Sanskrit Week 2

Question 1

साधन

Answer 1

Sādhana, Practice

Question 2

पाद

Answer 2

Pāda

Question 3

साधनपाद

Answer 3

Sadhana Pada is the second chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

Question 4

धारणा

Answer 4

Dhāraṇā, concentration

Question 5

वात

Answer 5

Vāta, space and air

Question 6

अपान

Answer 6

Apāna, downward breath

Question 7

आकाश

Answer 7

Ākāśa, ether

Question 8

माला

Answer 8

Mālā

Question 9

हलाहल

Answer 9

Halāhala, poison of cyclic existence

Question 10

हलासन

Answer 10

Halāsana, plow pose

Question 11

पाशासन

Answer 11

pāśāsana, noose pose

Question 12

शलभासन

Answer 12

Śalabhāsana, locust pose

Question 13

बकासन

Answer 13

Bakāsana, crow pose

Question 14

राग

Answer 14

rāga, attraction

Question 15

राज

Answer 15

rāja, king

Question 16

रामायण

Answer 16

Rāmāyaṇa, One of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India

Question 17

दुःख

Answer 17

Dukkha, Suffering

Question 18

अहिंसा

Answer 18

Ahimsa, non-violence

Question 19

गुरु

Answer 19

Guru

Question 20

दोष

Answer 20

Doṣa

Question 21

दैवत

Answer 21

daivata, Divine

Question 22

अमृत

Answer 22

amṛta, nectar, immortality

Question 23

पृथ्वी

Answer 23

pṛthvī, Earth

Question 24

हृदय

Answer 24

Hṛdaya, Heart

Question 25

शिव

Answer 25

Śiva, god of death

Question 26

Answer 26

Heyam Dukham Anagatam, The pain that is yet to come can be avoided.

Question 27

समाधि

Answer 27

Samādhi, meditative absortion

Question 28

वीर

Answer 28

Vīra, hero

Question 29

सुख

Answer 29

Sukha

Question 30

शोक

Answer 30

Śoka, grief

Question 31

वेद

Answer 31

veda, sacred knowledge

Question 32

गुण

Answer 32

Guṇa, quality of mind

Question 33

Answer 33

Question 34

Answer 34

anuśāsanam, teaching or instruction

Question 35

Answer 35

Bhagavad Gītā

Question 36

Answer 36

asato mā sad gamaya

“From the unreal to the real, lead me!”

Question 37

विभूति

Answer 37

vibhūti, superhuman power, name of the third chapter of the Yogasūtra