bahudaka
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a wandering renunciate (sannyāsin) who undertakes pilgrimages to the holy sites
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bali
(Language: Sanskrit)
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This is also one of the "panca-mahāyajnas" and vaiśvadeva or bhūtayajna rite to be performed by the householder.
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balya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"childhood," spiritual childlikeness; used as an expression of humility.
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Bana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A great master of Sanskrit prose, he flourished in the court of Harsavardhana of Kānyakubja (A.D. 606-647).
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Bhagavad Gita
(Language: Sanskrit)
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lit. "the Song of the Lord"; a text of primary rank dealing with the converse of Krishna (an incarnation of Vishnu) and the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
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bhagavan
(Language: Sanskrit)
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noble; holy; an epithet used by devotees when addressing the personal God (Īshvara)
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bhajan
(Language: Sanskrit)
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religious music (in Hinduism)
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bhakta
(Language: Sanskrit)
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a follower of the spiritual path of bhakti
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bhakti
(alternate spellings: bhakti-marga)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the spiritual "path" (mārga) of "love" (bhakti) and devotion.
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bhakti-yoga
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the spiritual path of love and devotion.
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Bharati
(Language: Tamil)
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See under Subrahmanya Bharati.
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Bhartrhari
(Language: Sanskrit)
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A popular poet and grammarian believed to be from the 7th century.
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bhasma
(alternate spellings: bhasman)
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Sacred ashes smeared on the forehead and body
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bhasya
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Commentary or exposition, especially of sūtras
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Bhavabhuti
(Language: Sanskrit)
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As a poet and dramatist, his place is second only to that of Kālidāsa.
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bhedavasana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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latencies connected with differentiation
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bhiksha
(Language: Sanskrit)
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alms (in Hinduism)
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bhogavasana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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latencies connected with enjoyment
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bhutayajna
(Language: Sanskrit)
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the offering of food to all created beings.
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Bilhana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Kāśmiri poet (10th-11th centuries)
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bilva
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The egle marmelos tree, considered sacred to Lord Shiva.
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Bodhendra Sarasvati Svamin
(Language: Sanskrit)
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The 59th Śankarācārya of Kanci Kamkoti Pītha (1638-1692), he was known as "Bhagavannāma Bodhendra."
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Brahma
(alternate spellings: Brahmâ)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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God in the aspect of Creator, the first divine "person" of the Trimūrti;
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brahmacarin
(alternate spellings: brahmachari, brahmacharin)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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One who has had his upanayana (i.e formal initiation into Vedic study under a guru)
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brahmacarya
(alternate spellings: brahmacharya)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Total discipline required to master the Vedas and other branches of learning.
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brahmacaryasrama
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The first stage of life, that of the brahmachārin.
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Brahmaloka
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the heavenly paradise of Brahmā .
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Brahman
(Language: Sanskrit)
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.Brahman considered as transcending all "qualities," attributes, or predicates
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Brahman nirguna
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the Supreme Reality, the Absolute.Brahma considered as transcending all "qualities," attributes, or predicates
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Brahman saguna
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Brahma "qualified" by attributes and predicates
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Brahmana
(alternate spellings: Brahmin)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"Brahmin"; a member of the highest of the four Hindu castes; a priest or spiritual teacher.
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brahmarandhra
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Aperture in the crown of the head where. the susumna nādi terminates.
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brahmavi
(alternate spellings: brahmavid)
(Language: Sanskrit)
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one who has realized Brahman
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brahmopadesa
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Instruction in the Vedas or sacred knowledge.
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Brihaspati
(Language: Sanskrit)
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a Vedic god; chief priest of the gods
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Brndavana
(Language: Sanskrit)
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Forest near Gokula, the word brnda (or vrnda) itself meaning the tulaśī.
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buddhanusmriti
(Language: Sanskrit)
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(continual) "remembrance or mindfulness of the Buddha"
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buddhi
(Language: Sanskrit)
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"Intellect"; the highest faculty of knowledge, to be contrasted with manas
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