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The Twelfth Lesson: The Vedas; and Glossary.1379
Vayu. The Principle of Air.
Vedana. The supersensuous faculty of Feeling developed by the Yogis.
Vedas. The Sacred Books of India. (See latter part of this lesson.)
Vedanta. The great system of Hindu Philosophy, the distinguishing feature
of which is Idealism. (See lesson on The Vedanta System.)
Vidya. Wisdom; Knowledge; Science.
Vimoksha. Absolute freedom from Desire; Emancipation.
Virya. Strength; vitality; energy; virility.
Vishnu. The First Principle of the Hindu Trinity; the Preservative Principle
of Deity; of whom Krishna was an avatar; the conception of Vishnu and
Krishna is often identical. (See the lessons on the Religions of India.)
Vishesha. Atomic Individuality.
Vishishtadvaita. The branch of the Vedanta which holds to the conception
of “qualified non-dualism, and which teaches that the individual soul is
a part of God. (See lesson on the Vedanta System.) Vishistadvaitan. A
disciple or follower of Vishishtadvaita.
Vivekananda. A term meaning “Bliss-in-Discrimination”; the name adopted
by a celebrated Hindu Advaitist teacher who visited America in 1893.
Viveka. Discrimination between the true and the false.
Vishuddha. The fifth lotus of the Yoga of Patanjali, and which is situated in
the Shushumna, back of the throat.
Vritti. A whirlpool, vortex, or wave-action in the Chitta or Mind-Stuff; a
mental activity or thought-action.
Vyana. The nerve-currents of the physical body.
Vyasa. An ancient Hindu teacher who is held to be the author of the
Mahabharata, and of the Aphorisms of the Uttara Mimansa or Vedanta.
Vyasa Sutras. The Aphorisms of Vyasa.
Vyutthana. Arousing or awakening from meditation, or concentration.
Yama. Self-Control; the First Step in Patanjali’s Yoga System.
Yoga. A term meaning “yoking; joining, etc.”; also meaning “mental control
and advancement” resulting therefrom; the name of the Yoga System