Glossary – Bharathiyam https://www.bharathiyam.com Sanatana Dharma | Culture | Heritage Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:11:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Ātman https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/atman/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:19:45 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4108 Transliteration: आत्मन् / Ātman Meaning / Explanation: The inner Self; pure consciousness; the eternal witness within. Origin: Sanskrit Note: Ātman is not personality or ego — it is existence-awareness itself.

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]]> Avidyā https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/avidya/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:23:03 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4117 Transliteration: Avidyā Meaning / Explanation: Ignorance of one’s true nature; root cause of bondage. Origin: Sanskrit Note: Not lack of information, but lack of realization.

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]]> Bhakti https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/bhakti/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:33:23 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4254 Transliteration: Bhakti / भक्ति Meaning / Explanation: Devotion; loving surrender to the divine with awareness. Origin: Sanskrit Note: Bhakti is relationship, not dependence.

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]]> Brahman https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/brahman/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:20:27 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4110 Transliteration: ब्रह्मन् / Brahman Meaning / Explanation: Absolute reality; infinite, formless, unchanging consciousness from which all existence arises. Origin: Sanskrit Note: “Ātman = Brahman” is the core Upanishadic realization.

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]]> Dharma https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/dharma/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 05:53:25 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=1333 Transliteration: धर्म / Dharma Meaning / Explanation: That which upholds, sustains, and maintains cosmic and social order. Includes duty, righteousness, natural law, and inner truth. Origin: Sanskrit (from root dhṛ — “to hold, support”) Note: Dharma is contextual — it changes with role, time, and stage of life.

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]]> Jñāna https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/jnana/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:38:10 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4260 Transliteration: Jñāna / ज्ञान Meaning / Explanation: Experiential wisdom; knowledge born of realization. Origin: Sanskrit Note: Jñāna dissolves ignorance directly.

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]]> Karma https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/karma/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:17:38 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4102 Transliteration: Karma Meaning / Explanation: Action and its inevitable consequence. Not fate, but the law of cause and effect across lifetimes. Origin: Sanskrit (from kṛ — “to act”) Note: Karma includes intention, not just action.

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]]> Māyā https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/maya/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:21:35 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4113 Transliteration: माया / Māyā Meaning / Explanation: The power of appearance and illusion that makes the impermanent seem permanent and the unreal seem real. Origin: Sanskrit Note: Māyā is not falsehood — it is misperception.

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]]> Mokṣa https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/mok%e1%b9%a3a/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:19:05 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4106 Transliteration: मोक्ष / Mokṣa Meaning / Explanation: Liberation from Saṃsāra; realization of one’s true nature beyond body and mind. Origin: Sanskrit Note: Mokṣa is freedom through knowledge, not reward.

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]]> Ṛta https://www.bharathiyam.com/glossary/%e1%b9%9bta/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:16:22 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?post_type=glossary&p=4099 Transliteration: ऋत / Ṛta Meaning / Explanation: Cosmic order, natural rhythm, universal truth governing the universe. Precursor to the concept of Dharma. Origin: Vedic Sanskrit Note: Ṛta governs planets, seasons, karma, and moral order alike.

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