Basic Sanskrit Flashcards

1
Q

Supta

A

On your back

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2
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Baddha

A

Bound

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3
Q

Kona

A

Angle

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4
Q

Sukha

A

Ease

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5
Q

Asana

A

Pose

or

Vessel

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6
Q

Padma

A

Lotus

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7
Q

Ardha

A

Half

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8
Q

Parivritta

A

Revolve

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9
Q

Paschima

A

Back

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10
Q

Uttana

A

Intense Stretch

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11
Q

Prasarita

A

Stretched Out

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12
Q

Pada

A

Foot

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13
Q

Eka

A

One

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14
Q

Vritti

A

Whirlpool

Or

Emotions , Thoughts

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15
Q

Niroda

A

Consciousness

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16
Q

Ashta

A

Eight

17
Q

Anga

A

Limb

18
Q

Nadis

A

Energy channels

19
Q

Mala

A

Garland

Or

Prayer beads

20
Q

Shamatha Meditation

A

“Calm-abiding” Buddhist meditation designed to pacify the mind by sustaining voluntary attention on a single point of concentration

21
Q

Vipassana meditation

A

“insight” a culminating meditation in which Awareness rests in its innate stillness, silence and spaciousness

22
Q

Dukha

A

Suffering

23
Q

Sunyata

A

Emptiness

24
Q

Samskara

A

A psychic scarring caused by habitual tendencies

25
Q

Prajna

A

Wisdom, which allows us to see the truth by cultivating enlightened awareness and knowledge

26
Q

Saha

A

Impossible to grasp

Or

Insubstantial

27
Q

Samsara

A

Wheel of suffering that we perpetuate by doing the same thing time and time again

Or

Perpetual wandering

28
Q

Bardo

A

Intermediate stages after death

29
Q

Dharmakaya

A

Absolute reality

30
Q

Karma

A

Action and reaction

31
Q

Anaya

A

Egolessness

Or

No self

32
Q

Giving

A

Dana

33
Q

Hands

A

Asta