Dear Bhagavatas:
In deference to the overwhelming requests for the release of the
"GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF SANSKRIT, TAMIL AND OTHER TERMS" and the "TIME-LINE"
included as Annexures to my book “HINDUISM REDISCOVERED”,
we begin with the "Glossary".

As the Glossary is rather too lengthy, it is proposed to feature it in a
series of postings in the alphabetical order, with one letter at a time.
(Since the terms under "E" and "G" are not many and there are no terms under
"F", this posting features "E" and "G")

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
We hasten to assure you that the Glossary is neither exhaustive nor the
meanings error-free.
We implore your patience in going through the same and please feel free to
suggest any corrections / improvements through personal mail addressed to
"Ramanbil@..."
Thanks for your patience and understanding.

The "TIMELINE" needs a litttle reformatting. It will be releaed later, when
the reformatting is complete.

Neither of them was released to any lists so far.

Dasoham
Anbil Ramaswamy
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"E", "F" & "G"
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"E"
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Echil ( Tamil) or Enjalu (Kannada): Saliva, Spittle
Eesitvam: Lordship, also one of the Siddhis(accomplishments)
Eka akshara: Monosyllable
Ekaanta bhakti: Exclusive devotion to the Lord
Ekaantins: Devotees rendering devotion unmindful of reward
Ekatva: Unity in diversity
Ekodishta: 11th day ceremony after death
Ettuthogai (Tamil): 8 Anthlogies
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"F": NIL
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"G"
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Gaambheeryam: Majesty, Profundity, Greatness
Gaayatri: Mantra which protects one who sings (utters) it
Gadha: Divine Mace a.k.a.Kaumodaki
Gaja: Elephant, Elephantry
Gana (recitation): Recitation back and forth cf 'Ganapadigal'
Gandarva: Celestial musicians
Gandarva (marriage): Marriage by consent solemnized by pledging fidelity
Gandha: Smell
Gandharva veda: Music, Dance and Fine Arts
Garima: Heaviness, One of the Siddhis
GaruDa: Divine falcon Bird vehicle of Lord Vishnu
GhanDam: Near Death Expereience ( NDE)
Ghata aakaasa: Air within a pot
Ghataka sruti: Integrators, Passages in Vedas that synchronize
Gnaana / Gnaani: Wisdom, Knowledge, Knower
Gnaana abhyaasa: Discussing with Gurus to gain better understanding
Gnaana khaanda: Knowledge works,a.k.a. Gnaana Mimaamsa
Gnaanatva: Knowledge, Knowingness
GnaanEndriyas: Sense Organs
Gnaatru / Gneya: Knower, known, knowledge
GOkarna mudra: Gesture representing the ear of the cow
GO-maatha: Cow visualized as mother
GOpis: Cowherd girls
GOptrutva varaNa: Formal expression of one's total dependence
Gotra: lineage a. k.a Santati, Anvaya
Granta chatushtaya: 4 holy works to be studied by a Vaishnava
Graasa mudra: Gesture with the right hand Index and little fingers
Grihasta: Home maker, Male head of a household
Grihya sutra: Aphorisms relating to Individual householders
Gritha: Ghee, Clarified butter
GuNa: Characteristics, Quality, Virtue, Strands
GuNa (recitation): A mode of recitation of Scriptural texts
Guru: Elder, Spiritual master, a respectable person
Guru kula: Abodes of Gurus where disciples stay and study
Guru parampara saaram: The lineage of preceptors
Guru-Sishya-Parampara: Generations of Teacher- Pupil relationship
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"H"
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Haituka: Those demanding reasons and proof for everything
Hala: Plough
Halaahala: Name of a potent poison, a.k.a KaalakooTa
Harijan: Children of God
Hatah: Force
Hata yoga: Forceful union, Physical Exercises
Hatha: 'Killed'
Havis: Offering
Hetu: Assumption of a Cause, Reason, Questioning
Himsa dosha: Unmindfulness to causing pain to others
Hinaa yaana: (lit) the little vehicle, an earlier sect of Buddhists
Hiranya aksha: One with golden colored eyes
Hiranya garbha: Golden embryo
Hita: That which advises what is good for the soul
HOma: Offering in fire
Hota: One who tends Sacrificial fires and recites prayers
Hrasva: Shortened
Hrishikesa: One who rules over the mind and heart
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To Continue
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