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GLOSSARY OF NON-ENGLISH TERMS USED
Acharya
Ahimsa
Ajiva
Anasakti
Anathashram
Anekanta
Anekantavada
Antaratma
Anuvrata
Aparigraha
Asakti
Ashram
Ashramites
Asteya
Asvada
Atma
Atmadarshan
Atmanubhuti
Avatar
Ayurvedic
Bahirtama
Bania
Brhmacharya
Chardham
Chaturyama Dharma
Preceptor, Head of a religious
group/sub-group
Nonviolence
Insentient beings, Non-living beings
Without infatuation, selfless Orphanage, home for orphans Non-Absolutism, Multiplicity of
viewpoints
Doctrine of Non-Absolutism
Inner self/ inner voice, conscience, spiritually inclined human being Minor Vow
Non possession, Non-acquisitiveness
Infatuation, Attachment
Hermitage
Inhabitants of hermitage
Non-stealing
Control of palate
Soul, Self, Sentient being, Spirit Seeing the pure soul
Self-realization, experience the existence of the nature of pure soul Incarnation
Medical science based on Vedas External oriented living being
Trader
Celibacy, Chastity,
Four religious abodes
Regime of four-fold vows
Religion, faith, duty, nature, spiritual values