Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

516 Glossary

Bhagavad G'fta

Bhagavan

Bhairava

Bhakti

Bhakti-marga

Bharadvaja

Bhastrika

Bhaya

Bhedana

Bheka

Bherunda

Bhoga

Bhoktr •

Bhramara

Bhramar'i

Bhranti-darsana

Bhu

Bhudana

Bhuja

Bhuja-pfda

Bhujanga

Bhumikatva

Bi}a

B'ija-mantra

Brahma

Brahma-randhra

Brahma-vidya

Brahmacharf

organs or parts of the body are contracted and

controlled.

The Song Divine, the sacred dialogues between

Krishna and Arjuna. It is one of the source books of

Hindu philosophy, containing the essence of the

Upanishads.

Lord; venerable, holy..

Terrible, formidable; one of the forms of Siva.

Worship, adoration.

The way or path to realisation through adoration of

a personal god.

A sage.

A bellows used in a furnace. Bhastrika is a type of

pra�ayama where air is forcibly drawn in and out as

in a blacksmith's bellows.

Fear.

Piercing, breaking through, passing through.

A frog.

Terrible, frightful. It also means a species of bird.

Enjoyment; an object of pleasure.

One who enjoys or experiences.

A large black bee.

A type of pra�ayama where during exhalation a soft

humming sound like the murmuring of a bee is made.

Erroneous (bhranti) vision or knowledge (darsana),

delusion.

Land.

The donation of land.

The arm or the shoulder.

Pressure on the arm or shoulder.

A serpent, a snake.

Firm ground.

Seed or germ.

A mystical syllable with a sacred prayer repeated

mentally duringpra�ayama, and the seed thus planted

in the mind germinates into one-pointedness.

The Supreme Being, the Creator. The first deity of

the Hindu Trinity entrusted with the work of crea­

tion of the world.

An aperture in the crown of the head through which

the soul is said to leave the body on death.

The knowledge of the Supreme Spirit.

A religious student vowed to celibacy and abstinence.