Foundations of Indian Psychology, Volume 1

Glossary of Words of Sanskrit or Pali Origin

For abbreviations, see list at the end of the Glossary

 

abhidhamma (Pali), ‘abhidharma’ (Sanskrit), the Buddhist philosophy.

abhva, nescience, non-being; usually translated as ‘terrible’, ‘monstrous’ etc.

ācārya, a teacher, a spiritual guide who knows what to do and how to proceed, from ācāra, ‘practice’.

adbhuta, transcendental, beyond being/becoming, ‘wonderful’.

adharma, that which is not upholding existence, a-dharma, or not in accordance with dharma (see ‘dharma’).

aditi, infinite Consciousness, the divine Mother, the mother of the godheads named Ādityas; in the later philosophical language she is known as parā prakṛti (Gītā etc.).

āditya, a solar deity, a child of the Infinity, Aditi; there ...