Pronunciation guide

sayuh-BHAY-duh

Non-difference, absolute oneness, or non-dual integrity.

sayuh-bhee-NUY-yuh

The expression or communication of emotion in classical arts.

sayuh-CHIN-tyuh

Inconceivable, incomprehensible, or beyond mental computation.

sayuh-dhish-THAH-nuh

The solid architectural substrate foundation, seat, or basis.

sayudh-YAHT-muh

Relating to the spiritual self or internal consciousness.

sayAH-dee shung-kuh-rah-CHAHR-yuh

The 8th-century philosopher who consolidated Advaita Vedanta.

sayAH-dee-shuh

The primary instruction, original root source, or directive.

sayuh-DEE-tee

The infinite, boundless cosmic mother of the Aditya devas.

sayuhd-VYE-tuh

Non-duality; the philosophy that Atman and Brahman are one.

sayAH-guh-muh

Sectarian text manuals dictating active temple methodology.

sayAH-guh-muhz

The plural collective layout manual system for temple grids.

sayAH-guh-muhz

Non-Vedic scripture collections dictating ritual and temple practices.

sayaye-tuh-RAY-yuh

An ancient branch, Brahmana, and Upanishad of Rigveda.

sayuh-jah-tee-VAH-duh

The radical doctrine of non-origination taught in Gaudapada.

sayAHL-vahr

The twelve ancient poet-saints of South India devoted to Vishnu.

sayahm-bhri-NEE

The female seer (daughter of Sage Ambhrina) of the Vak Sukta.

sayah-nun-duh-MUH-yuh

Full of bliss; the innermost sheath of the soul.

sayuh-nun-tuh chuh-toor-duh-SHEE

The fourteenth lunar day of Bhadrapada dedicated to worshipping Vishnu on Ananta.

sayuh-NUN-tuh

The infinite, endless, or boundless reality; epithet of Vishnu and his serpent.

sayuh-nun-TAH-yuh-nuh

The sacred movement or resting cycle connected to the infinite lord.

sayUNG-kor-waht

The massive, historic Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.

sayCHAY-tun

Possessing life, consciousness, or organic movement.

sayun-turd-HYAH-nuh

Inner meditative absorption or mystical disappearance.

sayuh-NOO-gruh-huh

The divine act of down-pouring grace, favor, or salvation.

sayuh-pow-roo-SHAY-yuh

Not of human origin; authorless divine revelations.

sayurdh-uh-nah-REESH-wuh-ruh

The composite androgynous manifestation of Shiva and Shakti.

sayuhr-thuh-SHAHS-truh

The famous classical treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military strategy.

sayahr-yuh-bht-EE-yuh

The foundational mathematical treatise written by Aryabhata.

sayuh-SOO-ruh

A class of powerful cosmic beings often in opposition to the benevolent Devas.

sayuh-thur-vuh-VAY-duh

The Veda of everyday life, spells, medicine, and philosophy.

sayAHT-mun

The innermost immortal soul or true self in living beings.

sayuh-vuh-TAH-ruhz

The earthly descents or incarnations of the divine to restore world order.

sayuh-vuh-tah-ruh-VAH-duh

The doctrine of divine descent or incarnation of God on Earth.

sayuhv-YAH-kruh-tuh

The unconditioned, unevolved, or unmanifest seed state of the cosmos.

sayuhv-YUK-tuh

The unmanifested, subtle, or undifferentiated state of matter or divine reality.

sayuh-YOH-dhyah

The sacred, unassailable city on the Sarayu river, birthland of Lord Rama.

sayBHAH-druh-puh-duh

An autumn lunar month known for Ganesh Chaturthi and ancestral rituals.

saybhuh-guh-vudh-GEE-tah

The sacred song of God delivered by Krishna to Arjuna.

saybhuh-guh-VAHN

The personal Supreme Lord possessed of all grand cosmic majesties.

sayBHAH-guh-vuh-tuh

A devotee of the Supreme Lord or a text dedicated to the glories of Vishnu and Krishna.

sayBHOO-mee

The sacred earth element or personified earth goddess.

sayBRUH-mah

The four-faced creator god within the Hindu Trimurti lineage.

saybra-uh-maa

The four headed God who is the creator of everything we know

sayBRUH-mun

The ultimate, unchanging, infinite, and absolute reality.

saybri-huh-dah-RUN-yuh-kuh

"Great Forest Upanishad," one of the oldest mystical texts.

saybri-huh-dah-RUN-yuh-kuh

"Great Forest Upanishad," one of the oldest mystical texts.

sayBOHDH-dhuh-dhur-muh

The ancient, non-Vedic spiritual tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.

saychuh-too-RAH-nuh-nuh

The four-faced deity; a classic epithet of Lord Brahma.

saychay-loo-KUH

A specific garment style or structural band detail noted in classical texts.

saychah-LEE-sah

A popular devotional prayer consisting of forty rhyming verses.

sayCHUN-dus

The study of poetic meter, one of the six auxiliary Vedangas.

saychahn-DOH-gyuh

One of the oldest and most vital primary Upanishads belonging to the Sama Veda.

saychuh-toor-YOO-guh

The collective cycle of four world ages spanning truth down to discord.

saychee-DUM-buh-rum

The sacred temple site of Shiva as Nataraja in Tamil Nadu.

sayduh-muh-YUN-tee

The legendary, virtuous princess of the Nishadha kingdom.

sayDUR-shuh-nuhz

Worldviews or the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy.

sayduh-shah-vuh-TAH-ruh

The ten principal, classic incarnations of Lord Vishnu on Earth.

sayDAY-vuh-kee

The divine biological mother of Lord Krishna.

sayday-vuh-NAH-guh-ree

The elegant alpha-syllabic script used for writing Sanskrit, Hindi, and several other South Asian languages.

sayDAY-vee

The generic, high-utility title for any Hindu goddess or the Divine Mother personified.

saydhuh-noor-VAY-duh

The auxiliary Veda governing archery, warfare, and physical mastery.

sayDHUR-muh

The cosmic law, duty, righteousness, and moral order that sustains existence.

sayDHAH-tree

The supporter, bearer, cosmic creator, or nurturer deity.

saydhree

To hold, sustain, support, or uphold (root of Dharma).

saydhwuh-juh-STUM-bhuh

The sacred flagstaff standing at the entrance of a temple.

saydhyah-nuh-SHLOH-kuh

A meditative verse describing the visual form of a deity.

saydeep-uh-DAH-nuh

The ritual offering of lighted oil lamps to deities or sacred waters.

saydeep-AH-vuh-lee

The festival of rows of lights celebrating the triumph of good.

saydiv-yuh-pruh-BUN-dhuh

The collected four thousand devotional verses of the Alvars.

saydrish

The verbal root meaning to see, perceive, or visualize.

sayDOOR-gah

The fierce, protective warrior goddess who destroys demonic forces and restores peace.

saydwah-PUH-ruh

The third of the four cyclic world ages.

sayDwa-aar-uh

The door, gate

sayay-KAH-duh-shee

The eleventh lunar day of every fortnight, strictly observed with fasting.

sayay-KAHR-nuh-vuh

The single, undifferentiated cosmic ocean during dissolution.

sayguh-nuh-PUH-tee

The lord of the celestial hosts; the elephant-headed remover of obstacles.

saygah-nuh-PUT-yuh

The Hindu sect that considers Lord Ganesha as the supreme god.

saygahn-DHAH-ree

The virtuous princess of Gandhara, queen consort of Dhritarashtra, who blindfolded herself out of devotion.

sayguh-NAY-shuh

The lord of hosts; the elephant-headed remover of obstacles.

sayGUNG-gah

The holiest personified river of India flowing from Shiva's locks.

sayguh-ROO-duh

The divine eagle king and celestial mount of Lord Vishnu.

sayGUH-yuh

An ancient royal sage; also related to Gaya, the sacred city for ancestral rites.

saygur-bhuh-GRU-huh

The innermost womb-chamber sanctuary of a Hindu temple.

saygee-TAH

"The Song"; specifically refers to the sacred Bhagavad Gita.

sayGOH-poo-rum

The monumental, ornate gateway tower of South Indian temples.

saygoh-rukh-NAH-thuh

The historic guru who formalized the Nath Siddha tradition.

sayGOO-roo

The spiritual teacher who dispels darkness and grants illumination.

sayhuh-LAH-yoo-dhuh

Plow-armed; an epithet of Balarama, Krishna's older brother.

sayhuh-noo-MAHN

The monkey-deity who embodies supreme selfless devotion to Lord Rama.

sayhuh-ree-HUH-ruh

The synchronized, combined iconographic depiction of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara).

sayhuh-ree-VUM-shuh

The crucial epic appendix to the Mahabharata focusing on the life of Krishna.

sayhuh-yuh-GREE-vuh

The horse-headed avatar of Lord Vishnu who recovered stolen Vedic scriptures.

sayhee-run-yuh-GUR-bhuh

The golden womb or egg from which the universe and creation manifested.

sayHOH-muh

The sacred Vedic ritual invocation offering oblations to fire.

sayEESH-wuh-ruh

The Personal God, supreme ruler, or cosmic Lord.

sayee-tee-HAH-suhz

Epic histories ("thus it happened"), specifically Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata.

sayee-tee-HAH-suhz

The plural collective form for epic historic accounts.

sayGYAH-nuh

Transcendental knowledge, wisdom, or absolute awareness.

sayjyoh-tir-LING-guh

The radiant, devotional pillar representation of Lord Shiva across twelve holy shrines.

sayJYOH-tee-shuh

Vedic astronomy and astrology, studied as one of the six auxiliary limbs of the Vedas.

saykye-VUL-yuh

Absolute isolation, ultimate independence, or liberation in Yoga.

saykuh-LAH

A small segment, art form, mechanical skill, or limitation of power.

saykuh-LAH

The limitation of agency or creative action; also a generic term for an art form.

sayKAH-luh

The cosmic constraint of time, sequence, and duration upon the soul.

saykah-LAY-shwuh-ruh

The Lord of Time and Destiny; a powerful localized form of Shiva.

sayKUH-lee

The final, current cyclic age of discord, spiritual darkness, and materialism.

sayKAH-lee

The fierce, dark goddess of time, transformation, empowerment, and ultimate destruction.

sayKUH-lee-yoo-guh

The current age of spiritual darkness, quarrel, and moral decline.

saykah-lee-DAH-suh

The legendary classical Sanskrit poet and playwright famed for works like Shakuntala.

sayKAH-lee-kah

The intense dark goddess form related to transformation and time.

saykul-YAH-nuh

Spiritual welfare, prosperity, bliss, or auspiciousness.

sayKAH-muh

The god of love and desire; also the pursuit of sensual pleasure and emotional fulfillment.

sayKUN-choo-kuhz

The five limiting cloaks or constraints that restrict universal consciousness into an individual soul.

sayKUN-choo-kuhz

The five limiting jackets or constraints that bind pure consciousness.

saykun-KAH-luh

The skeletal frame or an ascetic form assumed by Lord Shiva.

sayKAHN-tee

Splendor, supreme beauty, or divine effulgence.

saykuh-PIN-juh-luh

A Vedic seer sage or a sacred bird mentioned in lore.

sayKAHR-tee-kuh

A sacred lunar month in the Hindu calendar associated with light and major festivals.

saykahr-tee-KAY-yuh

The god of war; son of Shiva also known as Murugan or Skanda.

sayKUSH-yuh-puh

An ancient Vedic progenitor sage from whom many living beings descended.

sayKUH-thuh

A key school and famous Upanishad discussing death's secrets.

saykow-SHEE-tuh-kee

An ancient branch and principal Upanishad of the Rigveda.

saykay-vuh-LUH

Pure, isolated, absolute, or uncompounded spiritual liberation.

sayKHUN-duh

A division, chapter, structural fragment, or section of text.

saykrish-nuh

The eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu, central to the Mahabharata and the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita.

sayKRU-tuh

The golden age or Satya Yuga, marking the era of supreme righteousness and truth.

sayKRIT-tee-kah

The Pleiades star cluster; the third Nakshatra.

sayKOOR-muh

The divine tortoise incarnation of Lord Vishnu who supported the churning of the ocean.

saykour-uk-shai-tra-uh

The site of the great war- The Mahabharat

sayluh-koo-LEE-shuh

The prominent 2nd-century ascetic regarded as an avatar of Shiva.

sayluh-lee-TAH

The playful or beautiful supreme goddess forms in Shaktism.

sayling-gohdh-BHU-vuh

The manifestations of Lord Shiva out of the primeval column of cosmic flame.

sayling-gohdh-bhuh-vuh-MOOR-tee

The classic iconographic form of Shiva emerging from a pillar of cosmic fire.

sayLOH-kuh

A realm, plane of existence, or world within Hindu cosmology.

sayloh-kuh-MUH-yuh

Pervading the manifest world; cosmic or universal in scope.

sayMOOD-guh-luh

An ancient sage or a minor Purana text focusing on Ganesha.

saymudh-vah-CHAHR-yuh

The 13th-century philosopher who founded Dvaita (dualism).

sayMAH-ghuh

The auspicious late winter lunar month famed for holy river baths.

saymuh-HAH shuh-vuh-RAH-tree

The great annual festival night celebrating the cosmic marriage and grace of Lord Shiva.

saymuh-hah-BHAH-ruh-tuh

The great epic history of India detailing the Kurukshetra war and the Gita.

saymuh-hah-DAY-vuh

"Great God"; a primary epithet used for Lord Shiva.

saymuh-HAH-pruh-luh-yuh

The great cosmic dissolution at the end of a universe's life cycle.

saymuh-hah-poo-RAH-nuh

The eighteen primary, principal great collections of ancient myth and lore.

saymuh-hah-poo-RAH-nuhz

The eighteen main, primary mythological texts of ancient lore.

saymuh-HUT

The cosmic intellect or the primary principle of intelligence emerging in creation.

saymah-HAHT-myuh

Text detailing the greatness, majesty or merits of a deity/shrine.

saymuh-hah-vid-YAHZ

The group of ten cosmic tantric manifestations of the Goddess.

saymuh-HAH-yoo-guhz

Great cosmic ages, each consisting of 4 cyclic Yugas.

saymuh-HAH-yoo-guhz

A great world cycle comprised of four successive world yugas.

saymah-lee-NEE

The garlanded goddess form; also a highly prominent tantric text.

saymah-lee-nee-vee-juh-YOT-tuh-ruh

A foundational tantric text highly revered in Kashmir Shaiva philosophy.

saymah-nuh-SAH-ruh

A foundational classical architectural treatise detailing structural layouts.

saymahn-DOO-kyuh

A concise primary Upanishad discussing the four states of consciousness and the syllable OM.

saymahn-DOO-kyuh

The shortest Upanishad revealing the mystery of OM.

saymuh-NOH-juh-vum

Swift as the mind; a classic quality applied to Hanuman.

sayMAHN-tree-kuh

A practitioner or text tradition dealing heavily in mantras.

saymuh-noo-SMRIT-ee

The traditional legal and ethical framework text attributed to Manu.

saymahr-guh-SHEER-shuh

The winter lunar month dedicated heavily to spiritual practice and devotion.

saymahr-kun-DAY-yuh

An ancient sage; name of a major Purana containing the Devi Mahatmya.

saymahr-kun-DAY-yuh

An ancient sage; name of a major Purana containing the Devi Mahatmya.

sayMAH-trah

A standard unit of measure, verse meter length, or atomic particles.

sayMUT-syuh

The divine fish incarnation of Lord Vishnu who saved cosmic life from the deluge.

saymut-syayn-DRU-huh

The historic yogic master who co-founded Hatha Yoga.

sayMY-yah

The cosmic illusion or creative power that projects the manifold universe as real.

saymee-MAHM-sah

The orthodox school of reflection exploring Vedic ritual hermeneutics and philosophy.

saymook-tee-dah-YEE-nee

She who bestows spiritual liberation or ultimate freedom.

sayमोओ-नेइ

An enlightened sage, ascetic, or silent meditator.

sayMOOR-tee

A sacred physical icon, form, manifestation, or image of a deity.

sayNAH-duh

Sacred cosmic sound vibration; primordial resonance.

saynuk-SHUH-truhz

Lunar mansions or star constellations used in Vedic astrology.

saynun-dee-KAY-shwuh-ruh

The ancient master or celestial bull guarding Shiva's gates.

saynun-DEESH-wuh-ruh

The lord of Nandi; another title for Lord Shiva or his mount.

sayNAH-ruh-duh

The immortal celestial sage who travels realms singing praise.

saynuh-ruh-HUH-ree

The man-lion incarnation of Vishnu; also Narasimha.

saynah-RAH-yuh-nuh

Name of Vishnu as the refuge and source of all beings.

saynah-suh-DEE-yuh

The famous Hymn of Creation found in the Rigveda.

saynuh-tuh-RAH-juh

Lord Shiva represented as the supreme cosmic dancer.

saynuh-TAY-shuh

The Lord of Actors or Dancers; a dynamic sculptural representation of Lord Shiva.

saynuh-TEE

Reverence, bowing down, humility, or modest salute.

saynihsh-wuh-SEE-tuh

Exhalation or breath; metaphor for Vedas as divine breath.

sayNIR-goo-nuh

Unconditioned, formless, without qualitative attributes.

saynee-ROOK-tuh

The Vedanga branch covering etymology and interpretation of Vedic words.

saynee-YUH-tee

The restriction of space, destiny, causality, and fixed cosmic order.

sayNYAH-yuh

The orthodox school of logic and analytical reasoning in classical Hindu philosophy.

saypud-muh-NAH-bhuh

An epithet of Lord Vishnu, meaning 'He who has a lotus emerging from his navel'.

saypun-chuh-BHOO-tuh

The five gross physical elements that compile material matter.

saypahn-chuh-RAH-truh

Ancient Vaishnava texts outlining temple worship, ritual, and philosophy.

saypun-chah-YUH-tuh-nuh

A system of worship centering around five major deities.

saypahn-chuh-RAH-truh

An ancient esoteric text system detailing Vaishnava temple worship, rituals, and philosophy.

sayPUH-ruh

Supreme, transcendental, ultimate, or beyond.

saypuh-ruh-mah-SHI-vuh

The unconditioned, absolute supreme reality in Shaivism.

saypuh-ruh-mah-SHI-vuh

The absolute, transcendent supreme reality in Shaiva philosophy.

saypuh-rum-puh-RAH

The unbroken lineage of teacher-to-disciple succession.

saypuh-REE-shud

An assembly, council, or traditional academy of scholars.

sayPAHR-thee-vuh

Earthen or terrestrial; commonly used for hand-molded clay Shiva-lingams.

saypahr-vuh-TEE

The divine mother goddess of power and devotion, consort of Lord Shiva.

saypah-shoo-PUH-tuh

One of the oldest, major ascetic schools of Shaivism.

saypuh-TUN-juh-lee

The celebrated ancient sage who synthesized and compiled the Yoga Sutras.

sayPUH-truh

A leaf, page, or written document used for recording text or offering ritual praise.

saypow-RAH-nik

Pertaining to or derived from the ancient Purana texts.

sayPING-guh-lah

The solar, right-side subtle energy channel running along the spine.

saypruh-CHUN-duh

Exceedingly fierce, intense, majestic, or powerful.

saypruh-DYOOM-nuh

The mind emanation of the Vyuha system; son of Krishna.

saypruh-LAH-duh

The saintly young devotee of Lord Vishnu whose absolute faith triggered the Narasimha avatar.

saypra-ja-pati

King

sayprak-aash-uh

Light

saypruh-KRU-tee

Primordial physical matter, nature, or the active energy of the universe.

saypruh-LUH-yuh

Dissolution, destruction, or absorption of the cosmos.

sayPRAH-nuh

The cosmic vital life-force or breath animating all living systems.

sayprah-nuh-MUH-yuh

The vital energy breath layer within the individual soul.

sayprush-thah-nuh-truh-YEE

The triple canon of Vedanta: Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Gita.

saypruh-TAH-puh

Majesty, internal fire, brilliant valor, or dignity.

saypruh-tee-BUN-dhuh-kuh

An obstacle, block, or factor that prevents perception.

saypruh-tee-BHAH

Intuitive genius, brilliant spiritual illumination, or insight.

saypruh-tyuh-bhee-GYAH

The philosophy of sudden spiritual recognition or remembrance of one's divine nature.

sayPOO-jah

Ritual adoration worship or devotional offerings to a deity.

saypoo-RAH-nuhz

"Of ancient times"; vast texts on cosmology, myths, and history.

saypoo-RAH-nuhz

A vast genre of encyclopedic Indian scriptures containing mythology, cosmology, and genealogies.

saypau-raa-nik

From the times of the Puranas

saypoo-ur-ni-ma

Full moon Night

saypoo-ROO-shuh

The primordial cosmic person, pure consciousness, or supreme spiritual essence.

sayRAH-guh

The limitation of desire, attachment, or passion for specific material things.

sayrah-gee-NEE

A melodic framework or female personification of a musical raga.

sayruh-joh-GOO-nuh

The quality of passion, activity, motion, and desire driving worldly creation.

sayRAHK-shuh-shuh

A class of powerful titanic beings or nocturnal spirits.

sayRAH-muh

The seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu and the exemplary protagonist of the epic Ramayana.

sayrah-muh-CHUN-druh

The radiant moon-like prince avatar of the Raghu clan.

sayrah-muh-chuh-rit-uh-MAH-nuh-suh

The celebrated Awadhi retelling of the Ramayana by Tulsidas.

sayrah-MAH-noo-juh

The influential 11th-century theologian who championed Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism).

sayrah-mah-noo-jah-CHAHR-yuh

The great teacher who founded Vishishtadvaita Vedanta philosophy.

sayrama-yan

the epic scripture - the story of Lord Rama

sayRAH-suh

The ecstatic, aesthetic flavor of divine sport, notably the round dance of Krishna with the Gopis.

sayruh-suh-LUK-shuh-nuh

The architectural or aesthetic definition of emotional essence.

sayRAH-vuh-nuh

The highly learned yet arrogant ten-headed king of Lanka who abducted Sita.

sayrig-VAY-duh

The oldest Veda, consisting of hymns of praise to deities.

sayrig-VAY-duh

The oldest and primary collections of sacred hymns dedicated to cosmic deities.

sayREE-shee

An ancient seer, sage, or enlightened rishi who directly perceived Vedic truths.

sayREE-sheez

The plural collective grouping of ancestral seer sages.

sayROOD-ruh

Lord Shiva is also called Rudra.

sayROOD-rum

A powerful Vedic hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva as Rudra.

sayrood-ruh-shuh-RUS

An esoteric, ancient name or Upanishad related to Shiva.

sayROO-puh

Form, visible beauty, external shape, or structural image.

sayshub-duh-PAH-luh

The guardian or protector of the cosmic primordial sound.

saysuh-DAH-shi-vuh

The eternal, highest aspect of Shiva who continuously acts out five functions.

saysuh-DAH-shi-vuh

The highest five-fold active blueprint form of Lord Shiva.

saySAH-guh-ruh

The vast ocean, sea, or boundary waters within ancient geography.

saySUH-goo-nuh

Manifested reality possessing forms, qualities, and attributes.

saysuh-huhs-ruh-NAH-muh

A sacred hymn listing the one thousand names of a specific deity.

saySHAI-vuh

Relating to Shiva; a devotee of Lord Shiva.

saySHAI-vi-zum

Major Hindu tradition focused on the worship of Lord Shiva.

sayshah-kum-bhuh-REE

The nurturing form of the Divine Mother who sustains life by providing nourishing vegetables and herbs.

saySHAHK-tuh

Relating to Shaktism; a devotee who worships the Supreme as the Divine Mother.

saySHUK-tee

The dynamic divine feminine power, energy, and creative force of the universe.

saySHAHK-ti-zum

Tradition focused on worshipping the Goddess (Shakti/Devi).

saysuh-MAH-dhee

Meditative absorption, deep concentration, or spiritual liberation.

saySAH-mun

A sacred melody, chant, or verse from the Sama Veda.

saysah-muh-VAY-duh

The Veda of melodies, chants, and sacred songs.

saysah-muh-VAY-duh

The Veda of melodies, chants, and sacred songs.

saysuh-MUH-yuh

Time, proper occasion, conventional covenant, or doctrine within a tradition.

saysum-hee-TAH

Structured collections of hymns, prayers, and mantras in individual Vedas.

saysum-hee-TAH

The core foundational text collection inside a specific Veda.

saysum-hee-TAH

Structured collections of hymns, prayers, and mantras in individual Vedas.

saysum-NYAH-suh

The final stage of formal renunciation and monastic life.

saysum-pruh-DAH-yuh

An established lineage, tradition, or school of spiritual thought.

saysum-SKAH-ruhz

The key sacramental life rituals or deep mental impressions.

saysuh-MOO-druh

The wide collection of ocean waters or cosmic space sea.

saysuh-NUN-duh-nuh

One of the pristine four mind-born youth sons of Brahma.

saysuh-nut-koo-MAH-ruh

The eternal child sage who instructs paths of liberation.

saysuh-NAH-tuh-nuh

Eternal, timeless, or permanent.

saySHUH-nee

The celestial deity personifying the planet Saturn, delivering karmic justice based on actions.

sayshung-kuh-rah-CHAHR-yuh

The master philosopher who consolidated Advaita Vedanta philosophy.

saySHUN-muh-tuh

The six-fold system of worship popularized by Adi Shankara.

saysup-TUR-shee

The constellation of seven grand primordial rishi seers.

saysup-TUR-sheez

The collective grouping of seven timeless master sages.

saysuh-rus-vwuh-TEE

The brilliant goddess of learning, music, and divine speech.

sayshur-vuh-NUH

An epithet of Shiva or place associated with his lineage.

saySHAHS-truh

A foundational sacred scripture, treatise, or book of authoritative knowledge.

sayshuh-tuh-rood-REE-yuh

The sacred Vedic hymn from the Yajur Veda praise-worshipping Rudra in a hundred forms.

saySUT-vwuh

The quality of purity, light, truth, harmony, and spiritual clarity.

saysut-vwuh-VEE-thee

The explicit platform or avenue of light and purity.

saysut-vwah-YUH-nuh

The path or moving platform of pure goodness and spiritual light.

saySAH-yuh-nuh

The monumental 14th-century commentator on the Vedas.

sayshay-shuh-NAH-guh

The primordial king of serpents who supports the worlds and forms the bed of Vishnu.

saysidh-DHAHN-tuh

An established conclusion, definitive textbook doctrine, or absolute truth within a tradition.

saySHIK-shah

The auxiliary Vedic science focusing on phonetics, pronunciation, and accents.

saySHIL-puh

Arts, crafts, iconography, and mechanical skill guidelines within tradition.

saySHI-vuh

The Auspicious One; cosmic transformer, destroyer, and yogi.

saySHLOH-kuh

A classic metered two-line verse stanza in Sanskrit texts.

saySMAHR-tuh

Relating to Smriti texts or a follower of the Smarta system.

saySMRUHR-ti-zum

Orthodox tradition worshipping five or six deities equally.

saySMRIT-ee

That which is remembered; secondary, tradition-based scriptures.

saySOW-ruh

Relating to the solar systems or solar-powered deities.

sayshri

Goddess of Wealth Laxmi, a respectful salutation to a man

sayshree VAISH-nuh-vuh

The prominent orthodox lineage worshipping Vishnu alongside Goddess Lakshmi.

saySHREE-mud

An honorific prefix denoting divine, radiant, or highly revered scripture.

saySRISH-tee

Creation, manifestation, or cosmic emission.

saySHROO-tee

That which is heard; primordial revealed Vedic literature.

saysthah-PUT-yuh

The auxiliary Vedic mechanical discipline of architecture.

saySTHIT-ee

Maintenance, preservation, or sustenance of the universe.

saySTOH-truh

A hymn of praise, prayer, or ode addressed to a specific deity.

saysoo-dur-SHU-nuh

The spinning cosmic discus weapon utilized by Lord Vishnu.

saysoo-dur-shuh-nuh-CHUK-ruh

The fully completed title for the celestial wheel of Vishnu.

saySOOK-tuh

"Well spoken"; a Vedic hymn or praise song.

saySOOK-tum

Accented individual Vedic praise song or text block.

saySHOOL-buh

The auxiliary geometry sutras detailing sacrificial fire altars.

saySOOR-yuh

The Sun god; the visible solar source of light and life.

saySOOR-yuh sidh-DHAHN-tuh

A foundational ancient treatise on Indian astronomy.

saySOO-truh

An aphorism, thread, or condensed rulebook of philosophical truths.

saysoo-TRAHT-mun

The thread-soul that links all individual minds and objects in the cosmos together.

saysvuh-yum-BHOO

The self-existent, uncreated eternal being, often applied to Brahma or Shiva.

sayshway-tahsh-wuh-TUH-ruh

A foundational Upanishad notable for highlighting Shiva and Bhakti.

saytye-tee-REE-yuh

A school and Upanishad belonging to the Black Yajurveda.

sayTAHN-duh-vuh

The vigorous, wild cosmic dance of destruction performed by Lord Shiva.

saytun-tra

philosophy / instrument of expanding consciousness

saytun-tra-loke

Land of Tantra

saytut-vwaht-thuh

The essential, foundational meaning of cosmic elements.

sayTEER-thuh

A holy river crossing, pilgrimage ford, or stepping stone.

sayteer-thung-KUH-ruhz

The twenty-four supreme enlightened saviors within Jainism.

saytray-TAH

The second of the four cyclic world ages.

sayTREE-kuh

The triad system of non-dualistic Kashmir Shaivism focusing on Shiva, Shakti, and Nara.

saytree-MOOR-tee

The triad of supreme functions: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

saytree-PI-tuh-kuh

The canonical three baskets collection of Buddhist scripture.

saytree-VIK-ruh-muh

The gigantic form of Lord Vishnu's Vamana avatar who measured the universe in three steps.

saytoo-kah-RAHM

The prominent 17th-century Marathi poet-saint of devotion.

saytoo-REE-yuh

The fourth transcendent background state of consciousness.

sayoo-dah-huh-RUH-nuh

An illustrative example, case, or paradigm used in logic.

sayoo-puh-nee-shud

The secret mystical texts closing out the Vedic operational system.

sayoo-puh-NEE-shud

Mystical and philosophical treatises marking the end of Vedas.

sayoo-puh-nee-shudz

The final philosophical and mystical sections of the Vedas dealing with the nature of ultimate reality.

sayoo-puh-poo-RAH-nuh

The secondary or minor suite of eighteen mythological texts.

sayOO-shus

The radiant Vedic goddess representing the dawn, lighting up the sky.

sayvah-CHUS-puh-tee

The Lord of Speech; title for Brihaspati or master scholars.

sayvye-KOON-thuh

The supreme, heavenly spiritual abode of Lord Vishnu.

sayVAISH-nuh-vuh

Pertaining to or a devoted follower of Lord Vishnu.

sayVAISH-nuh-vuh

Relating to Vishnu; a devotee of Lord Vishnu.

sayVAISH-nuh-vi-zum

Major Hindu tradition focused on the worship of Lord Vishnu.

sayvahk SOOK-tuh

A Rigvedic hymn where Speech personified proclaims divinity.

sayvahl-MEE-kee

The primordial poet sage who authored the core Ramayana.

sayVAH-muh

The left-hand path or progressive aspect of tantric worship.

sayVAH-muh-nuh

The dwarf-brahmin incarnation of Lord Vishnu who outwitted King Bali.

sayvuh-RAH-huh

The wild boar avatar of Lord Vishnu who lifted the drowning Earth out of cosmic waters.

sayvuh-ROO-nuh

The ancient Vedic deity of cosmic waters and moral sky laws.

sayvuh-SISH-thuh

The celebrated master rishi and lineage sage of Raghu kings.

sayvahs-too-SHAHS-truh

The classical systematic text science of space architecture.

sayVAHS-too-vid-yah

The ancient science and sacred technology of architecture and environmental layout.

sayvaht-SYAH-yuh-nuh

The ancient sage best known for writing the authoritative Kama Sutra.

sayvay-DAHNG-guh

The six auxiliary disciplines or limbs essential for understanding and practicing Vedic rituals.

sayvay-DAHN-tuh

The philosophical system analyzing the end segments of the Vedas (the Upanishads).

sayvay-DAHN-tuh

The end of the Vedas; the culmination of philosophy focused on Brahman.

sayvid-ya-ha

Learning or education

sayvid-yah-shuh-ruh-nuh

Taking refuge in knowledge, wisdom, or learning.

sayvee-MAH-nuh

A flying chariot or the towering tiered sanctuary structure atop a temple shrine.

sayvee-MUR-shuh

The reflective consciousness or active kinetic self-awareness of the supreme.

sayvee-RAHT

The cosmic, universal body or macrocosmic physical manifestation of the Divine.

sayvee-roo-PAHK-shuh

An epithet of Lord Shiva, meaning 'He with oblique or misaligned eyes'.

sayvish

To pervade

sayVISH-noo

The All-Pervading deity; the cosmic maintainer and preserver.

sayvishwuh-ROO-puh

The almighty, all-encompassing multi-form of God.

sayvit-tuh-LUH

A popular form of Lord Vishnu worshipped predominantly in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

sayvee-VUR-tuh

The doctrine of apparent or illusory modification in reality.

sayvee-vuh-KAH-nun-duh

The brilliant monk who introduced Yoga and Vedanta to the West.

sayVRU-truh

The dragon or drought demon defeated by Indra in the Vedas.

sayVYUK-tuh

The fully manifested, perceptible, or differentiated material universe.

sayVYAH-suh

The legendary sage who classified the single Veda into four.

sayyuh-g-yuh

The ancient fire ritual from the Vedas where offering is made to the sacred fire

sayyahg-nyuh-VUL-kyuh

The ultimate master sage of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

sayyuh-joor-VAY-duh

The Veda of ritual formulas and sacrificial mantras.

sayyuh-joor-VAY-dik

Related to / from the Yajurveda

sayYAHS-kuh

The ancient grammarian and sage who authored the Nirukta text.

sayYAH-trah

A holy pilgrimage, procession, or sacred foot journey.

sayYOH-guh

The practice of physical, mental, and spiritual union.

sayYOH-juh-nuh

An ancient Indian measure of long distance equivalent to about 8-9 miles.

sayYOO-guh

An epoch or cosmic age within a cyclic four-stage world cycle.