Glossary of Spiritual / Religious Words
Aadi-Anaadi - Eternal / Beginningless
Aakashvaani - Ethervoice / voice from the sky
Aarti - Prayer
Aatma - Soul
Aavirbhaav - birth
Ajanma - One who never takes birth
Ajapa Jaap - Repetition of mantra without using mouth and tongue
Ajar-Amar - Changeless-Immortal
Akhand - Uninterrupted / Non-stop
Amaavasya - The last day of the dark fortnight of a lunar month
And (Und) - An elliptical sphere; Brahmand
Antaryami - God who dwells in every living being/ All-knowing
Anuttam - Bad / Inferior
Arab - One Billion = 109
Baakhabar - One who has full knowledge
Bandichhor - Liberator from prison
Barsodi/Barsi - Rite performed after one year of death of a person
Bhagwan - Lord
Bhakt - Devotee
Bhakti -Act of devotion to God / worship
Bhakti-yug - The time, when true bhakti is commenced by the Tattavdarshi Saint. Then that goes on properly for some years. That time is called Bhakti Yug
Bhandara - Provision of common meal to many people on the basis of religiousness / communal eating place
Bharm - Misconceptions / Doubtful knowledge given by Brahm (Kaal) in Vedas and Gita
Bhatti - Clay-oven
Bhavsagar - The ocean of world
Bhog ka Prasaad - Blessed food after offering to God
Brahm - Jyoti Niranjan / Alakh Niranjan / Kaal / Kshar Purush; he is the master of the twenty-one brahmands
Brahma - Son of Brahm (Kaal)
Brahmand - An elliptical region in which many loks are situated
Brahmin - A race of sages
Charnamrit - Foot-nectar: the water in which the feet of a respected personage have been washed
Chaturbhuj - Possessing four arms
ChhHmahi - Rite performed six months after death of a person
Daata - Benevolent God
Dandwat Pranaam - To prostrate (lie face down) in reverence / Bow
Das - Servant / Disciple
Dev - God
Dhaam - Abode/place of pilgrimage
Dhaanak - Weaver
Dharam Rai - Kaal
Dharm Raj - Post of Judge in the court of Kaal God.
Dharm - Meritorious act
Doot - Messenger/envoy
Dhun - Sound
Durga / Prakriti / Ashtangi / Aadi Maya / Bhavani / Tridev Janni / Sheranwali - Wife of Brahm and mother of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh/Shiv
Dweep - Island
Dweepkalp - An imaginary island
Gaddi - Native seat
Gati - State / Salvation
Ghaal - Attack by an evil spirit
Guna - Merit or Quality / The three Gunas, Rajoguna-Brahma, Satoguna-Vishnu, Tamoguna-Shiv
Guru - Spiritual leader / Religious Teacher
Gurudev - Spiritual Teacher
Gyan - Knowledge
Gyata - Knower / knowledgeable
Gyey - Giver of the knowledge of the God worthy of being known to others
Hakka - Eternal / Immortal
Hans - (swan) Soul in Satlok is called Hans / an evil-less devotee free from vices; Hans-aatma
Hath Yog- Forceful meditation
Jaap - Chanting / Repetition of mantra
Jagat - Universe
Jagat Guru- Guru/Spiritual Teacher of the universe
Janmashtami - The festival held on the birthday of Krishna Ji
Janni - Mother
Jantra-Mantra/Jhaada - Casting out a sickness or an evil spirit by means of charms or incantations
Jinda mahatma - A Muslim Saint who wears a black knee-length cloak (like an overcoat) and wear a conical hat on head
Jinn - Ghost
Kaal lok - The twenty-one brahmands of Brahm (Kaal)
Kabir Panthi - Follower of God Kabir
Kabir Vaani - Kabir Speech / Speech of God Kabir
Kalaas - Skills/art
Kalp - Age; The duration of one day and night of Brahma which is equivalent to 2000 Yugas. For full description read Age of Brahma
Kalyug - One of the four Yugas; the present Yug is Kalyug
Kamal - Lotus / Chakras in body
Kamdhenu - A cow of gods, which provides all the edible substances from its body
Kanthi - Garland
Karm - Actions/deeds - The principle - As you do, so shall you get
Karmyogi - A worshipper who does sadhna while doing work
Kartar - Creator of all, who creates with word power
Katha - Tale of God from a holy scripture
Kaavar - A way of worship opposite to the scriptures, whereby a worshipper brings water from the river Ganges near Haridwar city and pours it over the idol of God Shiv in a Shiv temple near his place.
Khadaau- Sandal
Kharab - One Hundred Arab = 1011 (One Hundred Billion)
Kheda - A site where a village or city has been destroyed
Kos - A measure of distance; one Kos = 3 km
Kshatriya - Member of a royal/ warrior Hindu caste
Kshatriyatv - Status of a Kshatriya
Kshatriya Dharm - Religious and social obligation of a Kshatriya
Kul - Lineage/family line
Laal - Name a precious gem worth nine lakh rupees; Ruby
Laaldi - Stone similar to laal but not even worth hundred rupees
Leela - Divine act of a deity
Lok - Place/world
Lokved - Folklore / Hearsay information/ baseless stories as opposed to the true scriptures / Folk knowledge
Maalik - Master
Madi - Memorial Structure/statue
Maha Kalp - The duration of age of Brahma = 100 years (divine or god years)
MahaMaya - Great Goddess / Durga
Mahapralay - Great Destruction
Maharishi - Great Sage
Mahaswarg - Great Heaven
Mahatma - Saint
Maheshwar - The Greatest God
Mann (Munn) - Mind
Mann - A measure of weight; a maund (about 40 kg)
Mansarover - A very big lake
Matanusaar - According to the way of worship mentioned in Vedas and Gita
Mayavi - Illusory, having supernatural or magical powers
Moksha - Salvation /Liberation
Mrityunjay - One who has won over death
Mukti - Salvation / liberation
Muni - Sage
Naam Updesh - Initiation
Naam - Mantra
Naath - A sect of worshippers of Tamgun-Shiv, whose followers are called 'Naaths'. Of them, nine have been very famous Nirgun Only formless but with merits
Om / ॐ / Aum - Mantra of Brahm / Kshar Purush
PaarBrahm - Param Akshar Brahm / Purna Brahm / SatPurush - Master of the infinite brahmands
Paath - Recitation of a sacred text, kind of a yagya
Panth - Religious sect
Param - Supreme / Best
Param Pad - Supreme state
Param Siddhi - Supreme Supernatural Power
ParBrahm - Akshar Brahm / Akshar Purush; he is the master of seven sankh brahmands
Parmatma - God
Parmeshwar - Supreme God
Parvardigaar - Nurturer of all
Patal Lok - Nether world
Pavan - Air/breath
Pind - Body
Pitras - Deceased paternal ancesters
Pooja Vidhi - Way of worship/religious services
Praan - Life force
Prabhu - God
Pralaya - Destruction
Prarabdh - Destiny set as a result of the deeds performed in previous births
PrithviLok / Manushya lok / Mrityu lok - Earth
Pujya - Venerable/Revered
Punya - Virtue/reward
Puraan - Eighteen holy books are Puraans
Purna - Complete
Purna Moksh - Complete Salvation / Complete Liberation
Purna Parmatma - Full-fledged God / Complete God
Purna Saint - Complete/Supreme Saint
Purush - The first meaning of Purush is God. It is also used to denote 'man' because God has made man in His own image
Rajoguna - Brahma / Merits or qualities of Brahma
Rishi - Sage
Sadhna - Way of worship/ Religious duty
Sahaj Samadhi - Simple meditation [for example, a young girl after marriage when comes to her parents, she works and remains with her parents and other brothers and sisters, but internally remembers her husband without showing anybody.]
Sahasrabaho - Possessing thousand arms
Samadhi - Meditation
Samagam - Assembly
Samrath - Fully Capable/All-Capable
Sanatan - Immemorial / everlasting / eternal
Sanatan Dhaam - Immemorial place / Eternal Place (Satlok)
Sanatan Dharm - Immemorial religion
Sandeshvaahak - Messenger
Sangat - Congregation
Sankh - One Hundred Padam = 1017 (One Hundred Quadrillion)
Sankshipt - Concise
Sanskaar - Impressions of deeds done in the previous birth
Sargun - Having form and merits
Sarveshwar - God of all gods
Sat bhakti - True worship/devotion
Satlok - True Place / Eternal Place; where Supreme God Kabir lives
Satoguna - Vishnu / Merits or qualities of Vishnu
Satguru - Tatvdarshi Guru / True Guru / Complete Guru
Satnaam/Satyanaam - Real naam/mantra which is according to the scriptures
SatPurush - Master of Satlok
Satsang - Spiritual discourse /association with the truth
Sat updesh - True naam / to tell the real way of worship
Satyagyan - True knowledge
Shabd - Word / Hymn
Shakti - Power
Shankh - Conch shell
Shareer - Body
Shastra - Holy scriptures
Shastranukul sadhna - Way of worship according to the injunctions of the Holy Scriptures / Scripture-based way of worship
Shastra-viruddh - Sadhna Way of worship opposite to the injunctions of the Holy Scriptures
Shesh Shaiya - Snake Bed
Shiv/Mahesh - Son of Brahm (Kaal); Destroyer of the three loks
Shivratri - Name of a festival in honour of God Shiv
Shraadh - Rite performed for the sake of a dead person after Barsodi every year
Shudra - A person of a lower caste
Siddh - There are eight types of divine powers. A worshipper who attains even one of them is called 'Siddh'. Until now 84 Siddhs have been very famous.
Srishti - Nature
Sudarshan chakra - Name of a circular weapon
Sukshm - Immaterial/subtle
Sukshm Ved - Fifth veda, the speech of God Kabir and Garib Das Ji
Sumiran - Remembering God by repeating mantra given by Guru
Sunn - Vacuum place
Surati-Nirati - Concentration-attention
Sutak - State of ritual impurity existing in one's household after the birth of a child
Swarg - Heaven
Swayambhu - Self-existent / who appears Himself / who does not take birth from a mother
Swayam Prakashit - Self-illuminated
Taaranhaar - Saviour
Tamoguna - Shiv / Merits or qualities of Shiv
Tan, Man, Dhan - Physical, mental and material resources
Tap - Austerity/meditation
Tapatshila - A piece of rock which automatically remains hot, on which Kaal cooks the immaterial bodies of one lakh human beings
Tatvadarshi Saint - God-realised saint who has complete knowledge of all the Holy books. Also called as Tatvadrshta Saint.
Tatvagyan - True spiritual knowledge
Teen-Taap - The three types of sufferings: physical, material and spiritual
Teerth - Place of pilgrimage
Tejpunj - Mass of light
Terahvin - A rite performed on the thirteenth day after a death
Tirobhaav - Death
Upasna - Worship
Updesh - Spiritual instruction / initiation / to tell the way of worship
Updeshi - Disciple / follower
Vaani - Speech
Varna - Caste
Vikaar- Evil habits / Vices
Viraat - Huge
Vishay - Worldly enjoyments
Vishnu - Son of Brahm (Kaal); Preserver of the three loks
Yagya - Sacrificial ceremony
Yam - God of Death
Yam-doot - Messenger of Yam
Yog - Bhakti
Yog-yukt - Connected with God
Yug - Age / fixed or specified period. [Yugas are four, namely: (1) Satyug - having period of 1728000 years. (2) Tretayug - period of Tretayug is 1296000 years. (3) Dwaparyug - period is 864000 years (4) Kalyug - period is 432000 years
