Glossary to the
Record of Yoga
Introductory NoteStatus.
Work on this glossary is in progress. Some definitions areprovisional and will be revised before the glossary is published.
Scope.
Most words from languages other than English (primarily San-skrit), and some English words used in special senses in the
Record of Yoga
, are included.
Transliteration.
Words in
italics
are Sanskrit unless otherwise indi-cated. Sanskrit words are spelled according to the standard interna-tional system of transliteration. This has been adopted because thesame Sanskrit word is often spelled in more than one way in the text.The spellings that occur in the text, if they differ from the transliter-ation (ignoring any diacritical marks over and under the letters), arementioned in parentheses. The sounds represented by
c
,
r.
, and
´ s
or
s.
inthe standard transliteration are commonly represented by “ch”, “ri”,and “sh” in the anglicised spellings normally used in the
Record of Yoga
.
Order.
All entries, regardless of language, are arranged in English al-phabetical order. Words and phrases are alphabetised letter by letter,disregarding diacritics, spaces and hyphens.
Compounds and phrases.
A compound or phrase composed of wordsthat do not occur separately in the text is normally listed as a unitand the words are not defined individually. Compound expressionsconsisting of words that alsooccur by themselves,and thus are definedseparately, are listed in the glossary only if they occur frequently orhave a special significance.
Definitions.
The definition of each term is intended only as an aid tounderstandingitsoccurrencesinthe
RecordofYoga
.Itmaynotincludeall the meanings a word has in the original language. On the otherhand, it may include meanings that are not found in dictionaries of thelanguage,sinceSriAurobindoadaptedmanywordstohisownneedsinreferring to his yogic experiences. The definitions take into account Sri
2 Glossary to the
Record of YogaAurobindo’s own explanations, the contexts in which the terms occur,and the relations between the
Record of Yoga
and his other writings.
Quotations.
Direct quotations from Sri Aurobindo’s writings are indi-cated by quotation marks.
Cross-references.
Words in
bold
type in the definitions are defined inthe glossary.
Searching.
When searching for a definition, enter the term in either of two ways:1. Type the term as it is spelled in the text. This should find either(a) the definition you are looking for, or (b) an entry that will showthe transliteration of the term under which the definition can be foundusing the next method.2. Type a period/full stop (.) and the transliterated spelling withoutdiacritical marks. Typing a period/full stop before the transliterationwill find the entry where the term is defined rather than occurrences of it in compounds or in definitions of other terms.Example: Searching for “sparsha” (as it is spelled in the text) findsthe entry for the compound “
¯ agneya-spar ´ sa
(agneya-sparsha)”, whichshows that the transliteration of “sparsha” is “
spar´ sa
”. Searching for“.sparsa”findsthedefinitionof
spar´ sa
,skippingoverotherexpressionscontaining this word.
A
..
abhasa¯ abh¯ asa
—appearance; (in Bengali) glimmer, hint.
..
abhava¯ abh¯ ava
—entry into the being from outside.
..
abhayaabhaya
(abhaya; abhayam)—fearlessness; passive courage, “freedomfrom fear which with a bold calmness meets and receiveseverymenaceof danger and shock of misfortune”, an attribute of the
ks.atriya
.
..
abhayamabhayam
—see
abhaya
.
..
abhayam,sahasa,atmaslagha,yasolipsaabhaya˙m,s¯ ahasa,¯ atma´ sl ¯ agh¯ a,ya´ solips¯ a
(abhayam, sahasa, atmasla-gha, yasholipsa)—fearlessness, daring, self-confidence, the urge to-wards victory (the attributes of the
ks.atriya
).
..
abhayam,sahasam,yasolipsa,atmaslagha,itiksatratejahabhaya˙m,s¯ ahasa˙m,ya´ solips¯ a,¯ atma´ sl ¯ agh¯ a,itiks.atratejah.
(abhayam,sahasam, yasholipsa, atmaslagha, iti kshatratejah)—fearlessness, dar-ing, the urge towards victory, self-confidence: these express the energyof the
ks.atriya
temperament.
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Record of Yoga
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..
abhimanaabhim¯ ana
—pride; egoism.
..
abhisastihabhi´ sastih.
—hostile expression.
..
abhistiabhis.t .i
—invasion.
..
abhyasaabhy¯ asa
—repetition; exercise; discipline; practice.
..
acchanna¯ acchanna
—covered, concealed.
..
active
brahman
active
brahman
—same as
sagun.a brahman
, the dynamic aspect of
brahman
which is expressed in the cosmic movement, “a universalDivine, one in being, multiple in personality and power, who conveysto us, when we enter into the consciousness of his universal forces, asense of infinite quality and will and act and world-wide knowledgeand a one yet innumerable delight”; realised by the mind separatelyfrom the
´ s¯ anta˙m brahma
or silent
brahman
, it is an aspect of universalbeing which “though wonderfully freed, uplifted and illumined, sup-portsonlythepresentself-expressionoftheCosmicSpiritanddoesnottransform, as would a transcendental Descent,the ambiguous symbolsand veiled mysteries of a world of Ignorance”.
..
active
samata
active
samat ¯ a
—equalityinone’sresponsetothecontactsoftheworld,consisting of
(
sama
)
rasa
,
(
sama
)
bhoga
and
(
sama
)
¯ ananda
, alsocalled
positive
samat ¯ a
: an “active equality which will enable us notonly to draw back from or confront the world in a detached andseparated calm, but to return upon it and possess it in the power of the calm and equal Spirit”.
..
actualgnosisactualgnosis
—same as
actualistic ideality
.
..
actualisticactualistic
—characterised by a working of
intuition
which, in dealingwith the movement in time, lays “stress on the stream of immediateactualities”.
..
actualisticidealityactualisticideality
—an
intuitional
form of
logistic ideality
which, ap-plied to the field of
trik¯ aladr .s.t .i
and
tapas
, “depends upon the existentactuality, illumines it, goes a little beyond it but from it”.
..
actualisticlogistisactualisticlogistis
—same as
actualistic ideality
.
..
actualisticseer
tapas
actualisticseer
tapas
—
tapas
acting in the
actualist intuitional revela-tion
, the lowest form of
seer
tapas
.
..
actualisticseer
trikaladrsti
actualisticseer
trik¯ aladr .s.t .i
(trikaldrishti)—
trik¯ aladr .s.t .i
inthe
actualistintuitional revelation
.
..
actualistintuitionalrevelationactualistintuitionalrevelation
—
actualistic ideality
raised to the
intu-itive revelatory logistis
.
..
adasyaad ¯ asya
—inability to surrender, “insubmission”, absence of
d ¯ asya
.
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