Download Vocabulary from Siddhartha

Vocabulary from Siddhartha
Vocabulary from Siddhartha
Vocabulary from Siddhartha
 ablutions - (v.) The act of washing or
cleansing; specifically, the washing of the
body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.;
(n.) The water used in cleansing
 alms - charitable gifts to the poor
 Agni - In Hinduism, a principal Vedic god;
god of fire, the sun, and lightening, and
mediator between mankind and the gods.
 All-Radiant - Hinduism; ultimate place of
perfection where a human becomes a god.
 Ascetics - people committed to self-denial
and spiritual discipline.
 Atman - The life principle, soul, or
individual essence; The universal ego from
whom all individual atmans arise. This
sense is a European excrescence on the East
Indian thought.
 Brahmin - a member of the highest of the
four Hindu castes; "originally all Brahmins
were priests" [syn: Brahman]
 courtesan - (n.) a woman who cohabits with
an important man [syn: concubine, ...
paramour]
 cowl - (n.) A monk's hood; -- usually
attached to the gown. The name was also
applied to the hood and garment together.]
 devotee - (n.) an ardent follower
 ennui - boredom
 Kamaswami's name deciphered:
Kama = the Hindu god of love
and
desire
Swami = master
Kamaswami (together) = master of worldly
realm
 Mara - The devil who tempted Buddha
 ablutions - (v.) The act of washing or
cleansing; specifically, the washing of the
body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.;
(n.) The water used in cleansing
 alms - charitable gifts to the poor
 Agni - In Hinduism, a principal Vedic god;
god of fire, the sun, and lightening, and
mediator between mankind and the gods.
 All-Radiant - Hinduism; ultimate place of
perfection where a human becomes a god.
 Ascetics - people committed to self-denial
and spiritual discipline.
 Atman - The life principle, soul, or
individual essence; The universal ego from
whom all individual atmans arise. This
sense is a European excrescence on the East
Indian thought.
 Brahmin - a member of the highest of the
four Hindu castes; "originally all Brahmins
were priests" [syn: Brahman]
 courtesan - (n.) a woman who cohabits with
an important man [syn: concubine, ...
paramour]
 cowl - (n.) A monk's hood; -- usually
attached to the gown. The name was also
applied to the hood and garment together.]
 devotee - (n.) an ardent follower
 ennui - boredom
 Kamaswami's name deciphered:
Kama = the Hindu god of love
and
desire
Swami = master
Kamaswami (together) = master of worldly
realm
 Mara - The devil who tempted Buddha
 ablutions - (v.) The act of washing or
cleansing; specifically, the washing of the
body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.;
(n.) The water used in cleansing
 alms - charitable gifts to the poor
 Agni - In Hinduism, a principal Vedic god;
god of fire, the sun, and lightening, and
mediator between mankind and the gods.
 All-Radiant - Hinduism; ultimate place of
perfection where a human becomes a god.
 Ascetics - people committed to self-denial
and spiritual discipline.
 Atman - The life principle, soul, or
individual essence; The universal ego from
whom all individual atmans arise. This
sense is a European excrescence on the East
Indian thought.
 Brahmin - a member of the highest of the
four Hindu castes; "originally all Brahmins
were priests" [syn: Brahman]
 courtesan - (n.) a woman who cohabits with
an important man [syn: concubine, ...
paramour]
 cowl - (n.) A monk's hood; -- usually
attached to the gown. The name was also
applied to the hood and garment together.]
 devotee - (n.) an ardent follower
 ennui - boredom
 Kamaswami's name deciphered:
Kama = the Hindu god of love
and
desire
Swami = master
Kamaswami (together) = master of worldly
realm
 Mara - The devil who tempted Buddha
 Maya - (n.) The name for the doctrine of the
unreality of matter, called, in English,
idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity;
illusion.
 Nirvana - (n.) 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism)
the beatitude that transcends the cycle of
reincarnation; characterized by the
extinction of desire and individual
consciousness; 2: any place of complete
bliss and delight and peace [syn: eden,
paradise, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
 Om - [Also Aum, Um.] - A mystic syllable
... used by Hindus and Buddhists in
religious rites... [Webster's 1913] A sound
chanted (actually 3 sounds: a u m) used in
meditation and representing the unity of all
 palliative - (n.) alleviates pain without
curing
 Prajapati - (n.) god personifying a creative
force
 renounce - (v.) To cast off or reject
deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to
forswear.
 Rig-Veda - (n.) a Veda consisting of Hindu
poems dating from before 2000 BC
 Sama-Veda - (n.) a collection of mantras
[chants] and tunes for use with the RigVeda

Samsara = polar opposite of Nirvana

(Nirvana = bliss; the end of the cycle of
reincarnation); in Buddhism, Samsara is
illusion, spiritual death, despair
 Upanishads -( n.) later sacred texts of
Hinduism dealing with broad philosophical
questions
 Maya - (n.) The name for the doctrine of the
unreality of matter, called, in English,
idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity;
illusion.
 Nirvana - (n.) 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism)
the beatitude that transcends the cycle of
reincarnation; characterized by the
extinction of desire and individual
consciousness; 2: any place of complete
bliss and delight and peace [syn: eden,
paradise, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
 Om - [Also Aum, Um.] - A mystic syllable
... used by Hindus and Buddhists in
religious rites... [Webster's 1913] A sound
chanted (actually 3 sounds: a u m) used in
meditation and representing the unity of all
 palliative - (n.) alleviates pain without
curing
 Prajapati - (n.) god personifying a creative
force
 renounce - (v.) To cast off or reject
deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to
forswear.
 Rig-Veda - (n.) a Veda consisting of Hindu
poems dating from before 2000 BC
 Sama-Veda - (n.) a collection of mantras
[chants] and tunes for use with the RigVeda
Samsara = polar opposite of Nirvana

(Nirvana = bliss; the end of the cycle of
reincarnation); in Buddhism, Samsara is
illusion, spiritual death, despair
 Upanishads -( n.) later sacred texts of
Hinduism dealing with broad philosophical
questions
 Maya - (n.) The name for the doctrine of the
unreality of matter, called, in English,
idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity;
illusion.
 Nirvana - (n.) 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism)
the beatitude that transcends the cycle of
reincarnation; characterized by the
extinction of desire and individual
consciousness; 2: any place of complete
bliss and delight and peace [syn: eden,
paradise, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
 Om - [Also Aum, Um.] - A mystic syllable
... used by Hindus and Buddhists in
religious rites... [Webster's 1913] A sound
chanted (actually 3 sounds: a u m) used in
meditation and representing the unity of all
 palliative - (n.) alleviates pain without
curing
 Prajapati - (n.) god personifying a creative
force
 renounce - (v.) To cast off or reject
deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to
forswear.
 Rig-Veda - (n.) a Veda consisting of Hindu
poems dating from before 2000 BC
 Sama-Veda - (n.) a collection of mantras
[chants] and tunes for use with the RigVeda
Samsara = polar opposite of Nirvana
(Nirvana = bliss; the end of the cycle of
reincarnation); in Buddhism, Samsara is
illusion, spiritual death, despair
 Upanishads -( n.) later sacred texts of
Hinduism dealing with broad philosophical
questions