The Guiding force of Narayanashrama Tapovanam & Center for Inner Resources Development
Narayanashrama Tapovanam Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| panchabhūtas |
sanskrit : पञ्च-भूत ; The 5 elements (earth, air, fire, water and sky). |
| pāpa | Sanskrit : पाप; Bad , vicious , wicked , evil , wretched , vile , low, boding evil , inauspicious. |
| parampara | sanskrit : परम्पर ; one following the other , proceeding from one to another (as from father to son) , successive. |
| pārāyaṇa | sanskrit : पारायणं, स्वाध्यायः ; Reading, Perusal. |
| parivrājaka | Sanskrit : परिव्राजक; a wandering religious mendicant. |
| paroksha | Sanskrit : परोक्ष ; Invisible, imperceptible. |
| paṭana | sanskrit : पठन ; Reading, Studying. |
| pātivratya | sanskrit : पातिव्रत्यं ; Chastity, devoted attachment, faithfulness, loyalty, modesty. |
| paurusha | Sanskrit: पौरुष ; The inherent wish and will of man. |
| pradakshina | sanskrit : प्रदक्षिण; Reverential salutation, by circumambulating a person or object, keeping the right side towards them. |
| prakṛti | Sanskrit : प्रकृति; In the Sankhya philosophy, the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world (consisting of 3 constituent essences or gunas called sattva, rajas and tamas) , Nature (distinguished from purusha, Spirit as Maya is distinguished from Brahman in the Vedanta) |
| prathyaksha | Sanskrit : प्रत्यक्ष ; Perceptible, perceivable, present, cognizable by any of the organs of sense. |
| pratijna | Sanskrit : प्रति़ज्ञा ; A vow. |
| prāyopaveśa | Sanskrit : प्रायोपवेश ; Abstaining from food and awaiting in a sitting posture the approach of death. |
| preyas | sanskrit : प्रेयस् ; The desired fruit of heaven etc. but not a means to salvation. |
