Sanskrit Words beginning with B

Bhagavad Gita:

Hindu scripture of the avatar Krishna dated to approximately the first two centuries BC

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

Bhakti Yoga:

Yoga of Devotion

Bhuktis:

planetary time periods, minor

Bindi:

mark (usually a round, red) worn on the centre of the forehead to show that a woman is married

Brahma:

form of the Hindu trinity governing creation or the Creator God

Brahmachari:

young boy at the first of the four stages of life, the stage of the student

Brahmacharya:

control of sexual energy; state of life of learning and purity

Brahman:

the Absolute or ultimate reality

Brahmanas:

Vedic ritualistic texts or manuals of instruction on the Vedas

Brahmins:

a priest and member of the most privileged of the four social classes of Hinduism

Brihaspati:

Vedic God of the ritual, the planet Jupiter

Buddha:

ninth avatar of Vishnu

Buddhism:

non-orthodox form of Vedic / Aryan teaching founded by the Buddha or enlightened one

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