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Acala
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That which is devoid of movement
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Adhishtanam
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Sub-stratum. In Advaita
Vedanta, the real entity located in which an unreal thing is perceived
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Adhyasa
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Superimposition. The wrong notion
concerning a real entity, attributing to it the nature and
characteristics of an unreal thing and vice versa
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Advayam
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Non-dual . The only Absolute
Reality
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Agami karma
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Punya and papa arising from action
and thought in the present janma
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Ahambrahmasmi
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“ I am Brahman”
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Ahamkara
Ahampratyaya
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Mind cum reflected
consciousness
The ‘I’ notion part of the
mind, the changing ‘I’ as the knower, doer etc.
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Ajah
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That which has no birth
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Akasa
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Space
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Akhanda caitanyam
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Undivided, all pervading
consciousness
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Anadi
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That which has no origin
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Ananda
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Bliss
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Anandamaya kosa
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Bliss sheath. The ignorance and
bliss experienced by a person during deep sleep
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Anantam
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That which is not limited ,
space-wise, time-wise or entity-wise. The infinite
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Anantam
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That which has no end
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Anavastha dosha
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The fallacy of infinite regress
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Anirvacaniyam
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Unexplainability; Undefinability
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Annamaya kosa
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The physical body
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Antahkarana
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Mind – consisting of Manas,
buddhi, ahamkara, and citta
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Arthadhyasa
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Perception of an unreal
entity
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Asanga
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Unassociated.; relationless
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Asuras
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Demons
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Atma
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The Consciousness aspect of
Brahman’s nature recognized as the witness-consciousness in individual
beings.
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Avarana sakti
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Veiling power. The power of Maya by
which Maya makes human beings forget their real nature
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Avastha traya viveka
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Enquiry into one’s real nature by
analyzing the states of waking, dream and deep sleep
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Avatara
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Incarnation
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Avidya
Avidya vritti
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Maya
The mode of the dormant mind
in sushupti registering the non-experiencing state.
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Avyakruta
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Literal meaning is ‘unevolved’.
However, it is used as a technical term synonymous with Maya
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Avyakta
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Literal meaning is ‘ unmanifest’.
However, it is used as a technical term synonymous with Maya
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Avyavaharyam
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That which is beyond transactions
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Ayamatama Brahma
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“This consciousness which is my
real nature is none other than the all pervading consciousness”
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Bhashya
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Commentary on the scriptural text
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Bhokata
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Enjoyer or sufferer
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Bhokruttvam
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The sense that one is an enjoyer or
sufferer
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Bhrama
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(1)Erroneous knowledge (2) Illusion
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Brahmaa
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Creator-God. The creator
aspect of Iswara
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Brahman
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The Absolute Reality defined as
Existence-Consciousness-Bliss
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Brahmana
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Seeker of knowledge of Brahman; one
who has known Brahman
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Brahmasatyam jaganmithya
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Brahman is the Reality; the
universe is mithya
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Buddhi
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Faculty of the mind which is of the
nature of decision - also, the reasoning faculty – generally
referred to as the intellect
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Caitanyam
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Consciousness
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Cidabhasa
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Reflected Consciousness
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Cit
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Consciousness
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Dama
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Control of the sense organs
of perception and action
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Devas
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Gods. Deities
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Drkdrsya viveka
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Enquiry into one’s real nature by
analysing the known and the knower
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Dwaitam
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The existence of more than one
reality
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Golakam
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The physical part of the sense
organs
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Guna
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Attribute
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Guru
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Preceptor
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Hiranyagrha
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(1) Brahmaa , the God
embodying Iswara’s power of creation power (2) Cosmic
subtle body
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