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आनन्द आश्रम |
Ānanda Āshram(a) | Ānanda: happiness, bliss Āshram(a): here, center for spiritual practices and studies |
| आचार्य | āchārya | teacher of higher knowledge | |
| आसन | āsana | in Yoga: position or posture of the body; also, seat | |
| आयुर्वेद | Āyurveda | "Science of life/longevity"; ancient Indian system of natural health and medicine | |
| देवनागरी | devanāgarī | name of the script used for classical Sanskrit; also for Hindi, Marathi and other languages | |
| गुरु | guru | teacher; especially spiritual teacher | |
| गुरुकुल | Gurukula | "residence or family of the Guru"; teaching institution, according to traditional education system | |
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हठयोग | Haṭha Yoga | the Yoga of āsana, prāṇāyāma, purification practices, etc. |
| कर्म | karma | action, work; the result of past deeds according to the law of action and reaction | |
| मन्त्र | mantra | a syllable, word, phrase or verse chanted for meditation, prayer or spiritual studies; positive suggestion | |
| ओं शान्ति: | Om Shāntih | Om: the mystical sacred syllable; designation for the Supreme shāntih: peace, tranquility |
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| प्राणायाम | prāṇāyāma | breathing exercises; expansion of prāṇa, the life force | |
| पूर्णिमा | pūrṇimā | full moon; day of the full moon | |
| राग | rāga | in Indian music: traditional musical mode, melodic pattern or order of sounds | |
| रामायण | Rāmāyaṇa | one of the two major epics of ancient India; the life story of Rāma | |
| सद्गुरु | Sadguru | sad (sat): eternally existing guru: (inner) teacher |
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संस्कृत, संस्कृतम् |
Saňskṛit(a), Saňskṛitam |
"pure or refined form of speech"; Sanskrit, the ancient language of India and source of the universal Vedic tradition including Yoga philosophy |
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सेवा | sevā | selfless service; devoted service without ulterior motive |
| सूत्र | sūtra | "thread, string"; a concise statement, aphorism; a highly condensed style of literature in Sanskrit | |
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स्वागतम् | svāgatam | welcome! |
| स्वामी | svāmī | "master"; a spiritual or religious teacher | |
| उपनिषद् | Upaniṣhad | ancient mystical teachings, texts associated with the Vedas; the original Vedānta | |
| वेद | Veda | "knowledge"; the most ancient collection of sacred writings in the Indian tradition | |
| वेदान्त | Vedānta | "the end / end goal / essence of the Vedas"; the Upaniṣhads; the last of the six systems of Indian philosophy, concerned with Self knowledge, Supreme Consciousness | |
| योग | Yoga | "union"; the state of harmony and union of individual existence with cosmic existence; a system of physical, mental and spiritual practices designed to lead to transformation and liberation | |
