शब्दकोश
परंपरा के शब्द, एक जगह — खोजिए, और हर एक को वहाँ तक जाइए जहाँ उसकी व्याख्या है।
- Ashtavakra Gitaअष्टावक्र गीताग्रंथA short non-dual dialogue between Ashtavakra and King Janaka, uncompromising in its treatment of the self as already free.
- श्रीविद्याइच्छा • क्रिया • ज्ञानअवधारणाAt its heart, Shree Vidya is not merely about worshipping the Divine as something external. It is a journey toward recognising the sacred presence that, according to its non-dual interpretations, permeates existence and one's own deepest awareness. Where the geometry of existence, the power of consciousness and the journey of self-realisation converge.The ultimate essence of Śrī Vidyā is the recognition that the Divine is not merely something to be worshipped outside oneself, but the very consciousness through which all experience becomes possible.
- Kaliकालीअध्ययनThe first of the ten Mahavidyas, studied across the registers the platform keeps distinct — what the tradition teaches, what the texts state, how scholars place it, and what remains open.
- KulaकुलअवधारणाFamily, clan or totality. A term whose meaning varies enough across texts and lineages that no single definition serves.
- नाद ब्रह्मचैतन्य • अनाहत • परब्रह्मपरंपराNaad Brahm is an inward spiritual journey toward the primordial principle from which sound, knowledge, creation, and consciousness arise. It moves beyond external forms of practice to explore the living essence of Shabda the subtle inner sound through which awareness turns inward. Through disciplined practice and guidance, the seeker gradually moves from the audible to the subtle, from sound toward silence, and from experience toward direct awareness. Its deeper purpose is not merely to hear a sound, but to recognize the consciousness from which sound itself emerges.
- Tattvaतत्त्वअवधारणाA category of reality. The number and ordering of tattvas differ between systems and should not be treated as one shared scheme.
- The Ten Mahavidyasदश महाविद्याअध्ययनA study of the group of ten goddesses as a set — how the grouping arose, what holds it together, and where the lists disagree.
- Dikshaदीक्षाअवधारणाInitiation. What it confers, and what it is understood to do, differs by school — this is one of the terms where a general definition misleads most.
- Naad Brahmaनाद ब्रह्मअध्ययनSound as the ground of manifestation — the doctrine, its textual basis, and its relationship to the philosophy of speech.
- Nyasaन्याससाधनाThe ritual placing of mantra or deity onto parts of the body. Documented as embodied ritual, described here as context rather than procedure.
- BijaबीजअवधारणाA seed syllable. It carries no dictionary meaning; its role is set entirely by the tradition and the transmission.
- Brahmastra Vidyaब्रह्मास्त्र विद्याअध्ययनThe Baglamukhi material, and the sense in which the tradition calls it a Brahmastra. Lineage-specific throughout.
- Mantraमन्त्रअवधारणाA formula of sound whose function is defined by its tradition. The philosophy of sound behind it is substantial and specific.
- MalaमलअवधारणाImpurity, in the technical sense of a limiting condition on consciousness — not moral stain and not the rosary of the same spelling in English.
- The Ramayanaरामायणग्रंथThe epic read on two registers at once: the story as it is told, and the decoded essence the founder points to beneath it.
- Shaktiशक्तिअवधारणाPower or capacity. In Shakta and non-dual Shaiva traditions, the active aspect of reality — though what that means differs sharply between schools.
- ShivaशिवअवधारणाIn non-dual Shaiva philosophy, the name for consciousness itself. The philosophical use is distinct from the puranic deity of the same name.
- Sri Yantraश्रीयन्त्रअवधारणाThe best-documented yantra of the Sri Vidya tradition: nine interpenetrating triangles within enclosures, read as a diagram of manifestation.
- SadhanaसाधनासाधनाSustained practice — the move from knowledge to experience that the knowledge architecture is built to end in.
- ब्रह्मास्त्र विद्यासामर्थ्य • शक्ति • सन्तुलनपरंपराBrahmāstra Vidyā is presented not as an external weapon or a collection of rituals, but as a profound inner discipline rooted in Brahm, consciousness, self-mastery and surrender. It cannot be reduced to a course, mantra or intellectual knowledge. Its foundation lies in adhikāra, purification, discipline, Guru-guidance, devotion and surrender ultimately leading the practitioner from limited identity toward the direct recognition of Brahm through lived experience.
- Surya Yantraसूर्ययन्त्रअवधारणाA yantra associated with the sun, used in the graha traditions. Its documented context is astrological and ritual rather than philosophical.
- Spandaस्पन्दपरंपराA concept in the Kashmir Shaiva traditions describing consciousness as inherently dynamic rather than inert.
- Spandakarikaस्पन्दकारिकाग्रंथThe root verse text of the Spanda material, with several surviving commentaries.