Introduction to Sanskrit 6

Question 1

शलभासन​

Answer 1

śalabhāsana - locust pose

Question 2

राग​

Answer 2

rāga - attraction

Question 3

अनाहत

Answer 3

anāhata - “unstruck” - the heart chakra or psychoenergetic center

Question 4

राम​

Answer 4

rāma - an incarnation of the God Viṣṇu, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa

Question 5

रामायण

Answer 5

Rāmāyaṇa - one of the Great Epics, by Vālmīki, the story of Rāma

Question 6

महाभारत

Answer 6

Mahābhārata - one of the great epics, by Vyāsa, the great story of the Bhāratas

Question 7

राधा

Answer 7

Rādhā - name of a gopī or cowherdess, loved by Kṛṣṇa

Question 8

समाधि

Answer 8

samādhi - meditative absorption

Question 9

नियम​

Answer 9

niyama - discipline, second limb of aṣṭāṅga yoga, observance

Question 10

गुरु

Answer 10

guru - teacher, heavy