GLOSSARY
Ahimsa
-
Non-violence;
Ananda
-
dliss
Ashram
love
tlerlnitage;
a
quiet
place
ivhere
people
having
common i d e a l s
lead
a
conmunity
life
and
folloiv
a
partir.ular
discipline.
The
place
ivhere Gandhi r e s i d e d with h i s coworkers and d i s c i p l e s was r e f e r r e d
to a s t h e ashram.
-
One of the four stagos in a inan's
life
student.
householder,
conteniplation and gradual withdrawal
from ivordly t i e s , total renunciation.
Soul. Self.
Bania
-
B~PU
-
Atman
Bhagavad Gita
Bhakti Yoga
-
Llenber of
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traditional
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Father
A Hindu S c r i p t u r e
P a t h of devotion
Brahman
-
Brahmana
-
Charkha
-
Spinning Wheel
Chit (Cit]
-
P u r e Consciousness
Dharma
-
Moral
Brahrnacharya
Diwan
Duragrahi
Guru
-
Celibacy. Continence
~ o d .Supreme Being
The highest
of p r i e s t s .
Hindu
caste
consisting
la^^ or p r a c t i c e , d u t y .
Chicf 1~linistc1-of a Princely S t a t e .
Person with uvil tlcsire
Religious teacher
Himsa
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Jnana Yoga
-
P a t h of knowledge
Karma Yogi
-
Religious person
of action.
Karuna
-
Mercy
Mahatma
-
A
-
An ancient p r e c e p t o r and a u t h o r of
t h e Code of Laws, narned a f t e r him.
Mahabharata
-
A Hindu Epic
Moksha
-
Salvation, l i b e r a t i o n
Nishkama K a r m a
-
i l e s i r e l e s s action
Ramanama
-
Name of liama or God
Sat
-
Being
Sanatana
-
Ancient. Orthodox
Satyam
-
Truth
Satyagraha
-
Holding
on
to
truth,
r e s i s t a n c e to untruth.
Savarna Hindus
-
Upper. Caste
Shastra
-
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Sivam
-
Goodness
Sudra
-
T h e fourth o r lowest Hindu
consisting of manual l a b o u r e r s .
Beauty
S~varaj
-
Self -p,oVxnnent
Sumum Bonum
-
Highest good
Austerity
TYaga
-
Upanishads
-
Ancient
philo:;ophical
[linduism.
Sundaran
Tapas. Tapasya
great soul,
to s a i n t s .
devoted
a
to t h e
path
t i t l e generally given
non-violent
Caste
Sacrifice
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treatises
of
Varna
-
Social groups numbering
on
pursuit
of
occupations.
Varna Dharma
-
Specific
duties
social groups.
Varnashrama
:
Four sgcial groups
of man's l i f e .
Varnashrama D h c m a
:
Specific d u t i e s of four s o c i a l groups
and of four s t a g e s of man's l i f e .
Yogi
-
Ji;e practising Yoga.
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of
the
and
four based
hcreditary
different
four
stages