Bhakti Siddhant Glossary pattika | पट्टिका A golden chain-like ornament worn at the hairline just above the forehead. Reference: Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 2, Ch. 10
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary paropakara | परोपकार Doing good to others. Reference: Bhakti Shatak - Hundred Gems of Devotion - an in-depth analysis
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary parikrama | परिक्रमा Walking and dancing joyously while chanting God's name with love: one of the three ways to perform sankirtan. Reference: Sadhan Sadhya - The Way to God's Love, March 2023
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary parijata | पारिजात A celestial flower (tree) in celestial god Indra's garden with yellowish pure white flowers with a very special fragrance. Reference: Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 3, Ch. 20
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary parichhedavada | परिच्छेदवाद parichchhedavada (Devanagari: परिच्छेदवाद ISO15919: paricchedavāda) is doctrine of sectionalization. Followers of Jagadguru Shankaracharya refuted the version of advait-vada propounded by Jagadguru Shankaracharya. The propounded that Brahm is one and only eternal entity. Brahm is nothing but light. When Brahm was endowed with Vidya (knowledge) then a
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Paravyoma | परव्योम Paravyom lok (Devanagari: परव्योम लोक ISo15919: paravyoma loka) is the divine realm. Pancha mahabhuta of Maya do not make the land, water, fire, sky, space of this realm. Instead Shri Krishna Himself becomes the land, water, fire, sky, space. That is why everything in Paravyom lok is
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary parasa | पारस Also written as paras Touchstone: a very rare and presently non-existent gem that can convert iron into gold simply by touching it.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Paramatma | परमात्मा The Supreme Soul: the aspect of the Lord who resides in all living beings, endowed with qualities and form, but only a partial manifestation of powers. REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch. 6
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary parama purusha | परम पुरुष Vedas refer to God and His avatars as Purush. Parama purusha (Devnanagari: परम पुरुष ISO15919: parama puruṣa) is a moniker used exclusively for Shri Krishna - The Supreme Lord. LEARN MORE * The Supreme God REFERERNCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 1, Ch.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary paramapara| परम्परा 1. A social or family tradition. 2. Disciplic succession.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary paramahamsa | परमहंस The word paramhansa (Devanagari: परमहंस ISO15919: paramahaṁsa) is used in a couple of different contexts. The Supreme God has eternally existed in a Nirakar form and a Sakar form. * Followers of the doctrine of advait vaad (non-duality) worship Nirakar Brahm. When such a person's mind is absorbed
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary parakiya bhava | परकीया भाव When Shri Krishna descended on earth in the land of Braj some married woman loved Shri Krishna with madhurya bhav. Such a sentiment is called parakiya bhava (Devnanagari: परकीया भाव ISO15919: parakīyā bhāva). Some unmarried girls also loved Him with madhurya bhav. Their sentiment is called svakiya bhav
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary para tattva | परतत्त्व The supreme truth. Reference: Raas Panchadhyayi, Ch. 3
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary para shakti | परा शक्ति The all-capable power that can make the impossible possible: one of the three main powers of God and considered His superior power, also known as svarupa shakti and yogamaya. See jiva shakti and maya shakti. See Yogamaya. Reference: Who am I? Who is Mine? Vol. 1, Ch. 2
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary para dharma | पर धर्म para dharma (Devanagari: पर धर्म ISO15919: para dharma) is the unchanging eternal duty of all perform. Para means superior. The superior dharma every jiva is to serve God. This is also referred to by many other names. * gunatita dharma (Devanagari: धर्म ISO15919: dharma ) means duty which is beyond
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary papihara / papiha | पपीहरा / पपीहा papiha (Devnanagari: पपीहा ISO15919: papīhā) is cuckoo bird. It is a black colored bird. It does not make its own nest. It lays it's eggs in the nest of crows. The mama crow raises its children. In Indian literature its sound is considered very sweet and soothing.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary paapa | पाप Paap (Devanagari: पाप ISO15919: pāpa) means sin. Vedas is the book of divine laws. It defines vidhi and nishedha. Performing those actions listed as nishedha are called paap. Opposite of paap is punya. On the path of bhakti both papa and punya are deemed paap, as they increase the
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Paniniya Shiksha | पाणिनीय शिक्षा A philosophical system on Sanskrit grammar written by Panini that contains 4000 aphorisms believed to be derived from Lord Shiva, that is the most complete text on the science of language and grammar. Reference: Who am I? Who is Mine? Vol. 1, Ch. 7
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary panghata| पनघट The natural water source from where people collect water is called panghata (Devanagari: पनघट ISO15919: panaghata). It can be a bank of a river or a draw well. Also written as panghat REFERENCE Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary nyochhavar | न्योछावर Also written as nyochhawar The act of happily offering money on a particular occasion or festival. Reference: Sadhan Sadhya - The Way to God's Love, October 2023
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary nyaya prasthana | न्याय प्रस्थान Any scriptural fact is accepted only when Vedas, Gita and Vedanta are all in agreement. Vedanta is referred to as nyaya prasthana (Devanagari: न्याय प्रस्थान ISO15919: nyāya prasthāna). LEARN MORE * shabda pramana * Darshan Shastra * Schools of Philosophy REFERENCE Who am I? Who is Mine? Vol.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Nyaya | न्याय Meaning of Nyaya (Devanagari: न्याय ISO15919: nyāya) is based on the context. * Nyay shastra (Devanagari: न्याय शास्त्र ISO15919: nyāya śāstra) was written by Sage Gautama. It is an epistemological quest to understand the scriptures. When enumerating the six philosophical systems in Hinduism it
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary nri rina |नृ ऋण Every human being is indebted to entire human race for all they did for us. This is called nri rina (Devanagari: नृ ऋण ISO15919: nr̥ r̥ṇa). LEARN MORE * pancha-rin * Three spiritual debts * Repay Spiritual Debt or Do Devotion? REFERENCE Bhagavad Bhakti - True Devotion, Ch. 7
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary niyama | नियम Ashtang yoga advises to follow twelve rules called niyama (Devanagari: नियम ISO15919: niyama) to control the mind. Self-discipline is the second step of Ashtang yoga since it is impossible to achieve anything worth attaining without observing discipline. LEARN MORE * Path of yoga REFERENCE A Journey Towards Divine Love (6th
