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    Dear friends,
    Please find below the PART-12, of THE GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS--ALPHABETS--"T & U "
    Varadarajan



    GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS--ALPHABETS--"T & U "

    T

    TADAKARA; TADRUPA: Identification.
    TADBODHA: Knowledge of the nature of Brahman.
    TAILADHARAVAT: Like continuous flow of oil.
    TAMAS: Darkness, inertia, dullness
    TAMAS: One of the three qualities of nature which generates inertia, laziness, dullness and infatuation.
    TAMAS; TAMO-GUNA: One of the three qualities of nature which generates inertia, laziness, dullness and infatuation.
    TAMAS-Inertia, darkness.
    TANDRI: Drowsiness
    TANDRI: Drowsiness; half sleep state.
    TANMATRA: Rudimentary elements.
    TANMATRA: Subtle, undifferentiated root elements of matter.
    TANMAYA (TA): State of absorption.
    TANTRIKA: Belonging to Tantra which is a path of Sadhana laying great stress upon repetition of Mantra and other esoteric meditations.
    TANUMANASI: Thread-like state of mind.
    TAPANIYA: Name of an Upanishad.
    TAPAS: Austerity.
    TAPASCHARYA: Practice of austerity.
    TAPASCHARYA: Practice of austerity.
    TARKA-SANGRAHA: A book of logic.
    TARKIKA: Logician.
    TAT TVAM ASI: "Thou art That"-a great sentence.
    TATTVA: Essence; principle.
    TEHSILDAR: Revenue officer.
    TEJAS: Spiritual aura.
    TEJOMAYA: Full of light; resplendent.
    TEVARAM: Songs of the South Indian mystics.
    TILAKA: A mark on the forehead.
    TIRASKARA: Disrespect; insult.
    TITIKSHA: Endurance; bearing with equanimity heat and cold, pleasure and pain, etc.
    TITTIBHA: A bird.
    TIVRA: Intense; keen; sharp.
    TRATAKA: Steady gazing.
    TRIKUTI: The space between the two eyebrows.
    TRIKUTI-The space between the eyebrows.
    TRIPHALA: An Ayurvedic medicine.
    TRIPTI: Satisfaction.
    TRIPURA SAMHARA: Destruction of demons Tripuras by Lord Siva.
    TRIPUTI: The triad-seer, sight and seen.
    TRISHNA: Thirsting for objects; craving after sense-objects, Sense-hankering
    TRIVENI: The place where the three holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati meet.
    TUKARAM: A saint.
    TULASI: Holy Basil plant.
    TULASIDAS: The saint author of the Hindi Ramayana (Ramcharitmanas).
    TURIYA: The state of superconsciousness, the fourth state transcending the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states.
    TUSHNIM: Neutral state of mind, which is an obstacle in meditation.
    TUSHTI: Contentment.
    TYAGA: Renunciation (of egoism, desires and the world).

    U

    UDANA: Vital force near the throat
    UDDALAKA: A great Rishi (sage) of yore.
    UDDHAVA: A friend and great devotee of Lord Krishna.
    UDDIYANA-BANDHA: A Hatha Yogic exercise.
    UMA: Lord Siva's Consort.
    UPADESA: Spiritual advice, Instruction.
    UPADHI: Limiting adjunct.
    UPANISHAD: Revelation; text dealing with Ultimate Truth and Its Realisation.
    UPANISHAD: Vedantic scriptures, end of Vedas
    UPANISHADS: Revelation; text dealing with Ultimate Truth and Its Realization.
    UPARATI: Satiety in the enjoyment of sense-objects.
    UPASANA VAKYA: A sentence for meditation.
    UPASANA-Worship.
    UPASYA: Object of devout meditation.
    UPEKSHA: Indifference.
    URDHVARETO: Yogi: A Yogi whose energies have been sublimated into spiritual power
    USHA-PANA: Drinking water in the morning as soon as one gets up after cleaning the teeth. This is Hatha Yogic treatment for constipation.
    UTSAHA: Cheerfulness, enthusiasm
    UTSAHA: Enthusiasm.
    UTTARAKASI: A place in the Himalayas.
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