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This dictionary is not found in the treatise: it has been compiled for the Russian translation from those very Sanskrit annotations that appear in parentheses next to each Russian word. The spelling is given in IAST, the interpretations are brief and working — for the precise meaning, go where the term is discussed: the last column leads directly to those places. The reverse path also exists — a Sanskrit word in the translation’s footnotes itself leads here.
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| Term | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Meaning | Where in the text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anuttara | anuttara | अनुत्तर | “that above which there is nothing”: the Supreme Reality, from which everything proceeds and in which everything rests. In this treatise, also the name of the sound “a,” with which the alphabet and the mantra itself begin. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.3 · 3–4.4 |
| Bhairava | bhairava | भैरव | the name of the Supreme Lord in Trika: He who holds the universe, bears it, and draws it back into Himself. Not a “terrifying deity,” but the fullness of Consciousness. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 3–4.1 |
| Śiva | śiva | शिव | God as the resting side of Reality — the Light of Consciousness, not different from His own Power. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.6 |
| Śakti | śakti | शक्ति | God’s Power, His Self-awareness: the same Reality taken as will and movement. Śiva without Śakti manifests nothing, and there is no difference between them. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Parameśvara | parama-īśvara | परमेश्वर | “Supreme Lord” — God taken as the master of manifestation; in the feminine, pārama-īśvarī, His Mistress. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Bhaṭṭāraka | bhaṭṭāraka | भट्टारक | “venerable Lord” — a respectful address to Śiva or Bhairava. | 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.1 |
| Bhaṭṭārikā | bhaṭṭārikā | भट्टारिका | “venerable Mistress” — the same, of the Goddess, most often of Parā. | 1–2.2 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.3 |
| Bhagavatī | bhagavatī | भगवती | “Blessed One,” “Mistress” — the Goddess; in the masculine, bhagavat, “Blessed Lord.” | 3–4.1 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.4 |
| Parā | parā | परा | “Supreme”: the Goddess Parā — and the highest, not yet divided level of Speech. In compounds, para simply means “supreme.” | 1–2.2 · 3–4.1 · 3–4.3 |
| Parā-aparā | parā-aparā | पराअपरा | “supreme-nonsupreme” — the second of the three Goddesses: unity within which distinction is already visible. | 3–4.2 · 3–4.3 · 5–8.1 |
| Aparā | aparā | अपरा | “nonsupreme” — the third of the three Goddesses: the side of complete differentiation, where things stand apart. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.1 · 3–4.2 |
| Trika | trika | त्रिक | “the triple” — this very system: it analyzes the triad Śiva — Śakti — Nara, and it is also the triad of Goddesses Parā, Parā-aparā, Aparā. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.2 |
| Kula | kula | कुल | “family, host”: the Body of Consciousness — everything the Supreme contains within itself. Hence also the name of the Kaula tradition. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Akula | akula | अकुल | “outside the family”: Śiva, taken as that from which Kula proceeds and which itself is contained in nothing. | 1–2.4 · 3–4.3 · 5–8.1 |
| Kaulika | kaulika | कौलिक | pertaining to Kula; kaulikī siddhi — “Kaulic perfection,” that power by which the Goddess manifests the universe. | 1–2.4 · 3–4.3 · 3–4.4 |
| Yāmala | yāmala | यामल | “pair”: the indivisible couple of Śiva and Śakti — and that state which is born of their union. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.4 |
| Hṛdaya | hṛdaya | हृदय | Heart — not an organ, but the center: the Supreme Self itself, in which everything converges. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Svātantrya | svātantrya | स्वातन्त्र्य | absolute Freedom: God’s capacity to be anything and manifest anything, without being bound by anything. | 1–2.2 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.3 |
| Ānanda | ānanda | आनन्द | Bliss — not an experience among others, but the very nature of Consciousness: fullness that needs nothing. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Amṛta | amṛta | अमृत | the nectar of immortality: the same Bliss, taken as that by which Consciousness nourishes itself. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 5–8.4 |
| Term | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Meaning | Where in the text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saṁvid | saṁvid | संविद् | Consciousness — not a property of a person, but the sole Reality that knows itself. The same as cit; saṁvitti — the same as a state. | 3–4.1 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.5 |
| Cit | cit | चित् | Consciousness as the pure Light of knowledge; citi — the same as an active power. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 5–8.5 |
| Prakāśa | prakāśa | प्रकाश | Light: that by which everything is manifested. Alone, without a response to itself, it would be a light that does not know it shines. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Vimarśa | vimarśa | विमर्श | the response of Light to itself, I-Consciousness: "I am." Prakāśa and vimarśa are two sides of one thing, not two things. | 1–2.4 · 3–4.3 · 5–8.2 |
| Parāmarśa | parāmarśa | परामर्श | grasping, awareness: the same response taken as a separate flash — consciousness takes something as "this" or as "I." | 1–2.1 · 5–8.3 · 5–8.6 |
| Bodha | bodha | बोध | awakeness, knowledge as such; in translation often simply "Consciousness." | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 5–8.6 |
| Camatkāra | camatkāra | चमत्कार | wonder-delight: the taste with which Consciousness knows itself, an "ah!" without external cause. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Spanda | spanda | स्पन्द | quiver: a slight movement within the motionless, by which all manifestation is held. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.3 |
| Sphuraṇa | sphuraṇa | स्फुरण | flaring, flickering — how Consciousness manifests itself; sphurattā — the same as a state. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.1 |
| Unmeṣa | unmeṣa | उन्मेष | "opening of the eye": the moment in which Consciousness opens wide and the universe appears. | 5–8.1 · 5–8.4 · 5–8.5 |
| Ābhāsa | ābhāsa | आभास | appearance, glow: every thing is the light of Consciousness that has taken the form of that thing, not something alongside it. | 1–2.2 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.2 |
| Viśrānti | viśrānti | विश्रान्ति | rest, repose: a stopping in oneself, to which everything ultimately reduces. | 1–2.4 · 3–4.3 · 5–8.3 |
| Aham | aham | अहम् | "I" — not the human "I," but the full I of God, containing the universe. | 1–2.1 · 3–4.2 · 5–8.2 |
| Ahantā | ahantā | अहन्ता | "I-ness": that something is taken as "I." The counterpart to idantā. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.1 |
| Idantā | idantā | इदन्ता | "this-ness": that something is taken as "this," as an object opposite. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 5–8.1 |
| Pramātṛ | pramātṛ | प्रमातृ | the knower, the subject. Together with pramāṇa (knowledge itself, the measure) and prameya (the knowable) it forms the triad on which all perception rests. | 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.2 |
| Vikalpa | vikalpa | विकल्प | thought, a distinguishing representation: "this, not that." By it the one is cut into pieces. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.4 · 5–8.1 |
| Nirvikalpa | nirvikalpa | निर्विकल्प | thought-free knowledge: the same Consciousness before a boundary is laid in it. The same — avikalpa. | 1–2.3 · 5–8.1 |
| Prāṇa | prāṇa | प्राण | the vital breath by which the body is held; here also the level on which unspoken speech sounds. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Term | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Meaning | Where in the text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sṛṣṭi | sṛṣṭi | सृष्टि | manifestation, “emission” of the world — the first of God’s five actions. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.4 |
| Sthiti | sthiti | स्थिति | maintenance of the manifested, its standing — the second action. | 1–2.2 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.2 |
| Saṁhāra | saṁhāra | संहार | drawing the manifested back — not destruction, but return into Consciousness. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.1 |
| Visarga | visarga | विसर्ग | Emission: that by which the Highest pours itself into the world. In writing — the sign “ḥ,” two dots, and in the treatise they are read as its two faces. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Prasara | prasara | प्रसर | spreading: the exit of Power outward. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.1 · 5–8.5 |
| Saṅkoca | saṅkoca | सङ्कोच | contraction: the same Consciousness, drawn tight to a separate being. Its opposite is vikāsa, expansion. | 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.3 |
| Kṣobha | kṣobha | क्षोभ | perturbation: the movement by which the repose of Consciousness turns into manifestation. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.4 |
| Bheda | bheda | भेद | difference, separateness — the view in which things stand apart. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.3 |
| Abheda | abheda | अभेद | non-distinction, unity — the view in which there is no separateness. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Tādātmya | tādātmya | तादात्म्य | identity, “same-naturedness”: not the similarity of two things, but the coincidence of their essence. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Māyā | māyā | माया | the Power by which God makes Himself many and hides Himself from Himself. In Trika this is not deception, but real division. | 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.4 |
| Mala | mala | मल | “impurity”: not dirt, but constraint by which Consciousness limits itself. There are three: āṇava — “I am incomplete,” māyīya — “the world is alien to me,” kārma — “I am the doer.” | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 5–8.2 |
| Tattva | tattva | तत्त्व | “suchness”: a stage of manifestation. There are thirty-six of them — from Śiva to earth. | 1–2.2 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.3 |
| Śiva-tattva | śiva-tattva | शिवतत्त्व | the first of the thirty-six stages: the Light in which nothing is yet distinguished. | 5–8.1 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.3 |
| Sadāśiva | sadāśiva | सदाशिव | the third stage: “I am this” — the universe is already seen, but vaguely and within the Self. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.2 |
| Īśvara | īśvara | ईश्वर | the fourth stage: “This is I” — the universe is clearly manifested and rests on the Self. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 5–8.4 |
| Śuddhavidyā | śuddhavidyā | शुद्धविद्या | the fifth stage, “pure knowledge”: Self and this stand on equal footing. | 1–2.4 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.4 |
| Nara | nara | नर | man, the bound being — the third in the triad Śiva — Śakti — Nara. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.4 |
| Term | Sanskrit | Devanāgarī | Meaning | Where in the text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icchā | icchā | इच्छा | Will — the force with which every action of God begins. | 1–2.1 · 3–4.1 · 3–4.3 |
| Jñāna | jñāna | ज्ञान | Knowledge — the second of the three forces; jñāna-śakti — it is also directly called the Force. | 1–2.1 · 3–4.4 · 5–8.1 |
| Kriyā | kriyā | क्रिया | Action — the third force: that by which Will and Knowledge become deed. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 5–8.5 |
| Kalā | kalā | कला | a particle, a portion of the Force: both Absolute Freedom as a “particle” of the Highest, and a stage of manifestation that limits activity. Not to be confused with kāla — time. | 1–2.1 · 5–8.4 · 5–8.6 |
| Vidyā | vidyā | विद्या | Knowledge — both as the Force of God and as the limited knowledge of the bound being. | 1–2.4 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.4 |
| Vīrya | vīrya | वीर्य | power. mantra-vīrya — the Power of the mantra: that very Self-Consciousness without which the mantra remains sound. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Term | Sanskrit | Devanāgarī | Meaning | Where in the text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vāk | vāk | वाक् | Speech — not language, but the very power of utterance. It passes through four levels: parā, paśyantī, madhyamā, vaikharī. | 1–2.4 · 5–8.3 · 5–8.4 |
| Paśyantī | paśyantī | पश्यन्ती | “the seeing one” — the second level of Speech: meaning is already present, but not yet divided into words. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.1 |
| Madhyamā | madhyamā | मध्यमा | “the middle one” — the third level: inner speech, with words, but not uttered. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 5–8.3 |
| Vaikharī | vaikharī | वैखरी | “the bodily one” — the fourth level: speech uttered aloud. | 1–2.1 · 3–4.2 · 3–4.3 |
| Śabda | śabda | शब्द | sound, word — that by which one denotes; the counterpart of artha. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.1 · 3–4.2 |
| Artha | artha | अर्थ | meaning and object — that which is denoted. In the phrase “that is” in Gabriel, arthaḥ simply means “the meaning is such.” | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 3–4.2 |
| Vācaka | vācaka | वाचक | the signifier — the word; the signified, the object, is called vācya. | 1–2.1 · 5–8.3 · 5–8.4 |
| Varṇa | varṇa | वर्ण | letter-sound: not a written sign, but the sound itself, taken as a power. | 1–2.1 · 5–8.4 · 5–8.5 |
| Pada | pada | पद | word; also a state, a stage, a “place” on which one stands. | 1–2.1 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.3 |
| Mantra | mantra | मन्त्र | not an incantation, but sound together with I-Consciousness: it acts not by meaning, but by power (vīrya). | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.4 |
| Mahā-mantra | mahā-mantra | महामन्त्र | “the great mantra” — here sauḥ, the mantra of the Goddess Parā, about which the entire treatise is written. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 5–8.6 |
| Mātṛkā | mātṛkā | मातृका | “Mother”: the alphabet as a host of powers, from which both all speech and all worlds are born. | 5–8.2 · 5–8.4 · 5–8.6 |
| Mālinī | mālinī | मालिनी | the same alphabet, but in a mixed order, where vowels and consonants are interwoven. | 5–8.2 · 5–8.3 · 5–8.4 |
| Bīja | bīja | बीज | “seed”: a vowel sound — that from which a syllable grows; hence also a short mantra of one syllable. | 5–8.3 · 5–8.4 · 5–8.5 |
| Yoni | yoni | योनि | “womb”: a consonant sound — that in which the seed unfolds; and the Goddess herself as the source. | 1–2.4 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.2 |
| Bindu | bindu | बिन्दु | point: the indivisible drop of Light in which everything is contained; in writing, the sign “ṁ.” | 1–2.4 · 3–4.1 · 5–8.1 |
| Saṅketa | saṅketa | सङ्केत | convention: the conditional correspondence of word and object, on which ordinary speech rests. | 5–8.1 · 5–8.2 · 5–8.5 |
| Pratibhā | pratibhā | प्रतिभा | flash of insight: the light in which meaning opens at once and in its entirety. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 5–8.1 |
| Term | Sanskrit | Devanagari | Meaning | Where in the text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upāya | upāya | उपाय | means, path. There are three — śāmbhava, śākta, āṇava: according to what one proceeds by — Will, Knowledge, or effort. | 3–4.3 · 5–8.1 · 5–8.4 |
| Śāmbhava | śāmbhava | शाम्भव | the path of Śambhu — the highest: without support, by Will alone. | 1–2.2 |
| Śākta | śākta | शाक्त | pertaining to Śakti; as a path — the path of Knowledge and awareness. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.2 |
| Āṇava | āṇava | आणव | pertaining to the individual being (aṇu): as a path — with support on the body, breath, object; as a mala — the original “I am incomplete.” | 5–8.2 |
| Samāveśa | samāveśa | समावेश | immersion, in which the being coincides with Śiva. | 1–2.2 |
| Anupraveśa | anupraveśa | अनुप्रवेश | entering — the same immersion, taken as a transition inward. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Anugraha | anugraha | अनुग्रह | Grace — the fifth act of God: that by which He reveals Himself. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 5–8.1 |
| Śaktipāta | śaktipāta | शक्तिपात | “descent of Power”: the moment in which Grace touches a person. | 5–8.3 |
| Dīkṣā | dīkṣā | दीक्षा | initiation. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.4 |
| Guru | guru | गुरु | teacher. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.4 |
| Śiṣya | śiṣya | शिष्य | disciple. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 1–2.4 |
| Upadeśa | upadeśa | उपदेश | instruction: the oral indication of the teacher, not knowledge read from books. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.4 · 3–4.1 |
| Āgama | āgama | आगम | scripture, transmitted revelation. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.4 · 5–8.1 |
| Śāstra | śāstra | शास्त्र | treatise, body of rules; śāstreṣu — “in the scriptures.” | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Siddhi | siddhi | सिद्धि | attainment, perfection — and the superordinary power that accompanies it. | 1–2.3 · 3–4.4 · 5–8.2 |
| Mokṣa | mokṣa | मोक्ष | Liberation; the same is mukti. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Jīvanmukta | jīvanmukta | जीवन्मुक्त | liberated while living: one who is free without leaving the body. | 1–2.2 · 1–2.3 |
| Khecarī | khecarī | खेचरी | “moving in space”: a state in which consciousness moves in the open expanse of Consciousness itself. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.3 · 1–2.4 |
| Turya | turya | तुर्य | “fourth” state — beyond waking, dreaming sleep, and deep sleep. | 1–2.1 · 1–2.2 · 5–8.5 |