chitta = consciousness that comprises mind, intellect, the restraint of consciousness; a mind in its
total or collective sense, being composed of three categories: (a) mind, having the faculty of
attention, selection, and rejection; (b) reason, the decisive state which determines the distinction
between things; and (c) ego, the I-maker, the aggregate of intellect (buddhi), egoity (ahamkara)
and thinking agent (manas)
chittavritti (chitta-vritti, chitta vritti) = an imbalance of the mental state, fluctuations of the mind,
movement of the consciousness; a course of behavior, mode of being, condition, or mental state
cibi = chin
D
dakshina = the right side
danda = stick, staff (refers to the spine)
dasha = ten
dhanu (dhanura) = bow
dharana = concentration, sixth limb of Ashtanga yoga, orienting the mind toward a single point
dhyana = generally translated as meditation, freedom from attachments, an ongoing stream of
awareness from the meditator toward the object of meditation, and of information from the object
toward the meditator; the seventh limb of Ashtanga yoga
dhyana-yoga = yoga of meditation
Diti = the mother of the demons, also called Daityas
drishti = focal point, perception or looking place, “view” or “sight”: yogic gazing, such as at the tip
of the nose or the spot between the eyebrows
dur = difficult
Durvasa = a very irascible, notoriously angry sage
dvija = twice-born
dwi (dve) = two
dwihasta = two hands
dwipada = two feet or legs
E
eka (ekam) = one
eka-pada (ekapada) = one leg, one-legged, one-footed
G
gaja = elephant
Galava = the pupil or son of Viswamitra
ganda = the cheek or side of the face including the temple
gandha = subtle earth element; quantum of (tanmatra) earth; smell
gandha-bherunda = a species of bird, also a two-headed mythological bird that embodies immense
powers and destructive forces
garbha = an infant, womb, fetus