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manas
One of the four aspects of the antahkarana known as the mind, or
“bundle of desires.”
mandir
Shrine, temple, or hall of worship.
mantra
Sacred syllables, words, or verses repeated, oen silently, to deepen a spiritual experience.
matsarya
Malice.
maya
moksha
Liberation or final emancipation of the soul from duality and bondage to the world, which is the goal of spiritual practice. Also known as “mukti.”
moha
Narayana
A name for formless God; also a name for Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna and God in the form of man.
Om
paadasparsa
Touching the feet.
Parikshith
Literally “he who examines, he who tries to find out.” Emperor of Kuru dynasty; grandson of Arjuna, and son of Abhimanyu. He was so named because aer birth he carefully examined everyone’s face while looking for Krishna.
Ignorance obscuring the vision of God; the primal enticing illusion appearing as duality.
Delusion caused by false identification; aachment to evanescent objects of the world.
The sacred, primordial sound of the universe. The sound that is uered in the beginning and end of all the Vedic mantras.
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