DHARA NA - concentration; sixth step on Yoga. (Sanskrit) (NAD)

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DHARANI - mantra in written form, usually visualized as a series of shining syllables revolving in a circle. (Sanskrit) (NAD)

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DIVINE SOUND - (shabd, Sanskrit) eternal vibration within all beings that is realized by chanting or focusing the breath activating the inner ear. (NAD)

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DIVYA - divine, celestial, heavenly, luminous. (Sanskrit) (NAD)

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shloka

a stanza of Sanskrit verse.

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Dharma

Indian (Bharat) expression for the "eternal law of the cosmos", "inherent property in the nature of the things". -Origin Sanskrit, literally 'decree, custom, or property of something'. From spiritual point of view it means - characteristics of truth, honesty, and justice - Also it is often used in the sense of "religion", e.g. Christian religion, Hindu religion (dharma) etc. [The word is accepted in New English Oxford Dictionary].€€€

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Samadhi

Samadhi is a blissful state of intense concentration or super-consciousness achieved through Yoga (or meditation). In yoga this is also regarded as the final stage, at which union with the divine is reached, before or at the time when a sadhak reaches his final stage of leaving the body (not necessarily forever). It is derived from Sanskrit equivalent word meaning "state of contemplation". [The word is accepted in New English Oxford Dictionary].€€€

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Sannyasi

Sannyasi (also Sanyasi; Sannyasinii for female gender): a Hindu religious mendicant or Ascetic. The origin is from Sanskrit 'sanyasin' meaning - laying aside, ascetic', from sa 'together' + ni 'down' + as 'throw'. [The word is accepted in New English Oxford Dictionary].€€€

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Siddhi

Siddhi literally means absolute or total understanding; enlightenment (a state of being "Buddha", also called "Siddha"). Additionally, the word is frequently (Siddhis in plural) used to mean the paranormal powers possessed by saints, mystics, mantriks, and tantriks. The origin is from Sanskrit. [The word is accepted in New English Oxford Dictionary].€€€

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maha

a Sanskrit prefix meaning “great” or “large.”

maha-bhagavata

a devotee in the highest stage of devotional life.

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JAINISM (Sanskrit, jainas: "saint"): A major religion originating in India that has some similarity to Buddhism. Jainism does not recognize the authority of the Veda and its philosophy includes belief in the eternity of matter, the periodicity of the universe, the immortality of human's and animal's minds. It stresses non-violence and Jains are particularly known for avoiding harming any living thing.

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Chakras: A chakra is a spinning vortex of energy created within ourselves by the interpenetration of consciousness and the physical body. Through this combination, chakras become centers of activity for the reception, assimilation, and transmission of life energies. Uniting the chakras is what we experience as the "self."

The word chakra comes from the Sanskrit word for "wheel" or "disk" and originated within the philosophy of the ancient yoga systems of India.

Also See: Chakra

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adhyatmic

anglicized derivative of the Sanskrit word adhyatmika, “miseries caused by one’s own body and mind.”

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aham brahmasmi

Sanskrit for “I am spirit.”

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Deva-bhasa - ‘the language of the gods’, the language spoken in the celestial planets; Sanskrit.

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Definition and meaning of Independent Executive Agencies

Independent Executive Agencies - [Government]

Independent agencies of the federal government do the work of the government. The employees are called civil servants. The president appoints the heads of agencies, with some requiring confirmation by the Senate, i.e. the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). More than 100 independent agencies, varying in size, budget allocations, and power, are part of the federal government. Those which perform the functions of the executive branch include the National Archives and Record Administration, the General Services Administration and the CIA. Other major independent agencies are part of the general government bureaucracy including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Smaller agencies are the Civil Rights Commission and the Small Business Administration.

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Definition and meaning of Independent Executive Agencies

Independent Executive Agencies - [Government]

Independent agencies of the federal government do the work of the government. The employees are called civil servants. The president appoints the heads of agencies, with some requiring confirmation by the Senate, i.e. the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). More than 100 independent agencies, varying in size, budget allocations, and power, are part of the federal government. Those which perform the functions of the executive branch include the National Archives and Record Administration, the General Services Administration and the CIA. Other major independent agencies are part of the general government bureaucracy including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Smaller agencies are the Civil Rights Commission and the Small Business Administration.

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Mleccha - derived from the sanskrit root mlech meaning to utter indistinctly (sanskrit) - a foreigner; non-Aryan; a man of an outcaste race; any non-Sanskrit-speaking person who does not conform to the Hindu social and religious customs.

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Guru

Guru is often used for a Hindu spiritual teacher or Guide.

Also the word is used for each of the ten first leaders of the Sikh religion.

The word Guru comes from Sanskrit guru 'weighty, grave' (compare with Latin gravis). It means "with weightage (a big importance)".

Also it is often (correctly from spiritual point-of-view) interpreted as being derived from two root words Gu (meaning darkness), and ru (dispeller or remover). A real Guru (sad-Guru) is an awakened human who transmits higher consciousness to the disciples and devotees - to take them from an ordinary path to the path-of-truth. An aspirant who is accepted by a Guru and who is considered to be worthy to be initiated is called shisya (disciple).

From the spiritual point of view -The Guru is as good as the God. It has been said that:

Guru Brahmaa, Guru Vishnu, Gurudeva Maheswara

Guru saakhsaat Parambrahma, tasmayi Shri Gurave Namoh.

Guru himself is Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva-

And is representative of the Supreme-Soul, hence regards and obligations to Guru.

When we offer respects to the guru, we are offering respects to God. In Baba Buddhanath Das's words, the Supreme-God becomes invisible in the living world and makes the Guru visible. Hence, for realizing God's mercy, it is required that we learn to offer respects to God through God's representative. The origin is from Sanskrit. [The word is introduced in New English Oxford Dictionary].€€€

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AKASHIC RECORDS - 1. famed psychic Edgar Cayce brought the thought form of akashic records to general society. it's an giant data base that can be accessed with info about past lives, healing and other magickal practices and spiritual practices. That it can only be accessed with the mind of a psychic/Witch. Through Universal Connections (TRASB)

2. Celestial medium on which every thought and action of the material world is available to psychic observation (from Sanskrit) (NAD)

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DRAGON (lung, Chinese, rong, Vietnamese, ryu, Japanese, naga, Sanskrit) -

1. great beneficent being in Far East mythology which guards hidden treasures and heavenly mansions, presides over the weather and bestows rewards on deserving persons; traditionally represented with the horns of a deer, the head of a camel or horse, the eyes of a prawn or devil, the neck of a snake, the belly of a giant clam, the scales of a fish, the claws of an eagle, the feet of a tiger and the ears of a cow; symbol of Heaven, yang, energy, fortune, the Tao, virtue.

2. symbol of the defender of the Dharma in Buddhism.

3. one of an superhuman race of serpents in Hinduism.

4. dreadful beastie in Western mythology, which is forever carrying off maidens or laying waste the countryside, as in the tales of St. George, Perseus, Jason, Siegfried.

5. symbol of wisdom in the hermetic tradition and alchemy.

6. symbol of that which encloses and turns the psyche in on itself. (Joseph Campbell) (NAD)

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