Learn Glossary of Hindi and Sanskrit words translated to their closest meaning in the context of the philosophy of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Braj
The present Mathura district in India is called Braj; Krishna lived and played in Braj for the first eleven and a half years of His stay on this earth planet. Radha Krishna, along with Gopis and Gwalbals, did most of their leelas in Braj.Bhav
Emotional feelings of love and longing of a selfless devotee for a personal form of God, deep affinity for God.
Brahmand
A planetary system where souls are residing; a brahmand consists of mrityulok, swarg and narak.Bhagya
Destiny.
Bhakti
The selfless loving feelings of a devotee’s heart for his beloved God where all of his personal requisites are merged into his Divine beloved’s overwhelming Grace, which He imparts for His loving devotee.Bhagwatam
Also called the Bhāgavata Purāna (or Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahā Purāna, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata) is one of Hinduism’s eighteen great Puranas; it is composed in Sanskrit and it promotes bhakti (devotion) to Krishna.Barsana
The village where Radha Rani appeared and lived during Her entire descension 5,000 years ago.
Bhagwan
Loving personal form of God.Avatar
The descension of God or Divine personality on the earth planet.
Avyakt
Unmanifested.
Ayurvedic
The world’s oldest holistic (whole-body) healing system; the science of medicine revealed in the Vedas.Aryavart, Bharatvarsh
The original names of India, as mentioned in ancient scriptures.
Atm gyan
Self-realization; knowledge of the soul.
Atma
soul.Anuman
Logical deduction.
Apar dharm
Scriptural guidelines for living to help a person become good and elevate their sattvic consciousness.
Apaurusheya
That which is not made by anyone, even God; something which exists eternally.Antahkaran
The mind with its four faculties called man (the emotional mind), buddhi (the discriminative mind), chit (the section of the mind that holds all the sanskars) and ahankar (ego).
Anu
infinitesimally small.Amoort
without form.
Anand
Divine Bliss.
Ansh
a part of something.
Abhyudaya
wellbeing in this life; health and peace of mind.
Ahladini shakti
the power of bliss.
