Non-English words with their meanings

Akash—ether

Angithi—a small coal stove

Ashram — a place of spiritual retirement; Gandhiji's colony of workers

Ayurveda — the science of health or medicine, regarded as a supplement to Atharvaveda, which is one of the four Vedas or Hindu sacred books

Bapu—father

Bhajan—hymn, prayer in the form of song Bhakri— flat, hard, unleavened bread

Bidi— indigenous cigarettes in which tobacco is wrapped in hand-twisted dry leaves

Bilva —leaf of a sacred tree of that name, Aegles Marmelos or wood-apple

Brahmacharya—chastity

Chapati— flat, unleavened bread

Dharma — law of conduct, duty

Ghi, Ghee—clarified melted butter Go-seva—service of the cow

Go-seva Sangh —an association for the protection and welfare of cows

Hakim— physician following Unani system of medicine

Kavo—a hot beverage made up of water, cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper, etc.

Khichadi—a preparation of rice mixed with cooked dal or pulse

Kshetra Sannyasa—restriction to a definite field of work to the exclusion of other fields

Lakh—a. hundred thousand

Langoti—a small piece of cloth tied round the private parts

Lota—a. small metal vessel

Mowhra—seed of Mowhra tree, Bassia Latifolia

Mung—a kind of pulse

Neem—a tropical tree, Melia Azaderach

Pooja — ritualistic worship and offering

Purnanna — literally, complete diet; an experiment in which vegetables and two or three kinds of flour are steamed together possessing complete food values

Purnanna roti—a bread steamed with vegetables in it and possessing complete food values

Ramanama — name of Rama or God

Shastra—scripture; authoritative writing

Shloka—verse

Vaidya—Ayurvedic doctor