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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 300 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 301