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Anantapur
The city in which the ladies campus of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute for Higher Learning is located; this south-central city in India is near Prasanthi Nilayam.
anga nyasa
Purification of all the organs of the body.
annamaya kosa
Food sheath; the outer most (the most concrete) of the five kosas encasing the Atma.
antahkarana
Inner four-fold instrument comprised of mind (manas), intellect (buddhi), reservoir of memories (chia), and ego (ahamkara).
apana
artha
ashram
Hermitage or monastery; residence for saints and spiritual aspirants.
Atma/Atmic
The real Self, one’s divinity, God, the substance of everything, the unseen basis, the spark of God within. The Atma is unchanging and immortal; it does not die.
Atmaswarupa
Embodiment of God; Sai Baba oen addresses his devotees as “Atmaswarupa.”
Avatar
Ayam Atma Brahman
This Atma (Self) is Brahman (the Supreme Reality/Being); one of the four Mahavakyas.
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Vital air that goes downwards and out of the anus.
Wealth and prosperity.
An incarnation of God that takes a form according to the age in which the incarnation occurs. Whenever there is a decline of dharma, God comes down to the world assuming a physical form to protect the good, punish the wicked, and re-establish dharma.