Glossary of Sanskrit Terms Used in This Article
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- Atman = the individual being, identical with Brahman
- Jiva=Individual being
- Advaita= Non-dual
- Dvaita = dual
- Visishtadvaita = Non-dual with distinction
- Ajativada =non creation,
- Bhakta =Devotee,
- Brahman = Pure Consciousness.
- Saguna Brahman = Brahman along with Maya, as Creator of the Universe
- Mukta = a free/realised person.
- Nirguna Brahman= Pure Consciousness
- Nirvikalpa Samadhi = where subject-object division is not there
- Sat-Cit-Ananda= Existence-Consciousness-Limitlessness,
- Pralaya=Dissolution or resolving of the Universe,
- Maha-Pralaya = Dissolution of the material and subtle universe,
- Para = Above/beyond,
- Vedanta= The concluding portions of the Vedas, the teachings of the Upanishads,
- Turiya = Fourth State
- Sahaja = natural meditation,
- Sakshin - Witness,
- Siva/Sakti-Consciousness/Universal Energy,
- Jiva= The individual,
- Mukti = Freedom, liberation
- Manas = Mind, one of the four faculties of the antahkarana(the other three being buddhi, cittam and ahamkara)
- Vasanas = past impressions of the mind.
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