शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

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GLOSSARY.
Buvana ... The whole material universe.
Chaitanyam ... Intelligence.
Maha Chaitanyam ... Supreme Intelligence.
Chit ... Intelligence.
Chit Sakti ... Divine Intelligence or Energy; Gnana Sakti.
Chittam ... Sense of Perception; one of the four Andakaranás.
Chúrniká ... A brief abstract; a style of expression.
Dvaitham ... Dualism.
Ékam ... One.
Ékatma Vádam ... Monism; the theory according to which there is
only one Intelligent entity and that there are
no such entities as Souls or matter; the theory
of Idealism.
Guru ... (Literally.) The dispeller of darkness; The teacher
who removes the ignorance of his pupil.
Sat Guru or Sarguru. The Divine Teacher, who by His Grace, removes the
fetters of man.
Jñânam ... Intelligence; knowledge; wisdom.
Gnana Sakti ... The Divine Intelligence.
Gñeya ... Knowable.
Gnāthuru ... The knower.
Hara ... The Supreme Energy; God; Siva; Iswara.
Hétu ... The reason; one of the propositions in the Syllo-
gism of the Hindu Logician.
Hómam ... Sacrifice.
Ísa ... Hara; Siva; God; Brahm.
Ísvara ... This word as used by Siddanthis is Synonimous
with Brahm but as used by Sri Sankaracharya, it
means the Lower Brahm and the distinction of
Higher and Lower Brahm finds no place in the
Siddhantha School.
Indriya ... Sensory organ.
Jagat ... The universe; the world; matter.
Jágra avastha ... See Avastha.
Jīva ... The Soul; the embodied Soul.
Jivan Mukta ... The person who has obtained liberation or final
bliss even as he is in the human body. He can
never be reborn in the flesh. The socalled
Mahatmas are not Jívan Muktas but mortals
enjoying a higher plane of existence. A Christ
or a Buddha may become a Jívan Mukta and