Bhakti Siddhant Glossary bhikshu pada prasarana nyaya | भिक्षु पाद प्रसारण न्याय bhikshu pada prasarana nyaya (Devanagari: भिक्षु पाद प्रसारण न्याय ISO15919: bhikṣu pāda prasāraṇa nyāya) is a philosophy from the book of Nyay. It is literally translated as beggar stretching legs philosophy and best described with a short story. In the end we describe
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary halahala | हालाहल halahala (Devanagari: हालाहल ISO15919: hālāhala) is the virulent poison produced during the churning of the milk ocean Kshirasagara. All devatas and rakshasa became unconscious due to the fumes of that poison. Lord Shankara saved them all by swallowing it and holding it in His throat turning his throat
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary aja kripaniya nyay |अजा कृपाणीयन्याय aja kripaniya nyay (Devanagari: अजा कृपाणीयन्याय ISO15919: ajā kr̥pāṇiyanyāya ) is another rule in the book of rules called Nyay Shastra. Word by word these are the synonyms aja = goat | kripaniya = sword | nyay = rule It simply means when ill fate has to befall a person
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary rudh | रूढ़ The highest level of perfect devotion is mahabhava with the greatest selflessness in love for Shri Krishna. It has two levels. rudh mahabhava (Devanagari: रूढ़ महाभाव ISO15919: rūṛh mahābhāva) is the lower of the two levels. sadhana siddha gopis can attain up to this level. Also written
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary modan mahabhava | मोदन महाभाव modan mahabhava (Devanagari: मोदन महाभाव ISO15919: modana mahābhāva) is one of the adhirudha mahabhava. In this state of divine love many symptoms of divine ecstasy keep arising in Shri Radha. Only by the grace of Shri Radha Shri Krishna and the ashta mahasakhis also get to occasionally
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary mana bhakti | मान भक्ति mana bhakti (Devanagari: मान भक्ति ISO15919: māna bhakti) is the fourth level of siddha bhakti. A devotee in this stage discards all formalities and reservations. LEARN MORE * Devotion * Prefect Devotion * Devotional Sentiments REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch. 12
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Anadi | अनादि Anadi (Devanagari: अनादि ISO15919: anādi) means which has no beginning. For example Brahm, jiva and Maya are eternal entities. They did not come into being one day. So they are all anadi. The samsara was revealed one day means it has a beginning. So, samsara is sadi (Devanagari: सा
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary apratihata | अप्रतिहता apratihata (Devanagari: अप्रतिहता ISO15919: apratihatā) means continuous. Continuously do bhakti of God. The commitment to perform bhakti is so strong nothing and no one poses as an obstacle in doing so. This is one of the pillars of bhakti described in Bhagavata. LEARN MORE * ahaituki * Pillars of sadhana
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Ghunakshara Nyaya | घुणाक्षर न्याय Weevil or ghun (Devanagari: घुन ISO15919: ghuṇ) is an insect which survives by eating kernels of grains. The intellect of a ghun is incredibly low. With that much intellect learning alphabets is impossible. Without knowing the alphabets, while burrowing into the grain, carving out Lord’s name is an
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Triputi | त्रिपुटी Triputi (Devanagari: त्रिपुटी ISO15919: tripuṭī) means triad. Shri Maharaj Ji in His lectures uses several trios. These triad are listed below Jnata attains jnana of jneya. * jnata (Devanagari: ज्ञाता ISO15919: jñātā) - Knower * jnana (Devanagari: ज्ञान ISO15919: jñāna) - Knowledge * jneya (Devanagari: ज्
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary trikaladarshi | त्रिकालदर्शी trikaaldarshi (Devanagari: त्रिकालदर्शी ISO15919: trikāladarśī) means the one who can see the past, present and future. Both God and God-realized saints are trikaaldarshi. LEARN MORE * Vedic Time * The Supreme God
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary pratyaksha praman | प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण Perceiving something by one's own senses is referred to as perceptual evidence or pratyaksh pramana (Devanagari: प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण ISO15919: pratyakṣa pramāṇa). In spiritual matters this is the weakest form of evidence since material senses are severely limited in their abilities even in material
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary 18 akshohani sena | 18 अक्षोहणी सेना Shri Krishna gave His 18 akshohani (Devanagari: अक्षोहणी ISO15919: akṣōhaṇī) army to Duryodhan. That army had 4,800,000 soldiers fully equipped with weapons. This was the composition of that army * 400,000 chariots each with 1 charioteer and a warrior * 400,000 elephants each with 1 mahout
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary akarta | अकर्ता akarta (Devanagari: अकर्ता ISO15919: akartā) means the non-doer. Every jiva is akarta but it has been given an eternal servant called mind. Jiva wants ananda so mind keeps striving to find ananda. Since mind is material it performs material tamasik, rajasik, sattvik karma and keeps getting entangled in karmic
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary karta | कर्ता karta (Devanagari: कर्ता ISO15919: kartā) means the doer. Every jiva is akarta but it has been given a mind. That mind is the doer. So mind is called the karta. LEARN MORE * Actions * akarta * Kartritvabhimana
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary karma yoni | कर्म योनि The yoni in which a jiva is entitled to perform fruit bearing karma is called karma yoni (Devanagari: कर्म योनि IS)15919: karma yoni). There are 8.4 million types of material life forms. Each of these life forms is called yoni. Out of all these only one
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Karnarnav | कारणार्णव During maha pralaya all jeev remain immersed in Karnarnav (Devanagari: कारणार्णव ISO15919: kāraṇārṇava). LEARN MORE * Virja nadi
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Virja nadi | विरजा नदी There is a divine realm called Paravyom lok and there is material world. The two worlds are separated by Virja nadi (Devanagari: विरजा नदी ISo15919: virajā nadī). This is also called * Brahmdrav (Devanagari: ब्रह्मद्रव ISo15919: brahmadrava) * Karnarnav * Mahodar No material things can go past the material
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary yukta vairagya | युक्त वैराग्य Yukta vairagya (Devanagari: युक्त वैराग्य ISO15919: yukta vairāgya) means real renunciation. Real renunciation is when mind has no desire of any material luxuries, objects and people. Moreover, there is absence of pride of having given up everything. Please note: Mind cannot stay idle for a
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary advaita vedant | अद्वैत वेदान्त Advait vedanta (Devanagari: अद्वैत वेदान्त ISO15919: advaita vedānta) is the philosophy of non-dualism. This is one of the philosophies of advaita. The primary Acharya and propagator of this school of philosophy is Adi Jagadguru Shri Shankaracharya. This is also called Mayavada. According to this doctrine
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary dvaita vada | द्वैत वाद Dvaita vada (Devanagari: द्वैत वाद ISO15919: dvaita vāda ) is the philosophy of dualism. According to this doctrine jiva is separate from The Supreme God. Also jiva is eternal servant of the Supreme God. It is an eternal doctrine and all acharyas pactising bhakti follow this principle. Still,
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Yoni | योनि Yoni (Devanagari: योनि ISO15919: yoni) has two meanings 1. life form - Each life form is called a yoni. There are 8.4 million life forms found in the sansaar-the world 2. the female genitals LEARN MORE Types of life forms Karm yoni
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Kaal | काल Kaal (ISO15919: kāla काल ) has a few meanings in Sanskrit language. The first 2 meanings are commonly used. The third one is also defined in the Vedas and is a measure of eternal time. 1. Kaal is an indication for the moment of death. The countdown starts from the
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary ahaituki | अहैतुकी ahaituki (Devanagari: अहैतुकी ISO15919: ahaitukī) means to be devoid of desires for one's own happiness. This is one of the pillars of bhakti described in Bhagavata. LEARN MORE * apritihata * Pillars of sadhana bhakti REFERENCE Main Kaun? Mera Kaun? Vol. 3, Ch. 50
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary vashita / vashita siddhi | वशिता / वशिता सिद्धि Vashita siddhi (Devanagari: वशिता सिद्धि ISO15919: vaśitā siddhi) enables it's master to control anything and anyone in the world. LEARN MORE * siddhi * Mystical powers REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love, Ch. 9
