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Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

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Chakra : literally 'wheel or vortex'; major psychic center in the subtle body, responsible<br />

for specific physiological and psychic functions.<br />

Chela: disciple.<br />

Chitta: mind; conscious, subconscious and unconscious levels of the brain.<br />

Cingulate gyfus: a convolution of the brain, part of the limbic system.<br />

Coccygeal plexus: small nerve plexus at the base of the spine behind the pelvic cavity,<br />

related to swadhisthana chakra.<br />

Consciousness: the medium of universal and individual awareness.<br />

Corpus callosum: fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain.<br />

Deity: a form of divinity, a divine being having subordinate functions.<br />

Devata: divine power.<br />

Devi: a goddess; a manifestation of Shakti.<br />

Dharana: concentration; continuity of mental process on one object or idea without<br />

leaving it.<br />

Dharma: duty; code of harmonious living; spiritual path.<br />

Dhumra lingam: smoky (obscured) lingam; the symbol of Shiva as manifest in<br />

mooladhara chakra.<br />

Dhyana: meditation, in the sense of intense meditation for an extended period of time.<br />

Diksha: initiation into spiritual life <strong>by</strong> a guru.<br />

Dopamine: chemical involved in the excitatory systems of the brain.<br />

Durga: Hindu goddess; a personification of Shakti, pictured riding upon a tiger, to whom<br />

personal ambition is rendered.<br />

Dwaita: the philosophy of dualism in which man and God are considered to be separated.<br />

EGG: electrocardiogram. Tracing of electric current current produced <strong>by</strong> nerve cells in<br />

the brain.<br />

EMG: electromyography. Recording of electrical properties of muscles.

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