Lord shiva, first seven parts of thirumuRai, specifically 4th to 6 th thirumuRai - appar dEvAram
Desa
Space; region
Desa adhva
Kala, tattva, and bhuvana
deva
1. divine, 2. essentials, elements
devi
divine (feminine)
dharma
righteousness, virtue, law, duty
Dharana
Meditation; contemplation
Dhruva
(1) Anuttara stage
dhUpa
fragrant smoke, incense
dhvaja
flag
Dhvani Yoga
A dharana of anava upaya consisting of concentration on anahata nada (unstruck sound) arising within through prana sakti. This is also known as Varna Yoga
Dhyana
meditation
Dhyani
meditator
Dhyana Yoga
The highest dharana of anava upaya in which pramana (knowledge), prameya (object of knowledge) and pramata (knower) are resulted as aspects of Samvid or foundational consciousness.
Dik
Space
Dikcari
Sub-species of Vamesvari, connected with bahiskaranas or outer senses.
Diksa
(1) The gift of spiritual knowledge (2) The initiation ceremony pertaining to a disciple by which spiritual knowledge is imparted and the residual traces of his evil deeds are purified.
dIpa
light
Dis
Direction
Divya mudra
Khecari mudra
Drdha
Stable in concentration
Drsti
Comprehensive vision
dyAna
meditation
dvaita
dualism
Dvadasanta
Distance or end of 12 fingers. This is measured in various ways: (1) A distance of 12 fingers from the tip of the nose in outer space is known as bahya dvadasanta (2) A distance of 12 fingers from the bahya dvadasanta to the centre (hrdaya) of the body is known as antara dvadasanta (3) A distance of 12 fingers from hrdaya upto Kantha. (4) There is a dvadasanta from the palate to the middle of the eye-brows. (5) There is a dvadasanta from the middle or centre of the eye-brows upto Brahmarandhra. This is known as urdhva dvadasanta. This distance is of use only when the kundalini awakens.
dvAdashAnta
mystic place twelve units above the head
Dvaitham
Dualism.
Ekam
One
ekAtma vAda, Ekatma Vadam
the philosophy that only one soul exists (in the entire world) ; Monism ; the theory according to which there is only one Intelligent entity and that there are no such entities as Souls or matter ; the theory of Idealism.
Gaganangana
Cit-sakti, consciousness-power
ganga
The river Ganges, the holy river that flows down from himAlayam
gaNapati, gaNesh
The chief of the organised forces, Often refers to vignEshwara - the eldest son of Lord shiva
Garbha
Akhyati, primal, ignorance; Mahamaya
garbhagR^iham
sactum sanctorum, the main and core abode in the temple, mUlasthAnam
gAyatri
one of the chandas (meters), a famous mantra
Ghora Saktis
The Saktis or deities that draw the jivas towards worldly pleasures.
Ghoratari saktis
The Saktis or deities that push the jivas towards a downward path in samsara
Gnanam
Intelligence ; knowledge ; wisdom.
Gnana Sakti
The Divine Intelligence.
Gnathuru
The Knower
Gneya
Knowable.
Gocari
Sub-species of Vamesvari, connected with the antahkarana of the experient, 'Go' means sense; antahkarana is the seat of the senses; hence Gocari is connected with antahkarana.
gomukhi
AvuDaiyAr, the base of the shiva linga (circular or square) facing north regulating the thIrtha out
gOpura
tower
Grahaka
Knower; Subject; Experient
Grahya
Known; object of experience.
grantha
composition, book, a script
Granthi
Psychic tangle; psychic complex.
Guna-traya
Satva, rajas, tamas
Guru
(Literally.) The dispeller of darkness ; The teacher who removes the ignorance of his pupil ; guide, teacher, preceptor
guru pUja
The anniversary day of a saint or n^AyanmAr attaining liberation in Lord shiva
Guru-vaktra
Lit. the mouth of the guru, anugraha sakti; Grace
guNa
characters, the three often referred guNas are satva (peaceful), rajas (fierce) and thamas (dull)
GYAna
wisdom
Ha
Symbol of Sakti or divine power.
Hamsa
the jiva, the soul
Hamsajapa
The consciousness of nada-kala
Hara
The Supreme Energy ; God ; Siva ; Iswara.
Hathapaka
Persistent process of assimilating experience to the central consciousness of the experient.
havis
Clarified butter, ghee, oblation
Hetu
The reason ; one of the propositions in the Syllogism of the Hindu Logician ; Cause
Hetumat
Effect
Homam
Sacrifice
Hrada
Lit., Lake; the Supreme Spiritual awareness; It is called a lake, because it is clear, uncovered by anything, deep, and infinite
Hrdaya
Lit., heart; the central consciousness; Light of Central Consciousness which is the substratum of all manifestation; citprakasa
Iccha
Will, Representing the letter (i), the Sakti of Sadasiva
Ichha upaya
Sambhava-upaya, also known as ichhayoga.
Ichha-Sakti
The inseparable innate Will Power of Parama Siva intent on manifestation; that inward state of Parama Siva in which jnana and kriya are unified; the predominant aspect of Sadasiva.
Idam
This, object
Idanta
This-consciousness; objective consciousness.
Indrajala
Lit., the net of Indra; magic; Illusion
Indriya
Organ of sense
Indu
Prameya or object; apana; kriya-sakti
Isa
Hara ; Siva ; God ; Brahm.
Isana
Representing the letter 'i'. The first inner Sakti of Siva that acts as the teacher of Saiva Sastra
Isvara
This word as used by Siddhanthis is Synonimous with Brahm but as used by Sri Sankaracharya, it means the Lower Brahm and the distinction of Higher and Lower Brahm finds no place in the Siddhantha School.
Isvara-bhattaraka
The presiding deity of the Mantresvaras residing in Isvara tattva
Isvara-tattva
The fourth tattva of the system, counting from Siva. In this the consciousness of 'I' and 'This' is equally prominent. The consciousness of Sada-Siva is 'I am this'. The consciousness of Isvara is 'This am I.' Jnana is predominant in this tattva
Jagadananda
The bliss of the Self or the Divine appearing as the universe, the bliss of the Divine made visible.
Jagat
The universe ; the world ; matter ; The world-process.
Jagrat
Esoteric meaning-Enlightenment, undeluded awakening of consciousness at all levels.
Jagrat avastha
The waking condition.
Jagrat jnana
Objective knowledge common to all people in waking condition. Jagrat: Esoteric meaning-'Jnanam Jagrt'-Enlightenment, undeluded awakening of consciousness at all levels.
Japa
Recitation; chanting
jaTa
matted hair
Jiva
The Soul ; the embodied Soul ; The individual soul; the empirical self whose consciousness is conditioned by the samskaras, of his experience and who is identified with the limitations of his subtle and gross constitution.
Jivanmukta
The liberated individual who while still living in the physical body is not conditioned by the limitation of his subtle and gross constitution and believes the entire universe to be an expression of Siva or his highest Self.
Jivanmukti
Experience of liberation while still living in the body.
Jnana
knowledge, the Sakti of Isvara
Jnana
Spiritual wisdom; limited knowledge (which is the source of bondage)
Jnanakanda
The part of the Vedas that teaches philosophical wisdom
Jnanin
The gnostic; one who has obtained spiritual realization
Jnana Yoga
Sakta upaya
Jnana Sakti
The power of knowledge of the Absolute
Jyestha
The Sakti of Siva that inspires the jiva for Self-realization or Siva-Consciousness.
jyoti
Light ; flame
Kaivalya
Aloneness; isolation; aloofness from the influence of prakrti or maya
Kala
limited agency; creativity; phase of manifestation; part letter or word (in ha-kalaparyantam)
Kala
time; Sakti or power that determines succession.
Kala
(1) The Sakti of consciousness by which all the thirty-six principles are evolved. (2) Part; particle, aspect (3) Limitation in respect of activity (Kincitkartrtva). (4) The subtlest aspect of objectivity, viz., Sastyatita, santa, Vidya, Pratistha, and Nivrtti
Kala pada
The toe of the right foot.
Kala tattva
Time-past, present, and future determined by the sense of succession.
Kala-adhva
Temporal course of manifestation, viz., Varna, mantra and pada
Kalacakra
Matrcakra, Sakticakra, Devicakra; the group of letters from 'a' to 'ksa'.
Kalagni
Kalagni-bhuvanesa-a particular Rudra in Nivrtti kala
Kala sakti
the Sakti or power of the Divine that determines succession.
Kalasarira
That of which the essential nature is activity; Karma mala
Kalpa
Periodic evolution
kAma
desire, lust
Kancuka
The covering of Maya, throwing a pall over pure consciousness (Suddha Samvid) and thus converting Siva into jiva. They are (1) kala, (2) (asuddha) Vidya, (3) Raga (4) Niyati and (5) Kala.
Kanda
Muladhara psychic centre
Kantha
The cakra at the base of the throat
Karana
(1) The means of jnana and kriya-antahkarana and bahiskarana (2) One of the anava upayas in which the aspirant contemplates over the body and the nervous system as an epitome of the cosmos.; cause
kArana
Cause.
kArana SarIra
See Sarira
karaNam
instrument, antaHkaraNam (internal performers) are four - mind, intellect, subconcious mind, ego (manas, buddi, chitta, ahaMkAra)
Karana Sarira
The body in profound sleep and in two other higher avasthas.
Karanesvari
Khecari, gocari, dikcari and bhucari cakra
Karanesvaryah
Khecari, Gocari, Dikcari and Bhucari cakra
Karika
A commentary or a philosophical, grammatical work in concise statements
Karma
One of the three Bandam or Mala or Pasa which fetters the Soul. The sum total of human action, involved as cause and effect, producing pleasure and pain and causing rebirths.
Karmakanda
The part of the Vedas that deals with rituals and scarifices
Karma mala
Mala due to vasanas or impressions left behind on the mind by Karma or motivated action.
Karmendriya
The five powers and organs of action-speaking (Vak), handling(hasta), locomotion (pada), excreting (payu), sexual action(upastha)
Karta
Creator ; the Lord ; God.
Kartrtva
The state of being the subject.
Karya
Effect; objectivity
kanmam, karma
Deeds, The effect of deeds, The accumulation of the good, bad or any deeds one (pashu - soul) has done during this and previous births
kashmiri shaivam
trika philosophy, The shaivite philosophy that ruled the Kashmir
Kevala
Alone. isolated
Kevala avastha
The avastha named last is Kevala Avastha. The other four avasthas constitute Sakala avastha. The state of the Jivanmukta is the Sutta avastha.
Kevali
One whose sole essence of Self consists in ebing pure consciousness; One who is established in Self.
Kha-traya
Kha-akasa, symbol of consciousness. Kha-traya-The three akasas,, viz; Sakti, vyapini, and samana situated in the head from the Vindu between the eye-brows up to Brahmarandhra. Concentrating in the head, one should rise higher by means of the above three khas
Khecari
Sub-species of Vamesvari Sakti, connected with the pramata, the empirical self; Khecari is one that moves in 'Kha' or 'akasa', the vast expanse of consciousness.
Khecari-cakra
The cakra or group of the saktis that move in the expanse of consciousness of the empirical subject.
Khecari Mudra
The bliss of the vast expanse of spiritual consciousness, also known as divya mudra or Sivavastha (the state of Siva).
Khyati
Jnana; knowledge; wisdom;
Kosa
(Lit., sheath or covering) The following are the five kosas as described in Vedanta philosophy: (1) the annamayakosa, or gross physical sheath, made of and sustained by food; (2) the pranamayakosa, or vital sheath, consisting of the five pranas or vital forces; (3) the manomayakosa, or mental sheath; (4)the vijnanamayakosa, or sheath of intelligence; (5) the anandamayakosa, or sheath of bliss. These five sheaths cover the Soul, which is the innermost reality or the jiva and is untouched by the characteristics of the sheaths.
Koti
Point, initial or final
kOvil, kOyil
temple, Alayam
Krama
Realization of Self by means of Kriya Yoga
Kramamudra
A successive occurrence of nimilana and unmilana samadhi; the condition in which the mind by the force of samavesa swings alternately between the internal (essential Self) and the external (the world which now appears as Siva)
Krida
Play or sport of the Divine.
Kriya
action, the Sakti of Suddha-vidya Activity; the power of activity.
Kriya Sakti
The Divine Energy. God as conceived as the author of evolution
Kriya Yoga
Anava upaya, also known as Kriyopaya
Kriya Sakti
The power of assuming any and every form (Sarvakarayogitvam Kriyasaktih)
Krtrima
Constructed by vikalpa or determinate idea; pseudo reality.
Ksema
Preservation of what is obtained
Ksetrajna
The empirical subject
Ksobha
Identification of 'I' with the gross or subtle body.
Ksetra
Holy place; place of pilgrimage.
Ksetrajna
The empirical Subject
Kuhana
Magic or tickling of the arm-pit
Kula
Sakti manifesting herself in 36 tattvas
Kulamarga
The discipline for attaining to the Supreme
Kulamnaya
The Sakta system or doctrine of realizing the Supreme by means of all the letters from (a) to (ksa)
Kumari
One who carries on the play of the world-process or one who brings about an end to the difference-creating Maya
Kumbhaka
Retention of prana
kumara, subrahmaNya, muruga
The second son of Lord shiva
Kundali or Kundalini
The creative power of Siva. A distinct sakti that lies folded up in three and a half folds in Muladhara.
Kutilakrti
A curved form in which prana flows before the awakening of Kundalini
Kuta-bija
The letter (ksa)
Laya
Interiorization of consciousness; dissolution
Lina
absorbed
linga
symbol, neither form nor formless used to represent the formless God through a symbol, representation of flame using solid material (The Supreme Flame is Lord Shiva, Who stood as infinite column of flame in front of braHma and viShNu)
Loka
Plane of existence
lOkAyAtha
The materialist ; the artheist.
Madhya
(1) The central Consciousness; the pure I-consciousness. (2) The Susumna or central pranic nadi.
Madhyadhama
The central nadi in the pranamayakosa, also known as brahmanadi or Susumna
Madhyama
Sabda in its subtle form as existing in the antahkarana prior to its gross manifestation.
Madhyama-pada
the central or middle state.
Madhyamaka
Buddhist philosophy that teaches that Reality lies in the middle and not in any of the tetralemma;
Madhyamika
The follower of the Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy.
Madhyasakti
Samvit-sakti, the central Consciousness-power.
Mahabodha
the great awakening, the grand illumination.
Mahamantra
The great mantra of pure consciousness, of Supreme I-consciousness.
Mahamaya (apara)
The state below Suddha Vidya and above Maya in which resides the vijnanakala. In this state there is only prakasa without vimarsa.
Mahahrada
The highest, purest I-consciousness. It is called mahahrada or the great lake because of its limpidity and depth.
Mahamaya (para)
The lower stratum of Suddha vidya in which reside the vidyesvaras who, though considering themselves as of the nature of pure consciousness take the world to be different from the Self.
Mahananda
In anavopaya, the fifth stage of ananda resulting from the resting of consciousness on udana agni that devours all the pramanas and prameyas
Mahanaya
Krama discipline
Mahartha
The greatest end; the highest value; the pure I-consciousness; the Kaula discipline.
Mahasatta
the Highest Reality which is absolute Light and freedom and the source of all existence.
Mahasunya
the great void
Mahavyapti
the grand fusion; the grand pervasion
Mahesvara
The highest lord; parama Siva- the Absolute
Mahesvarya
The power of Maheshvara, the supreme lord;
Maheswaryadayah
Mahesvari and other deities presiding over the groups of letters.
Mala
Impurity ; impurity of the Soul ; the coverings or fetters of the Soul ; Dross; limitation; ignorance that hampers the free expression of the spirit.
Mala Bandham
Bond of ignorance, and of matter.
Malini
Sakti of letters which holds the entire universe within itself and in which the letters are arranged in an irregular way from 'na' to 'pha'.
Manas
That aspect of mind which co-operates with the senses in building perceptions, and which builds up images and concepts, intention and thought-construct.
Manomayakosa
The sheath of the mind
Manthana Bhairava
Bhairava that churns i.e. dissolves all objects into Self-consciousness; Svacchanda Bhairava.
Mantra
(1) Sacred word or formula to be chanted (2) In Saktopaya that sacred word or formula by which the nature of the Supreme is reflected on as identical with the Self. It is called mantra, because it induces manana or reflection on the Supreme and because it provides trana or protection from the whirlgig of transmigratory life. In Saktopaya, the citta itself assumes the form of mantra. (3) The experient who has realized the Suddha Vidyatattva
Mantra-mahesvara
The experient who has realized Sasasiva tattva
Mantra-virya
The perfect and full I-consciousness; Siva-Consciousness, the experience of para-vak
Mantresvara
The experient who has realized Isvara tattva
maNipUrakam
mystic chakra at naval
Marici
Sakti
Marut
Breath (exhalation or inhalation)
Mati
understanding; intuitive intelligence.
Matrka
(1) The little unknown mother, the letter and wordpower which is the basis of all knowledge (2) The paravak sakti that generates the world.
Matrka-cakra
The group of Saktis pertaining to Matrka
Mathika
The four traditions of Saiva religion.
Maya Mala
(Literally). That which is evolved and resolved ; matter; cosmic matter ; non ego ; object. It does not mean Mitya or delusion or illusion. I find the word invariably so translated in all the existing translations of Sanskrit works into English. This is forcing into the word the views of a particular school of Philosophers, namely the Hindu Idealists.
Maya
from 'ma' to measure, the finitising or limiting principle of the Divine; a tattva below Suddha vidya, the principle of veiling the Infinite and projecting the finite; the source of the five kancukas; the finitising power of Parama Siva
mAya (mAyai)
illusion
Maya (In Samkara Vedanta)
The beginningless cause that brings about the illusion of the world.
Maya pramata
The empirical self, governed by Maya.
Maya-sakti
The sakti of Siva that displays difference in identity and gives rise to maya tattva; the finishing power of the Infinite.
Maya tattva
The principle that throws a veil over pure consciousness and is the material cause of physical manifestation, the source of the five kancukas.
mAyAvAdam
Idealism. The doctrine that regards the Souls and the material universe as non-existent a mere myth, a delusion or illusion. The Saiva, Ramanuja, and Madhawa are all agreed in applying the term to denote the Hindu Idealist, though the Hindu Idealist does not relish the term and the usage itself is very old. The same as EkAtmavAdam.
mAyAvAdi
An Idealist.
Mayiya mala
The limitation due to Maya which gives to the soul its gross and subtle body, and brings about a sense of difference.
Meya (prameya)
Object
Mimamsaka
the follower of the Mimamsa system of philosophy
Mitya
Illusion or delusion. Could this word have been confounded with Maya ?
Moha
Delusion by which one regards the body as the self; Maya.
Moksa
liberation, same as mukti.
moxa, moksha
liberation
Mudra
(1) Mud (joy), ra (to give); it is called mudra, because it gives the bliss of spiritual consciousness or because it seals up (mudranat) the universe into the being of turiya consciousness (2) Yogic control of certain organs as help in concentration.
Mudra-krama or Krama-mudra
The condition in which the mind by the force of samavesa swings alternately between the internal (Self or Siva) and the external (the world which now appears as the form of Siva).
Mudra-virya
The power by which there is emergence of the Supreme I-consciousness; mantra-virya; khecari state.
Mukta
The finally emancipated and beatified Soul. (Lit :) freed.
Mukta-siva
The classes of experients who have acquired Siva-Consciousness Mantra, Mantresvara, Mantramahesvara, and experients known as Siva, Rudra and Bhairava
Mukti, mOksha
Liberation from bondage; acquisition of Siva-consciousness: Jivan-mukti-Liberation while living i.e acquisition of Siva-consciousness while the physical, biological and psychic life are still going on. Videha-mukti- establishment in Siva-consciousness after the mortal body has been dissolved.
Murti
Most manifest Kriya-sakti
mUlasthAnam
sactum sanctorum, the main and core abode in the temple, garbhagruham
Muladhara
the pranic centre below the genitals
mUlAdhAram
root-support, the first mystic center (chakra) on the kuNDalini nADi
mUlaprakriti
Same as Maya ; undifferentiated cosmic matter.
mUrti
manifestation, embodiment, statue
Nada
(1) Metaphysical- The first movement of Siva-sakti towards manifestations. (2) In Yoga- The unstruck sound experienced in susumna. (3) When Sakti fills up the whole universe with Nadanta she is designated as Nada. This is also Sadasiva tattva because of the apposition of I and this is in the same principle.
Nada
interior spontaneous sound
Nada-bindu
The first creative pulsation and its compact mass; the creative sound and light; Sakti and Siva.
Nadanta
Subtle energy of pranava
Nadi
subtle channel of prana
Nadi-samhara
Dissolution of prana and apana into susumna.
naivedyam
offering (eatables)
Naiyayika
the follower of Nyaya philosophy; logician; dialectician.
namaskAra
salutation, prostrating down
n^andhi, nandi
Birth-deathless, Often refers to the chief guard of Lord shiva
Nasika
Pranasakti flowing in a zigzag way in Prana, Apana and Susumna channels.
nAsthikam
Atheism
nAtham
The sound of Pranava. The deity as representing the sound of the Pranava ; God, as present in the universe, when at the very beginning of evolution, the great Sound or Subdam or Natham bursts forth ; cosmic matter in the state of Sound.
nAyanmAr
(the people of the Lord), The 63 great devotees who excelled in their love for the Lord shiva (lived in thamiz nadu and nearby lands)
Navavargaka
Letters pertaining to nine classes
Navatma
Of nine forms.
Nibhalana
Perception; mental practice.
Nigraha kriya
Siva's act of Self-veiling.
Nijananda
In anava upaya, the first stage of ananda arising from concentration on prana leading to the resting of the mind on the subject or experient.
Nimesa
Lit; Closing of the eye-lid, (1) dissolution of the world; (2) the inner activity of spanda by which the object is merged into the subject; (3) the dissolution of the Sakticakra in the Self; (4) the involution of Siva in matter.
Nimilana Samadhi
The inward meditative condition in which the individual consciousness gets absorbed into the Universal Consciousness.
Nimitha kArana
Efficient cause.
Nirananda
The second stage of ananda in anava upaya resulting from the fixation of prana-sakti on sunya
Niradhara
without support-objective or subjective
Nirasraya
without any prop or base
Nirmala or Ninmala
The Perfect Being ; The Pure Being.
Nirodhika or nirodhini
a subtle energy of pranava
Nirvana
Dissolution in Sunya; liberation
Nirvikalpa
Devoid of all thought-construct or ideation.
Nirvikalpasamadhi
The highest state of samadhi, in which the aspirant realizes his total oneness with Brahman
NirvikArI
The unchangeable.
Nirvrti
Ananda
Nirvyutthana Samadhi
Samadhi (absorption into the Universal Consciousness) which continues even when is not engaged in formal meditation.
niShkAmya
not seeking any favour
Niskala
partless; undivided, Siva above manifestation or creation.
Nistaranga
free of undulation or commotion.
Nityatva
eternity
Nivesa or nivesana
entry into the Universal Consciousness
niyama
ritual
Niyati
Limitation by cause-effect relation; spatial limitation, limitation of what ought to be done and what ought not to be done.
Om
The most sacred word of the Vedas; also written Aum. It is a symbol of both the personal God and the Absolute
- rasapa~nchAmR^itam
- A sweet mixture of cow's milk, curd, ghee (boiled butter), sugar and honey. (cardamom like nice smelling spices could also be added.)
- pazapa~nchAmR^itam
- In the above if the fruits like mango, jack, banana are added this fruit pa~nchamR^itam could be got
PadArtha
An entity of category.
pa~nchagavyam
The mixture of the cow's milk, curd, ghee, water and dung.
pa~nchAxara, panchAkshara
Holy Five Letters (Syllables) ; The Mystic Mantra, formed out of Pranava and used by Saivas in Divine contemplation ; the mantra of Lord shiva held sacrad most by shaivites, five different forms there - most common being namaH shivAya and shivAya namaH
Pancakrtya
The ceaseless five-fold act of Siva, viz. manifestation (srsti), maintenance of manifestation (sthiti), withdrawal of amnifestation (samhara), veiling of Self (vilaya); Grace (anugraha), or the five-fold act of abhasana, rakti, vimarsana, bijavasthapana, and vilapana
Panca mantra
Isana, Tatpurusa, Sadyojata, Vamadeva, and Aghora
Pancaratra
the philosophy of Vaisnavism, the follower of such philosophy
Pancaratrika
followers of Pancaratra system.
Panca-sakti
The five fundamental saktis (powers) of Siva, viz, Cit, Ananda, Iccha, Jnana, and Kriya
pApam
Sin or Sinful acts ; acts tending to cause pain to sentient beings.
Para
The Highest; the Absolute ; The Supreme.
Para pramata
The highest experient; Parama Siva
Paramarsa
Seizing mentally; experience; comprehension; remembrance
Paramartha
The highest reality; essential truth; the highest goal.
Parama Siva
The Highest Reality, the Absolute
paramAtma
Supreme Self
Parananda
In anava upaya the joy of the third stage that ensues by the practice of resting on prana and apana in uccara yoga
Parapara
The intermediate stage, both identical and different; unity in diversity
parArtha (pUja)
outward / social (worship)
Parasakti
The Highest Sakti of the Divine; Citi; Paravak
parashu
axe
Paravak
The vibratory movement of the Divine Mind that brings about manifestations; Logos; Cosmic Ideation.
Paricchinna
limited
Parinama
Transformation
ParipUranam
Omnipresence.
parivAra devata
retinue of the main deity in a temple
Pasa
A bond or fetters or impurity or darkness ; Bondage
pAsham (pAcham)
bond, impurities (ANavam, kanmam, mAyai) which bind the pashu
pashu (pachu)
creature, any life, all of us - any living being
Pasu
The empirical individual bound by avidya or spiritual nescience
Pasu matarah
Mahesvari and other associated saktis active in the various letters, controlling the life of the empirical selves.
Pasyanti
The divine view in undifferentiated form; Vak sakti, going forth as seeing, ready to create in which there is no difference between vacya (object) and vacaka (word).
pati (pathi)
The Lord, Siva Supreme, Master, Eternal; The experient of Suddha adhva; the liberated individual
PathignAna
Sivagnana.
Pati-dasa
the status of the highest experient; the state of liberation
Paurusa ajnana
The innate ignorance of Purusa regarding his real Self.
Paurusa jnana
Knowledge of one's Siva nature after the ignorance of one's real Self has been eliminated.
Pidhana Krtya
The act of Self-veiling; same as vilaya
pradaxiNa, pradakshiNa
circumambulation, coming around (a deity) taking right turns
PillayAr
The Divine Child ; God Ganesha.
PillaiyAr Suli
The Symbol of Ganesha ; Pranava.
Prakasa
Lit. light; the principle of Self-revelation; consciousness; the principle by which every thing else is known.
Prakrti or Pradhana
The source of objectivity from buddhi down to earth
Pralaya
Dissolution of manifestation
Pralayakala or Pralayakevali
One resting in Mayatattva, not cognizant of anything; cognizant of sunya or void only.
Pralaya Kalars
Souls with the fetters of Karma Mala and Anava Mala.
Prama
Exact knowledge
Pramana
Mode of Proof ; Proof ; Knowledge; means of knowledge
Pramata
the knower; subject; experient
Pramatrta
knowership
Prameya
Known; object of knowledge; object
Prana
Generic name for the vital power; vital energy; life energy; specifically it is the vital vayu in expiration.
Pranamayakosa
The vital sheath
Pranana
the animating principle, the principle of all the pranas
Prana-pramata
The subject considering prana to be the Self
Prana-bija
The letter 'ha'
Pranasakti
Vital energy; bioplasma
praNava
Om
PranavAyu
The breath of Life as distinct from the Soul. Yet, ludicrously enough some Missionaries and Oriental Scholars think that we mistake the breath for the Soul and that we have no idea of the Soul !
Pranayama
Breath control
Prapancha
The universe ; Jagat ; the seen universe.
Prarabdha karma
Action done in a previous life which had begun to bear fruit in the present life.
Prasada
The mantra Sauh
Prasara
Expansion; manifestation of Siva in the form of the universe through His sakti
Prath
To expand; unfold; appear; shine
Pratha
The mode of appearance
Pratibha
(1) Ever creative acitivity of consciousness; (2) The spontaneous Supreme I-consciousness; (3) Para Sakti
Pratimilana
Both nimilana and unmilana i.e. turning of the consciousness both within i.e into Siva and outside i.e. the Sakti of Siva, experience of divinity both within and outside.
pratyAhara
drawing back, withholding (from material ties) (1) Comprehension of several letters into one syllable effected by combining the first letter of a sutra with its final indicatory letter. (2) In yoga, withdrawal of the senses from their objects.
Pratyavamarsa
Self-recognition
Prabuddha
One greatly awakened to the higher spiritual consciousness
Pratyabhijna
Recognition
prANAyAma
breath control/exercise
prAyashchittam
atonement, expiation
Prithivi
The earth tattva
Pumstattva or Purusa tattva
Pasu pramata; jiva, the empirical Self
Puja
Worship ; contemplation.
purANa
religious legend (There are eighteen in number)
Purna
perfect; full of divine consciousness
Purnatva
Perfection
Purnahanta
The perfect I-consciousness; non-relational I-consciousness.
Purusa
the Self ; The Soul.
Puryastaka
Lit., the city of the group of eight i.e the five tanmatras, buddhi, ahamkara and manas; the suksma sarira (subtle body)
puruShArtha
objectives of human, four in number - dharma, artha, kAma, moxa
pUja
worship
puShkariNi
pond, temple tank
Raga
One of the kancukas of Maya on account of which there is limitation by desire; passionate desire.
Rajas
The principle of motion, activity and disharmony-a constituent of Prakrti.
Rakti
relish; enjoyment esoteric meaning-'sthiti'- maintenance.
Rasa
Flavour; aesthetic rapture.
Rasmi
Sakti
Raudri
The sakti that induces the pleasure-seeking souls to be confined to their pleasures.
Ravi
Pramana (knowledge); prana
Rekhini
The sakti that forms a straight line in the formation of the letter.
Rig-Veda
One of the four Vedas
RiShi, rushi
sage, seer
Rodhini
The sakti that obstructs the passage to moksa
rudra
A form of Lord shiva, as deva of destruction. One of the trimUrti
Rudra (kalagni)
Rudra residing in the lowest plane of Nivrtti kala.
Rudrah
The deities that are responsible for manifestation, maintenance of manifestation, and withdrawal of manifestation of the world-process; the souls that have evolved to the status of pati or selves that have realized Siva-consciousness.
Rudrah (teachers)
Exponents of 18 Saivagamas who are mukta Siva
Rudra pramata
Mukta Siva
rudrAxa, rudrAksha
beed held sacrad by shaivtes, appeared fromthe eye of rudra
Rudrayamala
intimate union of Rudra and His Sakti
Rupa
Form; essence.
Sabda-brahma
Ultimate Reality in the form of thought-vibration in which state thought and word are identical.
Sabda-rasi
The group of letters from a to ksa
Sadadhva
The six forms of manifestation-three on the subjective side viz., mantra, varna and pada and three on the objective side, viz., Kala, tattva and bhuvana
Sadasiva (Sadakhya tattva)
The third tattva, counting from SIva. At this stage, the I-experience is more prominent than this experience-This tattva is also known as Sadakhya in as much as sat or being is posited at this stage. Ichha or Will is predominant in this tattva.
sAdhaka
accomplisher, practitioner
sAdhana
accomplishment, practice
Sadvidya
Suddha Vidya
Saguna Brahman
(Lit., Brahman with attributes) The Absolute conceived as the Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer of the universe; corresponds to Isvara, or the Personal God.
Sahaja
Innate essential nature
Sahaja-vidya
Knowledge of the innate essential nature; unmana; pure divine consciousness in which mental consciousness ceases, pervasion into Siva-consciousness (Siva-vyapti).
sahasrAra, sahasra dala padma
thousand patal mystic lotus beyond the six chakras
Sakalar
Souls of the last order possessing all the three Mala Banthams, and includes, all sentient beings and Devas.
Sakta-japa
The constant remembrance of the Supreme I-consciousness.
Sakta-samavesa
Identification with Supreme Consciousness by means of Sakta-upaya
Sakta-upaya (Saktopaya)
the means of approach to the Divine through Sakti, the ever-recurring contemplation of the pure thought-construct of oneself being essentially Siva or the Supreme I-consciousness.
Sakta-Yoga
Same as Sakta-upaya, jnana-yoga
Sakti
(1) The power of Siva to manifest, to maintain the manifestation and to withdraw it (2) The spanda or creative pulsation of Siva or foundational consciousness.
Sakti-cakra
The group of the twelve mahakalis; the goddesses responsible for creation, etc; the group of Saktis of the senses; group of mantras; the group of Khecari, etc., the group of the goddess Srsti, etc.
Saktiman
Mahesvara; Siva
Sakti-pancaka
The five foundational saktis of Siva, viz., cit, ananda, iccha, jnana, and kriya.
Sakti-prasara
Sakti-vikasa; emergence from Samadhi and retaining that experience.
Sakti-pata
Descent of divine Sakti; Divine grace by which the empirical individual turns to and realizes his essential divine nature.
Sakti-sankoca
withdrawal of attention from sense-activity and turning it towards the inner reality.
Sakti tattva
The vimarsa aspect, or the foundational I-consciousness of SIva; the intentness of Siva's I-consciousness to manifest in the form of the universe; the second of the 36 tattvas.
Sakti-vikasa
concentration of attention on the inner consciousness even when the senses are open to their respective objects.
Sakti-visranti
Merging back into Samadhi and resting in that condition.
Samacara
Sam-samyak; a-isat; cara-prasarana- external expansion of the property evolved prana
Samarasya
Unison of Siva; identity of Consciousness; identical state in which all differentiation has disappeared.
Samavaya
One of the seven categories of the Hindu Logicians. Inseparable coinherence of attributes.
samayak kuravar
The four stalwarts samban^dhar, appar, sun^dharar, mANikka vAchakar who by their glorious hymns (which are part of thirumuRai) gave an excellent energy and vitalisation to the Shaivam in Tamil Nadu
Samadhi
Collectedness of mind in which there is cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.
Samadhi-sukha
The bliss that is experienced in being established in pramatr-pada i.e in the state of the essential Self or subject.
samAdi
complete absorption of thoughts (into the Supreme Being), the final stage of aShTAnga yoga
Samana
When the unmana sakti begins to display herself in the form of the universe with sunya and ending with earth, then descending from the highest state of Pramata (knowing Self), she is known as Samana in as much as she has started the mentation of all that is thinkable (asesa-mananamatrarupatvat samana-Udyota, p.286)
Samana
The vital vayu that helps in the assimilation of food etc., and brings about equilibrium between prana and apana
Samapatti
Sometimes a synonym of samadhi; consummation; attainment of psychis at-onement.
Samarasa
One having the same feeling or consciousness.
Samaveda
One of the four Vedas
Samavesa
Being possessed by the Divine, absorption of the individual consciousness in the Divine.
Sambhava-pramata
One established in Siva-Consciousness, also known as Siva-pramata
Sambhava-samavesa
Identification with Siva without any thought-construct born out of profound insight or sambhava upaya
Sambhava upaya
Sudden emergence of Siva-Consciousness without any thought-construct (vikalpa) by a mere hint that one's essential Self is Siva; also known as Sambhava Yoga or Icchopaya or Iccha-Yoga
Sambhu
An epithet of Siva
samhAra
dissolution
samhita
1. Compilation
2. The mantra part of the vedas
samsAraH
circuit of worldly life
Sambodha
Samyak bodha, full or perfect knowledge of the essential nature of Reality as a mass of consciousness and bliss which is the essential nature of Self.
Samghatta
Meeting; mental union; concentration.
Samhara ; Samharam
Assimilation to the Highest Consciousness ; Decay ; Reabsorption ; Resolution ; Dissolution.
Samhara krtya
The withdrawal or reabsorption of the Universe into Siva
Samsara or samsrti
Transmigratory existence, the world process
Samsarin
Transmigratory being.
Samskara
the residual traces of the mind lying in the unconscious.
Samvid-samvitti
Consciousness; universal consciousness.
Samvit
Supreme consciousness in which there is complete fusion of prakasa and vimarsa, jnana-sakti; svatantrya-sakti; the supreme I-consciousness.
Samvit-devata
From the macrocosmic point of view Samvitdevatas are khecari, gocari, dikcari and bhucari. From the microcosmic point of view, the internal and external senses are said to be samvit-devata.
sAmIpam
residing next (to Lord shiva)
Samkalpa
resolve; the synthetic activity of thought
Samvahya
One who is carried from one form of existence to another: karmatma, pasu
Sandhana
Lit., joining; union, union of the individual consciousness with the universal Consciousness through fixed, intensive awareness or one-pointedness.
Sankoca
Contraction, limitation.
Sanatana Dharma
(Lit., Eternal Religion) The religion of the Hindus, formulated by the Rishis of the Vedas.
Sandha-bija
The four letters- which are unable to give rise to any other letter.
Sankara
The Doer of Good ; God ; Siva.
sAnkhya
one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy, attributed to sage kapila, the system of philosophy that believes in two fundamental realities, viz., Purusa and Prakrti; the follower of such system.
sannyAsa
(ascetic) practice, renunciation
Sara
quintessence
Saiva agama
The ten dualistic sastras, eighteen sastras which teach identity in difference, and sixty-four non-dualistic sastras expounded by Siva
Saiva yoga or Sadhana
Anava upaya, Sakta upaya and Sambhava upaya
Sakala
All the jivas from gods down to the mineral who rest in maya tattva. They have no knowledge of the real self and their consciousness is only that of diversity.
Saksat upaya
Sambhava upaya
Sksatkara
Direct intuitive experience of the essential Self.
sAlOkam
residing in the same world (of Lord shiva)
Salokya
The state in which the aspirant lives on the same plane with his chosen deity.
Sarguru or Satguru
The true Teacher ; the Divine Teacher.
Sarguru Darsan
The sight of the Divine Guru.
Sarira
Body.
sArUpam
having the same form (of Lord shiva)
Sarupya
The state in which the aspirant realizes complete identity with the Divine.
Sarvaga
omnipenetrant
Sarvakartrtva
Omnipotence
Sarvajna
omniscient
Sarvajnatva
Omniscience
Sasana
Sastra; philosophical text.
Sastha-vaktra
Lit., the sixth organ or medhra-kanda, near the root of the rectum.
Sat
Existence which is consciousness
Sat Chit
Same as Sadasivam or Siva Sat. God regarded as Sat when it is not manifest to the World and as Chit whe it is manifest to the World.
Satasat
Atma.
Satchidananda
God when known by the Mukta ; when God appears as Love.
Satta
existence; ultimate reality
Sattamatra
pure existence, maha satta-transcendental reality.
Sattva
(1) The principle of being; light and harmony, a constituent of Prakrti (2) The inner essential Self.
Satya pramata
Para Siva
Saugata
Follower of Buddha, a Buddhist
Sausupta Srsti
The srsti in which pralayakalas remain
Savikalpa jnana
Knowledge which is acquired through the judgement of Buddhi
Savikalpa samadhi
Communion with God in which the distinction between subject and object is retained
Sayujya
The state in which the aspirant realizes identity with the Divine in the midst of difference.
sAyujyam
absorption (into Lord shiva)
shaiva, saiva
related to Shiva
shaiva sidhdhantha
The shaivite philosophy that bloomed in thamiznAdu.
shakti
Power, The Goddess (The female part of the God)
shaktipAda, saththinipAdham
descend of divine Grace
sharaNaru
The set of remarkable devotees who in karnataka spread the vIra shaivam movement
shAstra
instructional scripture
shiva
Perfect, Auspicious, The Supreme God
shivAchArya
priest, who shows the way to Lord shiva
shloka
verse
shrauta
vedic
Siddhantham
The True End ; the Saiva Adwaitha Philosophy.
Siddhanti
A Saiva ; a follower of the above school.
Siddhi
Supernormal power
siddi
attainment
Sikhanta
Brahmarandhra
Siva
The good; the name of the Divine in general; the foundational prakasa or divine light.
Siva (parama)
The Absolute; the transcendent divine principle.
Sivajnana Siddhi
The second of the 14 Siddhantha Sastras and the largest and most comprehensive work of the series.
Siva Tattva
The first of the 36 tattvas; the primal divine light, the source of all manifestation.
Siva-Vyapti
fusion with Siva; absorption of the universe in Siva.
smArta
follower of smR^iti
smR^iti, smruti
remembrance, social law book
Soham
It is I ; God is myself ; One of the Sadanas required for elevating the Soul to the Presence of God ; used also as Hamsa.
Soham bavana
Imagining God as oneself.
Soma (symbolic)
Prameya or object, apana
Soma nadi
The Pingala nadi carrying apana
Sorupam
Form.
Spanda
Apparent motion in the motionless Siva which brings about the manifestation, maintenance and withdrawal of the universe; Svatantrya Sakti, creative pulsation.
Sphuratta
Gleam; a throb-like gleam of the absolute Freedom of the Divine bringing about the world-process; spanda; the light of the spirit.
Srsti ; Srishti
letting go; emanation; manifestation ; Creation ; origination.
Srsti-bija
Mantra-bija, the Supreme I-consciousness which brings about manifestation.
Sruti
The Vedas
Stabdha
immovable.
sthala purANa
history of the place/temple
sthala vR^ixa
abode tree
Sthana-Kalpana
A mode of anava upaya concerned with concentration of external things.
Sthiti ; Sthithi
gross ; Development ; sustentation.
Sthiti Krtya
Maintenance of manifestation
Sthula bhutani
Gross elements-ether, air, fire, water and earth.
Sthula Sarira
Gross physical body ; The body of the Soul in the waking state or Jagra avastha.
Sugata
The Buddha
Suddha Adhva
The course of extra-mundane manifestaion from Siva upto Suddha Vidya
Suddha tattva
Parama Siva
Suddha Vidya
The fifth tattva, counting from Siva. In this tattva, the consciousness of both I and This is equally prominent. Though the germinal universe is seen differently, yet identity runs through it as a thread. There is identity in diversoty at this stage. Kriya is predominent in this tattva. The consciousness of this state is 'I am I and also this.'
Suddha Vikalpa
The thought of one's self being essentially Siva
Suksma or Linga Sarira
The body of the Soul in the Swapna avastha or Dream condition ; The inner subtle body, puryastaka
Sunya
void; the state in which no object is experienced.
Sunya (Bauddha)
A state in which there is no distinct consciousness of knower, knowledge and known; an indefinable state of Reality.
Sunya-pramata
The experient who is identified with objectless consciousness; pralayakala
Sunya (Saiva)
A state in which no object is experienced.
Sunyata
vacuity
Sunyatisunya
absolute void
Suprabuddha
One who has awakened to the transcendental state of consciousness and in whom that consciousness is constantly present.
Surya (symbolic)
Prana, pramana (knowledge)Jnana-sakti
Surya nadi
The Ida nadi carrying prana
sthApana
installation
sushumnA
central nADi very important in yoga
Susuptata or sausuptam
Delusive condition caused by primal ignorance.
Susupti
Sound, dreamless sleep.
Sushupthi avastha
State of dead sleep.
Susupti (apavedya)
Very deep sleep in which there is complete absence of all objective consciousness.
Susupti (savedya)
Sound sleep in which there remains a slight trace of the sense of pleasure, lightness etc.
Svacchanda
The absolutely Free Being, Siva; Bhairava
Svacchandya
Absolute Freedom of the Supreme
Svalaksana
An object limited in its particular space and time.
Svaprayojanam
Selfish end ; one's own good.
Svasamvedana
An intuitive apprehension of oneself without the aid of internal and extenal sense.
Svapna
Dream; dreaming condition; vikalpas or fancies limited to particular individuals;
Svapna srsti
The plane of existence in which the bhuvana, body and objects are subtle like dream.
Svarupa
one's own form; real nature; essence; essential nature
Svarupapatti
Attaining one's essential nature or true Self.
Svasthiti or Svastha
staying in one's essential state.
Svathanthryam
A free right.
Svatma
one's own Self.
Svatantra
The Absolute, of unimpedede Will
Svatantrya
Absolute Freedom of Will; Vimarsa Sakti
Svatma-satkr
To assimilate to oneself; to integrate to oneself
Sveccha
Siva's or Sakti's own Will, synonymous with svatantrya
svAdhiShTAnam
own base, second mystical circle (chakra)
Swapna avastha
Dreaming state.
Tamas
One fo the constituents of Prakrti- the principle of inertia and delusion.
Tantrika
follower of Tantra; pertaining to Tantra.
Tanmatra
Lit. that only; the primary elements of perception; the general elements of the particulars of sense-perception, viz. sabda, sparsa, rupa, rasa, gandha
Tantra
A scripture in general; Science of the cosmic spiritual forces, revealed work.
Tanu
Animal Body.
Tanuta
becoming gradually less; reduction; a state of subtleness.
Tapas
Sariya, Kriya and Yoga ; Religious and ascetic practices ; Devotion.
Tapoloka
Heavens ; conditions or states of the Souls undergoing rest after death, the condition being pleasurable.
Tarka sastra
Logic and dialectics
Tatparam
Supreme Lord ; Lord of all.
Tattva
fact, philosophy ; Thatnesss; principle; reality; the very being of a thing;
Tattva-traya
The three tattvas, viz; Nara, Sakti and Siva or Atma, Vidya and Siva
Tatpurusa
One of the five aspects of Siva
Tatvas
Component parts of the body and Soul.
TEgAnmavAdi
Materialist ; those who deny the existence of a mind and Soul.
thamiz
One of the very old language spoken in the southern most state of India, called Tamilnadu
thirumuRai
The hymns composed by the famous thamiz shaivite devotees during the first millenium. Highly adored text of thamiz shaivites
Thuriya avastha
State of the Soul breathing in bodies, in which consciousness is not yet developed.
Thripadartha
The three entities, postulated by Saivas,and Vaishnavas.
tIrtha
holy water
Tirodhana sakti
Power that obscures Reality
Trika
The system of philosophy of the tirad- Nara, Sakti and Siva or (1) Para,, the highest, concerned with identity (2) parapara, identity in difference, and (3) apara, difference and sense of difference.
Trika (para)
Prakasa, Vimarsa and their samarasya
Trika (parapara)
Iccha, Jnana and Kriya
trimUrti
The Hindu holy trinity - brahma, viShNu, rudra - involved in creation, sustainance and destruction
trishUla
trident
Turiya or Turya
The fourth state of consciousness beyond the states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep and stringing together all the states; the Metaphysical Consciousness distinct from the psychological or empirical self; the Saksi or witnessing consciousness; the transcendental Self.
Thunai kArana or Sahakari kArana
Instrumental cause.
Turyatita
The state of consciousness transcending the turiya, the state in which the distinction of the three, viz; waking, dreaming and deep sleep states is annulled; that pure blissful consciousness in which there is no sense of difference, in which the entire universe appears as the Self.
Thuriyathithum
The state of the Soul in its original, unevolved and undeveloped state.
Uccara
A particular technique of concentration on Pranasakti under Anava upaya. Various aspects of ananda (bliss) are experienced in this concentration.
Ucchalatta
The creative movement of the Divine ananda in waves bringing about manifestation and withdrawal
Udana
The vital vayu that moves upwards. The Sakti that moves up in Susumna at spiritual awakening.
Udarana
An analogy ; illustration or upamana.
Udaya
Rise, appearance, creation
Udyama
The sudden spontaneous emergence of the Supreme I-consciousness.
Udyantrta
-do-
Udyoga
-do-
Udvamanti
Lit. Opening of the eye; (1) The externalizing of Ichha Sakti; the start of the world-process. (2) In Saiva-yoga-unfolding of the spiritual consciousness which comes about by concentrating on the inner consciousness which is the back-ground of the rise of ideas. (3) Representing the letter 'u'.
Uma
The Iccha Sakti of the Supreme; U=Siva; ma=Sakti- the Sakti of Siva.
Unmana
The Supramental Sakti of Parama Siva in its primal movement towards manifestation, though inseparable from Him is known as unmana or unmani. Literally it means that which transcends manas. This Sakti is amatra, measureless and beyond time.
Ksemaraja in Udyota commentary on Necratantra says about unmana mana utkramya gata anavacchinnaprakasasphuratta. It is the Sakti that transcends mind and is an uninterrupted Light.
Unmesa
lit., opening of the eye-the start of the world process;
(1) From the point of view of svabhava or the essential nature of the Divine, it means the emergence of the Divine I-consciousness.
(2) From the point of view of manifestation, it means the externalizing of Iccha sakti, the start of the world process.
(3) From the point of view of Saiva yoga, it means the emergence of the spiritual consciousness which is the background of the rise of ideas.
(4) Representing the letter 'u'.
Unmilana
Unfolding; manifestation.
Unmilana samadhi
that state of the mind in which, even when the eyes are open, the external world appears as Universal Consciousness or Siva.
Unata
Representing the letter U
Upadana
limiting adjunct or condition
Upadhi
Limiting adjunct or condition
Upalabhdr
The Experient, knower or subject
Upalabdhi
Cognition, awareness
upachAra
honour, courtesy
upadesha
close advice, initiation
Upamana Poli
False analogy.
upaniShad
philosophy of vedas, vedanta
upAsana
service, attendance
Upathana kArana
Material cause.
Urdhva-Kundalini
the risen up kundalini when the prana and apana enter the Susumna
Urdhva marga
Upward path; susumna
Usma
The letters Sa, sa, sa, ha
Vacaka
Word; indicator; mantra, varna and pada
Vacya
Object, indicated; kala, tattva, bhuvana
Vaha
Flow; channel; the prana flowing in the ida nadi on the left and apana flowing in the pingala nadi on the right of susumna are together known as vaha
Vahni
a technical word of Saiva-Yoga, meaning 'entering completely' into the root and half of the middle of adhah kundalini (from the root Vah to carry)
Vaikhari
Sakti as gross physical word.
Vaisamya
difference, disquietude of duality.
Vaisnava
the follower of Visnu; follower of Vaisnava philosophy.
Vama or Vamesvari
The divine Sakti that emits (from vam to emit) or projects the universe out of the Absolute and produces the reverse (vama consciousness of difference (whereas there is non-difference in the divine).
Vapus
(bhairavasya) form; the nature of Bhairava, cosmic essence.
Varga
Classes of letters like kavarga, cavarga etc.
Varna
(1) Letter (2) Object of concentration known as dhvani in anavopaya; anahata nada (unstruck sound experienced in susumna).
Vartikam
A concise explanatory note.
Vasana
Residual traces of actions and impressions retained in the mind; habit energy.
Vasana Mala
Evil of association, or habit.
veda
1. knowledge
2. The sacrad book of vaidika dharma (Hinduism) from which the name is arrived)
Vedaka
Experient
Vedya
Object
vedAnta
conclusion of veda, upanishad
Vibhuti
splendour; power
vidhAnam
procedure
vidi
order, system, fate
Vidya
(1) Suddha vidya tattva; (2) Unmana sakti, Sahaja vidya (3) Limited knowledge, a kancuka of Maya.
Vidyasarira
Sabdarasi-the group of letters and words (sutra, Section II)
Vigraha
Individual form or shape; body.
Vigrahi
The embodied
Vijnana
consciousness; supreme consciousness
Vijnanamayakosa
The sheath of intelligence
Vijnanakala
The experient below Suddha Vidya but above Maya who has pure awareness but no agency. He is free of karma and maytya mala but not free of anava mala
vimAna
aeroplane, superstructure over sanctum sanctorum
Vikalpa
Difference of perception; distinction; option; an idea as different from another idea; ideation; fancy; imagination, thought-construct.
Vikalpa-Ksaya
The dissolution of all vikalpas
Vikalpanam
The differentiation-making activity of the mind;
Vikalpa(suddha)
The fixed idea that I am Siva.
Vikasa
Unfoldment; development
Vilapana
dissolution; esoteric meaning-anugraha-grace.
Vilaya
concealment
Vimarsa
Self-consciousness or awarenes of Parama Siva full of jnana and kriya which brings about the world-process.
Vimarsana
intuitive awareness; esoteric meaning-samhara absorption.
Vinayakah
Beings who create obstacles in spiritual progress by offering temptations.
Vinthu
The form of Pranava.
Vijnanakalar
The highest of the three order of Souls. They have only Anava Mala.
Virat
Consciousness limited or conditioned by the upadhi of the aggregate of gross bodies.
Viresa
The lord or amster of the senses that are intent on removing all sense of difference in as much as the lord of the senses has now experienced the delight of the transcendental consciousness. The senses are called vira, because they are now saktis.
vIrashaivam
The movement that strengthened the shaivite roots in the masses of karnataka. Revolutionary in thrashing away some of the old customs like caste etc.
Virya
virility, vitality; mantra-virya the virility of mantra
Visa
a technical word of Saiva Yoga, meaning 'entering into the remaining half and wholly into the top of adhah-kundalini right upto the position where urdhva-kundalini ends (from the root vis, to pervade).
vishuddi
fifth mystic chakra
viShNu
The Lord of sustainance. Worshiped by vaiShNavam
Visarga
Emanation; creation
Visargabhumi
Two dots simultaneously, representing Sakti's external manifestation of the universe and the internal assimilation of the same into Siva
Visishtadvaitam
Qualified non-dualism.
Visranti
rest; peace.
Visva
The universe; the all.
Visvamaya
Visvatmaka: Immanent.
Visvatmaka
immanent
Visvottirna
Transcendent
Vitarka
The thought that I am SIva, the Self of the universe
Vivarta
(In Sankara Vedanta) Appearance of the Real as something different.
Viveka
Philisophical discrimination
Viyat
space; sky
vrata
penance
Vrtti
mode, fluctuation
Vyamohitata
delusion
Vyana
the vital Vayu that is everywhere or the pervasive prana
Vyapaka
All container.
Vyapini
all-pervasive energy of pranava
Vyappiya
The contained.
Vyapta
completely pervaded.
Vyapati
pervasion; fusion in the whole, in Siva.
Vyapakatva
All-pervasiveness
Vyapti
Associated with the contained.
Vyamohitata
Delusion
Vyoma
sky; the infinite sky of consciousness; antar vyoma, the space in the mystic centre.
Vyutthana
Lit., rising, coming to normal consciousness after samadhi or meditative absorption.
Yajur-Veda
One of the four Vedas
yama
personal discipline
Yoga
(1) Acquisition of what is not yet acquired. (2) Communion, Communion of the individual soul with the Supreme; discipline leading to this communion (3) (In Patanjali) Samadhi, cessation of mental fluctuations (yuji samadhau).
Yogi
One who is seeking to or has been able to unite with the Universal consciousness.
Yogindra
the great yogi who has attained the sambhava state.
Yogini
the divine energy of Bhairava.
Yoginyah
The saktis-Khecari, Gocari, Dikcari, Bhucari etc.
Yoni
(1) womb, source. (2) The nine classes of consonants; in the context of letters, sakti is yoni, and Siva is bija. (3) The four saktis, viz., Amba, Jyestha, Raudri, Vama (4) Maya-sakti
Yonivarga
Maya and its progeny; mayiya mala
Yugapat
simultanelusly