Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

Tanmatra: the sense activities - sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, and also inner intuitive
perception via the subtle organ of mind, which is the sixth sense.
Tantra: the ancient science which uses specific techniques to expand and liberate the
consciousness from its limitations.
Tantra shastra: scriptures of the tantric tradition devoted to spiritual techniques, in the
form of a dialogue between Shiva and Shakti. These texts outline a code of living which
includes ritual, worship, discipline, meditation and the attainment of powers.
Tapasya: the practice of austerity; conditioning of the body for the removal of impurities
and for overcoming the deficiencies and weaknesses of the body, mind and senses.
Tattwat: elemental nature or quality, e.g., fire, water, air, earth, ether.
Thalamus: area in the brain which receives most sensory stimuli and integrates most
incoming and outgoing information. Also the center for appreciation of pain, touch and
temperature.
Trataka: the meditational or hatha yoga technique which involves steadily gazing at an
object.
Trishula: trident; three pronged implement held by Lord Shiva and carried by many holy
men and renunciates. The three prongs symbolize the three main nadis.
Udana: the vital energy operating above the throat.
Uddiyana bandha: literally 'flying upward'; a yogic practice of pranic manipulation
utilizing the abdominal muscles and organs.
Vairagya: non-attachment; state where one is calm and tranquil in the midst of the
tumultuous events of the world.
Vajra nadi: the nadi which connects the expression of sexual energy with the brain and is
concerned with the flow of ojas, the highest form of energy in the human body which is
concentrated in the semen.
Vajroli mudra: contraction of vajra nadi.
Vasana: the desires that are the driving force behind every thought and action in life.
Vayu: air.
Vedanta: the ultimate philosophy of the Vedas.
Vedas: the oldest known religious texts of the Aryans, written more than 5000 years ago.