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The Twelfth Lesson: The Vedas; and Glossary.1375
Rajas. Activity; Energy; Lively; One of the Three Gunas. (See lesson on the
Sankhya System.)
Rama. A celebrated ancient Hindu sage and teacher, regarded as an
incarnation or avatar of Krishna.
Rechaka. Exhalation of the Breath.
Rig-Veda. The oldest part of the Vedas, and which is composed principally
of hymns, etc.
Rishi. A great sage or teacher who has attained the stage of Super-Man, and
who is possessed of the power of supersense perception.
Rudra. The name formerly given to Shiva, in the ancient mythology.
Saguna. Possessing qualities.
Sahashrara. The final lotus, situated in the brain, described in Patanjali’s
Yoga System; sometimes regarded as the brain itself; “the thousandpetalled
lotus.”
Sakti. Power; Authority.
Sama. The form of mental control which consists in directing the mind
inward, and preventing it from externalizing.
Samadhi. Transcendental Contemplation, or Ecstasy; Cosmic Consciousness;
a supernormal state produced by meditation, concentration, etc.; the
Eighth Step of Patanjali’s Yoga System.
Samanya. The Principle of Generality, or Genus.
Samapatti. The figurative term, meaning “the casket of treasures,” used by
the Yogins to describe the stages of meditation.
Samavaya. The Principle of Coherence.
Samprajnata. The preliminary stage of Samadhi, or superconsciousness
resulting from Yoga meditation, etc.
Samsara. The World of Phenomenal Existence; the Chain of Rebirth; the
Cycle of Existences; used particularly to distinguish the universe of
manifestation and phenomena from the Real Existence which lies behind
and under it.
Samskaras. The impression in the mind-stuff that results in fixing habits.