Sanskrit Yoga Glossary

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Letter 'v'

• vairagya - official itrans spelling: 'vairAgya'
  1. Dispassion, detachment.
  2. Natural dispassion towards whatever is unreal.
  3. The second of the four means to salvation.
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• vandanam - official itrans spelling: 'vaMdanam'
  1. Prostration.
  2. It is the sixth of the nine modes of bhakti.
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• vasishta, yoga - official itrans spelling: 'vasiSTa, yoga'
  1. Vedantic scripture where sage Vasishta is the guru of Lord Rama.
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• veda vyasa - official itrans spelling: 'veda vyAsa'
  1. Great sage who is credited to have compiled the vedas and authored many scriptures.
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• veda(s) - official itrans spelling: 'veda'
  1. Knowledge
  2. Fundamental scriptures of sanatana dharma
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• vedanta - official itrans spelling: 'vedAMta'
  1. Literally means end (anta) of knowledge (veda) or end of the vedas (holy scriptures).
  2. The philosophy that comes from the upanishads, found at the end of the vedas.
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• vedantin - official itrans spelling: 'vedAMtin'
  1. Adept on the path of vedanta.
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• vishnu-devananda, swami - official itrans spelling: 'svAmI viSNudevAnanda'
  1. Founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, great master who did much to spread yoga in the western world and tireless worker for world peace.
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• viveka - official itrans spelling: 'viveka'
  1. Discrimination.
  2. The ability to discriminate between the real and unreal.
  3. The first of the four means to salvation.
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• vritti - official itrans spelling: 'vR^itti'
  1. Modification of the mind.
  2. Thought wave.
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