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Common
Sanskrit Terms & Their Meaning
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Bhagavad
Gita
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Hindu scripture
of the avatar Krishna dated to approximately the first two centuries b.c
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| Bhajans | hymns in praise of a deity | |
| Bhakta | ardent devotee of a deity who expresses loving-devotion to the divine | |
| Bhakti | ecstatic loving-devotion to the Almighty | |
| Bhakti marga | the path of devotion | |
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Bhakti Yoga
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Yoga of Devotion
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Bhuktis
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planetary time periods,
minor
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| Bindi | mark (usually a round, red) worn on the centre of the forehead to show that a woman is married | |
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Brahma
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form of the Hindu trinity
governing creation or the Creator God
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Brahmachari
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young boy at the first of
the four stages of life, the stage of the student
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| Brahmacharya | control of sexual energy; state of life of learning and purity | |
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Brahman
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the Absolute or ultimate
reality
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Brahmanas
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Vedic ritualistic texts
or manuals of instruction on the Vedas
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Brahmins
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a priest and member of the
most privileged of the four social classes of Hinduism
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Brihaspati
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Vedic God of the ritual,
the planet Jupiter
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Buddha
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ninth avatar of Vishnu
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Buddhism
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non-orthodox form of Vedic
/ Aryan teaching founded by the Buddha or enlightened one
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