|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||
|
| Horoscope - Glossary - S | |||
| |||
| Page 3 | |||
|
SIMHA Leo SIMHASANA Lion Pose SIND A province now in Pakistan. In Vatsyayana’s time it was part of the Sassanian Empire, ruled however by Hindu chiefs who were feudatories of the Persian emperor. SIRSHASANA Headstand SITA The daughter of king Janaka of Videha, and the heroine of Ramayana, she is the Hindu model of the faithful wife. SITHALI, Sitkari varieties of pranayama that cool the body SIVA In the Hindu Trinity, the Destroyer; the passive male force SKANDA The war God; related to Mars SMARADIPIKA A love text composed between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries by one Sir Minanath, who claims to have consulted ‘numerous Kamashastras’, It was the model for Ratimanjari. SOMA The Moon SOUL Individualized Spirit. The soul is the true and immortal nature of man, and of all living forms of life; it is cloaked only temporarily in the garments of causal, astral, and physical bodies. The nature of the soul is Spirit: ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Joy. SPIRITUAL EYE. The single eye of intuition and omnipresent perception at the Christ (Kutastha) center (ajna chakra) between the eyebrows. The deeply meditating devotee beholds the spiritual eye as a ring of golden light encircling a sphere of opalescent blue, and at the center, a pentagonal white star. Microcosmically, these forms and colors epitomize, respectively, the vibratory realm of creation (Cosmic Nature, Holy Ghost); the son or intelligence of God in creation (Christ consciousness); and the vibrationaless spirit beyond all creation (God the Father). SRI A title of respect. When used before the name of a religious person, it means "holy" or revered." Like Sri yogis. SRNGARASAPRABANDHADIPIKA ‘The Light of Love’, composed by Harihara, lists-four sexual postures, but the descriptions stop with Garuda, the thirty-sixth. It is of uncertain date. STHIRA RASIS Fixed signs STRIAJYA The means ‘kingdom of women’. It was a matriarchal state in the Himalayan northwest and is mentioned also in the Markandeya Purana (LVIII: 39) and Mahabharata (III: 54 and XII: 4). Megasthenes, Polyaenus and Solinus confirm tales of women’s realm in India. Its people were probably tribals who may perhaps be identified with the fair-skinned Madras of the Mahabharata of whom Karna says: ‘they are non-Aryans born in a bad land, who know nothing of the holy laws.’ SUBHADRA The sister of Krishna and daughter of King Vasadeva of Dvaraka. SUKHASANA Easy Pose SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND. The all-knowing power of the soul that perceives truth directly; intuition. SUPER-CONSCIOUSNESS The pure, intuitive, all-seeing, ever-blissful consciousness of the soul. Sometimes used generally to refer to all the various states of samadhi experienced in meditation, but specifically the first states of samadhi, wherein one drops ego-consciousness and realizes his self as soul, made in the image of God. Thence follow the higher states of realization. SUPTA VAJRASANA Kneeling Pose SURYA BHEDA A variety of pranayama that heals the body SURYA NAMASKAR Sun Salutation SURYA The sun SUSHUMNA The main nadi, flowing thorough the spinal cord SUTRA An aphorism, literally "thread" SUVARNANABHA The Mauryan sage who expounded the second part of Babhravya’s long text. His work was probably called Ratinirnaya (‘An Investigation of Carnal Love’). SVETAKETU AUDDALAKI A Vedic sage, son of Uddalaka Aruni and the first human teacher of the Kama wisdom. He is mentioned in the oldest Upanishads as having learned the sex mysteries from a scholar called Pravahana Jaivali. SWADHISHTHANA Chakra the second chakra, at the genitals SWAMI Monk SWAMI. A member of India’s most ancient monastic order, reorganized in the ninth century by Swami Shankara. A swami takes formal vows of celibacy and renunciation of worldly ties and ambitions; and to service to humanity. There are ten classificatory titles of the venerable Swami Order, as Giri, Puri, Bharati, Tirtha, Saraswati, and others. Swami Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda belonged to the Giri ("mountain") branch. 
| |||
 | Pages : 1 2 3 | ||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
| About this Site | Advertise on india4u | Feedback | Contact | Sitemap |
