GLOSSARY, GLOSARIO, GLOSSAIRE

Ácárya or Ácáryá:
A spiritual teacher, male or female, who can teach with her or his example besides teaching techniques of meditation, philosophy or yogic treatments.

Maestro o maestra spiritual que enseña con su ejemplo, además de impartir técnicas de meditación, filosofía y tratamientos yóguicos.

ÁKANDA: [Calotropis gigantea (Linn.) R. Br.].

Asafoetida:
[Ferula foetida Regel]
 

Átapa rice:
A fine-quality, very white type of rice, not boiled in the process of husking.
Una tipo de arroz bueno, muy blanco, sin hervir en el proceso de descascararse.

Betel:
[Piper betle Linn.]

Cowrie or cowry: [English] type of sea snail.
Cauri: [español] cauri, tipo de molusco marino.
Cowrie: [française] porcelaine, type de molluque.

Dálim:
[Punica granatum Linn.]
Red pomegranate.
Granada roja.
Grenada.

Durbá:
[Cynodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers.]

Jám:
[Eugenia jam bolana Lam.]

Jámir lime:
[Citrus limon (Linn.) Burn.]

Kaos’ikii:
A dance invented by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. It is a psycho-physical exercise benefiting the mind by developing mental stamina and strength. It exercises the whole body, keeping the spinal chord flexible and the glandular system well balanced. The steps to the dance can be seen here, and a slide show on it can be seen here.

Kuksimá:
[Vernonia cinerea Less.]

Myrobalan:
Fruit of a tropical tree (also known as cherry plum).

Púrńimá, amávasyá and ekádashii:
The day of the full moon,
The day of the new moon, and
The eleventh day after either the full moon or the new moon.

Tamarind: Tamarindo.Tamarin.
[Tamarindus indica Linn.]

Tola and Seer :
The tola and the seer, Indian units of weight, have been used in this book.
1 tola = 11.664 grams.
1 seer = 80 tolas = 933.12 grams.
1 seer water at 4 degrees C occupies 0.93312 litre.

1/16 tola:
[This is ¼ of ¼ of a tola [1 tola = 11.664 grams].