We are delighted to
announce that our long-awaited Sanskrit Glossary is finally available.
This is not a dictionary for scholars, so you
won’t find every Sanskrit word in it. But it is an extremely comprehensive Working
Glossary for the ordinary seeker, containing over 4,000 definitions of
spiritual and philosophical words that you are likely to encounter in your
reading of Indian spiritual books and texts.
The Glossary
does not simply explain the grammatical meaning of words like any ordinary
dictionary, but constitutes a mystic’s understanding of meanings and
deliberations over a lifetime of study and experience. It will save you years
of wondering about obscure meanings and even obscurer spellings. Almost every
area of India,
and almost every guru, has their own idea of how to spell a Sanskrit
word. It is frustrating to attempt to find a word in the dictionary when the
dictionary only offers one spelling. So if you come across a word with a
different spelling you will never find it in a normal dictionary. The Yoga
Wordbook offers every different spelling I have encountered over more than
forty years of research.
Although some words
only need a simple explanation, other entries will go much further in answering
a seeker’s long-standing questions. Here you will find meanings and
understandings you won’t find in the dry grammarian’s dictionaries, together
with elaborated comment on certain words. It also includes particular meanings
to words given by sages such as Sri Aurobindo, Krishnamacharya, Nisargadatta,
Ramana Maharshi, Satyananda, etc.
Some entries will
throw light on little known secrets of yoga, ultimately revealing the hidden
mysteries of spiritual life that you are unlikely to find elsewhere.
The Glossary also offers
you:
Pronunciation:
How to correctly pronounce words so often incorrectly passed on to students in
the West, even such commonly mispronounced words such as asana, mandala,
Himalaya; or more complicated-looking words like
Pratibhijnahridayam or Sodasopacara
and so forth.
Synonyms and antonyms: Sanskrit terms and their opposite meanings are given
for many words.
Bibliographies: Lists of books on a particular subject to further
your researches in relation to a specific word or concept.
Descriptions: of some major texts and lists of different
translations available by ancient and contemporary authors.
The Glossary is extensively cross-referenced with words written in
bold type, reminding you to look up related words or subjects in other
sections.
Please note that this work
will be constantly updated and developed, as and when time allows. Some words
with only a brief description you may find with a fuller explanation in a later
edition. Occasionally, you may find words with no description at all,
which indicates that they are going to be explained in later editions.
Keep on checking
for new editions!
N.B.
At Deccan College
in Pune (Poona)
a team of scholars have been working on a massive Sanskrit-English
dictionary since 1948 — and they
are still on the letter A!
And this Glossary
is only a one-man’s dedicated lifetime’s work, with many a late-night updating,
between numerous other commitments, world-wide travel and workshops.
However, if
you can find a more useful or more esoterically informative dictionary
anywhere, let me know and I will gladly retire from this arduous and endless
lifelong labour of love.
Meanwhile,
the accumulated knowledge here is priceless and may save you 40 years research!
Warmly yours,
Muz Murray
(Ramana Baba)
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