Glossary
- Adharas the chakras
- Ajna the chakra at the forehead
- Asi-Pada “You Are That (Supreme)”
- Bhootas the five principles or elements of the universe
- Bodha knowing, spiritual knowledge, teaching
- Chittambara city in Tamil Nadu known for its holy temple to Shiva Nataraja
- Crore ten million
- Ganas Shiva’s demigod attendants
- Hara a name for Shiva
- Iccha will or desire
- Jiva the immortal essence or soul of a living being
- Jnana knowledge or wisdom
- Kriya action
- Kundalini a form of psycho-spiritual energy, the energy of the consciousness (which moves up the spine in spiritual awakening)
- Lingas representations of Shiva
- Lord of Nadanta Shiva as the Transcendental Lord beyond creation
- Mamaya purity of the world
- Maya impurity of the world
- Mohanta the end of the illusion of the world as the source of true fulfillment
- Muladhara the chakra at the base of the spine
- Nada sound
- Pandaranga “white-limbed,” an epithet for Shiva representing destruction, as Rudra, smeared with white ash
- Para-Para “beyond,” “supreme”
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