RELIGION > MY RELIGION > SECTION EIGHT : MY HINDUISM > Non-English Words with their meanings
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Non-English words with their meanings |
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Agiari—a Zoroastrian temple; Parsi place of fire-worship Ahimsa—non-violence; love Allah—a Muslim term for God Ashram —a place for spiritual retirement; Gandhiji's colony of workers Ashrama—one of the four stages in a man's life (student, householder, meditator in the forest, and wandering teacher), as enjoined by Hinduism Avatar—incarnation
Bati—a thick bread Bhatti—a. small open furnace Bhagavat— a Purana or devotional book containing the life-history of Lord Krishna and other ancient stories Bhagavad Gita - Hindu scripture, often regarded as the New Testament of Hinduism Bhajan— a religious service consisting of devotional songs; devotional song Bhangi—a scavenger; an 'untouchable' Brahmachari—one pledged to chastity; student Brahmacharya—chastity; continence Brahman—God; Supreme Being Brahmana—the highest Hindu caste, consisting of priests
Dharma —religious duty Dharmayuddha—righteous war
Ezhavo—an outcaste of Malabar
Gayatri —Vedic prayer addressed to the Sun God Gita—See Bhagavad Gita Goshala—a dairy-, cattle farm Guru—religious teacher
Himsa—violence
Itihasa—Ancient Hindu Book of History
Kali—a Hindu goddess of destruction; name of goddess Durga Kalma— a Muslim prayer formula Karmayogi—religious person devoted to the path of action Khuda—a Muslim term for God Koran—a sacred book of Muslims
Lota—a small vessel for water
Mahabharata—a Hindu epic Mandir—a Hindu temple Mantra—a Vedic hymn or sacred prayer Moksha—salvation; liberation
Nirvana—lit. extinction; extinction of desire; Buddhist conception of salvation
Pariah—an outcaste of the Tamils of South India Phooka—process of inserting a rod or pipe into the reproductive organ of the cow and blowing air into it to make the cow yield its last drop of milk
Quran—See Koran
Rama—a Hindu incarnation of God; God Ramanama—name of Rama or God Ramayana—a Hindu epic, describing the life-history of King Rama Rama Raj—Kingdom of Rama or God; the ideal political and social order Rishi—seer
Sanatana—ancient; orthodox Sanatani—one who follows the ancient faith Satyagraha—lit. clinging to Truth; non-violent resistance to untruth Satyagrahi—non-violent resister of untruth Shastra—Hindu sacred book Shivalingam—a stone idol or short pillar representing Shiva, a Hindu god Shudra—the fourth or lowest Hindu caste consisting of manual labourers Smriti—ancient book embodying Hindu law and tradition Swadeshi—the duty to serve one's neighbours and therefore to use articles produced by them only Swaraj—self-government
Tapas, Tapasya—austerity
Upanishads—ancient philosophical treatises of Hinduism
Varna—social groups numbering four based on pursuit of hereditary occupations Varna Dharma—specific duties of the different social groups Varnashrama—four social groups and four stages of man's life Varnashrama Dharma—specific duties of four social groups and of four stages of man's life Vedas—earliest Hindu scriptures Vishnu—a Hindu god
Yogi—one practising Yoga
Zend Avesta—scriptures of the Parsis or Zoroastrians |