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The Twelfth Lesson: The Vedas; and Glossary.1369
Chitta. Mind-Stuff, or the subtle elements from which Mind is evolved or
manifested.
Chittakasha. The area or space of the mind.
Dama. Control of the organs of the senses and the body.
Deha. Gross matter.
Drava. The Ultimate Substance of Kanada’s Philosophy.
Devas. The angelic beings, who were originally human beings, but who have
advanced in the spiritual scale into a state of semi-divinity; “the shining
ones,” according to the Hindu popular term.
Devachan. The heaven-world. Devaloka. The higher regions or planes.
Dharana. Concentration. One-mindedness. The Yoga Sixth Step.
Dharma. Duty; virtue; the Path of Right Action.
Dhyana. Meditation on the Divine; the Yoga Seventh Step. Dhyanamarga.
The Path of Knowledge through Meditation.
Dvaita. The Dualistic School of Philosophy, opposed to Advaita.
Dvandas. The “pairs of opposites,” or dual-aspects of nature, such as heat
and cold, pleasure and pain; high and low; sharp and dull, etc.; the
“polarities” of natural objects.
Dvesha. Hatred; dislike; aversion; repulsion.
Ekagra. A state of Concentration.
Ekam. One; hence, Eka-Nistha, or devotion to one ideal; Ekanta-Bhakti, or
single-love for God; Ekatma-Vadam, or Monism in philosophy; Ekayana,
or the one-support of the universe, i.e., God.
Gautama. The founder of Buddhism; the Buddha.
Gnana. Wisdom. Gnana Yoga. The Yoga of Wisdom.
Gotama. The founder of the Nyaya Philosophy.
Grahana. Sense-perception.
Gunas. The Three Qualities or Prakriti, or Nature (see lesson on The Sankhya
System).
Guru. A spiritual teacher; a term of great respect.