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Narayanashrama Tapovanam Glossary
Term | Definition |
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sadguru | Sanskrit : सद्गुरु ; a good teacher. |
sādhaka | |
sādhanā | |
sadhu | Sanskrit: साधु ; a holy man, saint, sage, seer. |
sahasranama | Sanskrit : सहस्रनाम ; Thousand names of any deity. |
samādhi | sanskrit : समाधिः ; Profound or abstract meditation. |
samsāra | sanskrit : संसार; सम्यक सरति इति संसार - comprehensive movement, continuous, cyclic change - constitutes our world |
samudra | Sanskrit : समुद्रः ; Ocean. |
sanātana | Sanskrit : सनातन; eternal, everlasting. |
sankalpa | Sanskrit: संकल्प; A vow or determination to perform any ritual observance. |
sannyāsa | sanskrit : संन्यास ; renunciation |
sannyāsi | sanskrit : संन्यासी ; renunciate |
saptarishis | Sanskrit : सप्तर्षयः ; The seven great saints. |
śāstras | Sanskrit : शास्त्र ; spiritual scriptures particularly Vedantic in nature. |
sattva | sanskrit : सत्त्व ; The quality of purity or goodness. |