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GLOSSARY
one of the four stages into which a
Hindu’s life is traditionally divided, one
works together as husband and wife to
raise the family.
Grihini (Hindi) ~ Mistress of the family
(wife)
Gruha Shobha (Gujarati)- Indian
magazine for women
Guru (Sanskrit) -Teacher
Guruji (Hindi) - Spiritual mentor
tzzat ki bait hai ye (Hindi) ~ It is a
matter of prestige
Janani (Sanskrit) - She who gives birth
(mother)
Jivatma (Sanskrit) - The individual Soul
Adharma (Sanskrit) ~ Unrighteousness,
vice
Aitereya Brahmana (Sanskrit) ~ A
theological text by a sage named
Aitereya
Apauruseya (Sanskrit) ~ Impersonal
Ardhangini (Sanskrit) ~ The other half
of a man without whom he is
incomplete(wife)
Artha (Sanskrit) ~ Wealth
Ashrama dharma (Sanskrit) - Human
law
Badam khajur wala (Hindi) milk ~ Milk
shake with almonds and dates
Bahu (Hindi) ~ Daughter-in-law
Bai (Hindi) ~ domestic help, generally
female
Bal Sanskar Kendra (Hindi) ~ Centre
conducting activities to orient children to
the Indian culture
Bhagwan (Hindi) ~ God
Brahmacharya ashrama (Sanskrit) ~
Pupilage in divine knowledge during
celibacy
Chakravyuha (Sanskrit) - A complex
military formation described in the
Mahabharat
Chaula (Sanskrit) ~ A child’s first
ceremonial tonsure/hair cut (also called
mundan)
Chaturvidha phaia purushartha
(Sanskrit) ~ Personal aims to be
realized or striven for during the course
of one's life time
Dharma (Sanskrit) - Righteousness,
morality, piety, virtue, social order
Dharmasastra (Sanskrit) ~ Teaching of
righteousness
Femina ~ Indian magazine for women
Garba (Gujarati) ~ Devotional folk dance
performed during Navratri (the festival of
nine nights) in Gujarat.
Garbha (Sanskrit) - Mother’s womb
Garuda Parana (Sanskrit) ~ One of the
Puranas
Griha (Sanskrit) - Home
Grihastha ashrama (Sanskrit) ~ The
stage of worldly and family life- being
Kama (Sanskrit) - implies sensory and
aesthetic fulfillment (pleasure)
Kanyadan (Sanskrit)- Giving away the
daughter during marriage
Gita - Text on Applied Philosophy
(Bhagwat Gita)
Karma (Sanskrit) - Work, the law of
cause and effect in the moral world
Karma Yoga (Sanskrit) - Realization by
life of action or work
Kendra (Hindi) - Centre
Khubian (Hindi) - Good qualities
Kudrati prerana (Gujarati) - Natural
motivation
Lagni (Gujarati) - Attachment
Maa Baap Banta Sheekho (Gujarati) Learn to be father and mother (parents)
Maa (Hindi)- Mother
Mahabharata - Historical text on the life
of the Kuru dynasty, also revered as a
sacred epic, composed Maharishi Ved
Vyas
Mamta (Gujarati) - Maternal love
Manu Smriti - The laws of social
conduct for a Hindu
Mata (Sanskrit) - Mother
Matru devo bhava (Sanskrit) - Let your
mother be god to you (putting one's
mother above father, teacher, and God)
Mayawadi (Sanskrit) - Illusionist school
of Hindu philosophy
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Sanskari (Gujarati) - Good human
being, pleasant disposition
Sanyasa ashrama (Sanskrit) \ ,
Renounce worldly life, live a life of ah:/;''\
Moksha (Sanskrit) - Reaching salvation
and a release from the cycles of birth
(liberation)
Naishthika Brahmacharis (Sanskrit) ~
Lifelong celibacy
Paramatma (Sanskrit) ~ The Supreme
Soul,
Pita (Hindi) ~ Father
Pitah putra parampara (Hindi) ~ Father
son legacy
Puranas - Texts of Indian Mythology/
Philosophy and Religion
Purusharthas (Sanskrit) ~
Righteousness, wealth, pleasure,
liberation
Put (Sanskrit) - Son
Putra (Sanskrit) ~ Son
Raja (Hindi)- King
Rakshashi Vrutti (Gujarati) Destructive thoughts and conduct
Ramayana ~ Historical text on the life of
Rama, also revered as a sacred epic
Ravan Dahan (Hindi) - Burning of the effigy
- of the demon Ravan during Dassehra
(Hindu festival)
Sabhyata (Gujarati) ~ cultured and civilised
behaviour
Sahansheelata (Gujarati) ~ Patience and
endurance
Saibaba - Saint from Shirdi revered equally
by Hindus and Muslims
Samajik'prerana (Gujarati) ~ Societal
motivation
Samvedanasheelata (Gujarati) ~ Sensitivity,
compassion
Samvedanasheetala, dheeraj savthi motu
gharenu che (Gujarati) - Sensitivity and
patience are the most precious jewels in a
mother’s crown
Sanatana Dharma (Sanskrit) - Eternal
religion (Hinduism)
Sansaar (Hindi) - World of existence
Sanskars or Samskaras (Sanskrit) - the
term embraces proper attitudes and
values in the child/children, which would
develop their ability to discriminate the
right from the wrong, and make them
responsible citizens of society; also
means sacred and ritualistic ceremonies
ascetic, one is expected to turn fully to scripture, worship and yoga
Shakti (Sanskrit) - power and strength
Shastras - Scholarly treatises of the
Hindu Sciences
Sloka - A Sanskrit verse, a couplet
Stotras (Sanskrit) - Hymns
Summum bonum (Latin) - What we
must achieve in our life
Svadharma (Sanskrit) ~ One's own duty
SwadhyayParivar (Hindi)- Pandurang
Athavle Shastriji’s spiritual-philosophical
movement
Swah (Sanskrit) - Self
Taittiriya Upanishad - One of the
Upanishads
Tazia (Hindi/Urdu) - Religious
procession by the Muslim community
on the tenth day of Moharram (First
month of the Islamic calendar) to mark
the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Husain
Upanishads - Texts on spirituality
Vaimiki's Ramayana - Epic written by
sage named Valmiki
Vanaprastha ashrama (Sanskrit) Third stage of life where one renounces
the worldly pleasures
Vansh (Hindi)- Family lineage
Veda - Ancient sacred text of the
Hindus (Sruti)
Medic Aryan - Aryan race of the Vedic
times
Vedic - Concerning the Vedas
Vyapar (Gujarati) - Monopoly (board
game)
Yagna Pavita (Sanskrit) - sacred thread
ceremony
Yoga - The union of the lower self with
the higher self
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