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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