Ramanama


Chapter-36 : Non-English Words with Meanings

Akash (aakaasha) : sky; ether
Ayurveda (aayurveda) : the science of Hindu medicine
Bhajan (bhajana) : a religious song
Brahmacharya : continence
Chopai (chopai) : a quatrain
Dharalas (dhaaraalaas) : a criminal tribe of Gujarat
Diwali (divaalee) : a Hindu festival of illuminations
Doha (dohaa) : a couplet
Dwadasha Mantra (dwaadasha mantra) : a sacred incantation of twelve letters
Gajendra : a master elephant
Graha (graaha) : an alligator
Hakim (hakeema) : a physician
Haveli (havelee) : a Vaishnava temple
Jantar Mantar : charms
Japa : repetition of a sacred name
Kalma (kalamaa) : a Muslim formula of prayer or incantation
Krishna : a Hindu man-god
Mahadeva (mahaadeva) : a Hindu god
Mantra : a sacred incantation for repetition or meditation
Pancha Mahabhutas (pancha mahaabhootas) : five elements
Pooja (poojaa) : worship
Rama (raama) : the hero of the Ramayana : God
Ramabana (raamabaana) : an arrow of Rama; an infallible cure
Shloka : a verse
Sthitapragnya : a steadfast man
Tejas : energizing principle
Upanishad : a Hindu philosophical book of old
Vaidya : a physician
Vaishnava : a worshipper of Vishnu