Aadhyatmic: Spiritual
Aayudhas: Weapons, arms
Abhaya Hastha: Assuring hands
Abhishek: A Ritual of Bathing God/deity
Adi Devtas: Celestial beings
Adishakthi: The feminine form of Hindu God/signifies power
Aishwarya: Prosperity
Ajnana (Agnana): Nescience/Ignorance
Akshatha: Sacred rice used during Worship
Allah: God, Reference to God in Islam
Arathi: A ritual of showing camphor light in front of God/deity
Artha: Wealth
Ashrams: Place where pious people/hermits/saints reside, hermitage
Askalitha Brahmachari: A perfect celibate
Atma: Soul
Atma Sakshatkara: Self Realization
Avadhuta: Messenger/ Sage
Avatara: Incarnation
Banjara: A nomad
Bhagwan: God
Bhakta: Devotee
Bhakti: Devotion
Bharat: India
Bhoodevi: Goddess of Earth
Brahma: Hindu God of creation, a Trinity
Brahma Vidya: Metaphysics
Brahmananda: Always contented and happy
Camphor Arathi: Camphor light shown clockwise in front of God
Chamaras: Fans
Crore: Ten Million
Dakshina: A token amount paid to a Guru/Priest
Dargahs: Place of Worship of Muslim religion
Darshan: Appearance/Revealing/Sight of God
Dashavathara: Ten incarnations of Vishnu, one of the Trinity in Hinduism
Deeksha: Vow taken for a specific period
Dharma: Righteousness
Dharma Bhoomi: Land of Righteousness
Dharmam Chara: Tread path of Righteousness
Dhuni: Holy Fire
Diksha (Deeksha): Novitiate
Dohe: Poems, verses of two lines
Dwarkamai: Place where Shirdi Sai Baba resides
Fakir: Mendicant
Gaya: Name of a Scared Place in India
Gita/Bhagawad Gita: A Scared Book of Hindu Religion
Gita Rahasyam: Secrets of Bhagawad Gita
Grihasta: Family man/Household
Guru Purnima: Fullmoon day in the Hindu month of Ashada, auspicious for offering prayers to Guru
Gurudwaras: Place of worship of Sikh Religion
Gurukul: Traditional School or learning Place
Gurusthan: Place where Guru resides
Harikatha: Depicting God's story by singing and dancing
Hindi: National Language of India
Holi: A Celebration with colors
Isha Upanishad: A Hindu sacred text dealing with metaphysics
Jagatguru: Guru for the entire world
Jagir: Head of Town/Village
Jholi: Bag
Jnana: Knowledge
Jyotis: Light
Kafni: Long Shirt
Kama: Desire/Lust
Karma: karma - work, action, the law of cause and effect
Karma Bhoomi: Land that believes in the concept of Karma
Kirtans: Songs/Recitals on God
Koel: Nightingale, a sweet-singing bird
Kumkum: Vermillon
Kurmavathara: Incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu in the form of Tortoise, a form of Dashavathara
Lakh: 100,000
Leelas: Miracles
Maha Yagna: Major Sacrifice/Worship
Mahasamadhi: Place where Lord Sai Rests
Mangal Arathi: Arathi shown for the at the end of a ritual
Mangal: Prosperity
Marga: Path
Matsyavathara: Incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu in the form of Fish
Maya: Illusion
Moha: Passion
Moksha: Liberation/Salvation
Mukti: Salvation/Liberation
Munsif: Administrative head of a Village
Naivedya: Food offered to God/deity
Nama Japa: A ritual of repetitive chanting God’s name
Nirvana: Realization
Nitya Parayana: Daily Devotional Reading/Recital
Pada Puja: Offering prayers at Lord's feet
Pada Thirth: Water from washing of Lord's feet
Padukas: Footwear, Sandals/Slippers
Panahabhutha: Fire elements-earth,water,fire,air and sky
Parayana: Devotional Reading within a prescribed period
Prana Shakthi: Inner Life
Pranas: Sensory Organs
Prasad(am): Food/Naivedya consecrated at the worship and distributed to the devotees
Prem Marga: Path of Love
Puja: Worship
Pujari: Priest
Punar Janma: Rebirth
Punya Bhoomi: Sacred Land
Puranas: Epics
Rajadhiraj: King of Kinga, Emperor
Sab Ka Malik Ek Hai: God is one
Saburi: Patience
Sadgati: The Right direction, refers to the Merger with God
Sadguru: Ultimate Guru
Sadhus: Medicants
Sai Avatar: The incarnation of Sai
Sai Koti Nama Likitha: Writing the name "Sai" for 10 million times
Sai Prachar: Propagation of Sai Philosophy
Sai Satcharitha: A text on Life and message of Sai Baba of Shirdi considered sacred by Sai devotees
Saiyuga: Period of Sai
Sakshatkar: In Reality
Samadhi: Abode of Lord Sai
Samadhi Mandir: Place where Lord Sai resides
Samardha Sadguru: Ultimate Guru
Samsara: Worldly life
Sanjeevani: A life-saving medicine/treatment
Sanyas: Hermit, a person that renounced worldly life
Sanyasis: Mendicants
Saptaha Parayana: Devotional Reading of Sri Sai Satcharitha in a week’s time
Sashtanga Namaskar: Prostration on the floor
Sataka: A Cane used by Sai Baba
Satpurusha: A man of virtues
Shastras: Rules regarding conducting rituals
Shiva/Siva: Hindu God of destruction, a Trinity
Shishyas: Disciples
Shlokas: Sacred Verses
Shraddha: Faith
Shri Shirdi Sai Baba: Lord Sai Baba of Shirdi in India
Siddhis: Super Natural Powers
Tahsildar: Village Head
Tapas: Prayer
Tatwa: Philosophy
Telugu: A Language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India
Thyaga: Sacrifice
Trishul: Trident
Tulasi: Basil, a herb
Udi/Vibhuti: Sacred Ash
Udyapan: Ceremony marking the conclusion of a vratha
Vaidya: Doctor
Vairagya: Renunciation
Vanaprastha: Retiring to the Forest
Vedas: Secred teachings of Hinduism
Vichara Sagara: Ocean of Contemplation
Vishnu: Hindu God of Preservation, a Trinity
Vratams: A ritual of observation of vow
Wada: Building, Resting place of Sai Baba
Yagna: Sacrifice/Worship
Yogi: Raj King of Saints
Yuga: Period
Aayudhas: Weapons, arms
Abhaya Hastha: Assuring hands
Abhishek: A Ritual of Bathing God/deity
Adi Devtas: Celestial beings
Adishakthi: The feminine form of Hindu God/signifies power
Aishwarya: Prosperity
Ajnana (Agnana): Nescience/Ignorance
Akshatha: Sacred rice used during Worship
Allah: God, Reference to God in Islam
Arathi: A ritual of showing camphor light in front of God/deity
Artha: Wealth
Ashrams: Place where pious people/hermits/saints reside, hermitage
Askalitha Brahmachari: A perfect celibate
Atma: Soul
Atma Sakshatkara: Self Realization
Avadhuta: Messenger/ Sage
Avatara: Incarnation
Banjara: A nomad
Bhagwan: God
Bhakta: Devotee
Bhakti: Devotion
Bharat: India
Bhoodevi: Goddess of Earth
Brahma: Hindu God of creation, a Trinity
Brahma Vidya: Metaphysics
Brahmananda: Always contented and happy
Camphor Arathi: Camphor light shown clockwise in front of God
Chamaras: Fans
Crore: Ten Million
Dakshina: A token amount paid to a Guru/Priest
Dargahs: Place of Worship of Muslim religion
Darshan: Appearance/Revealing/Sight of God
Dashavathara: Ten incarnations of Vishnu, one of the Trinity in Hinduism
Deeksha: Vow taken for a specific period
Dharma: Righteousness
Dharma Bhoomi: Land of Righteousness
Dharmam Chara: Tread path of Righteousness
Dhuni: Holy Fire
Diksha (Deeksha): Novitiate
Dohe: Poems, verses of two lines
Dwarkamai: Place where Shirdi Sai Baba resides
Fakir: Mendicant
Gaya: Name of a Scared Place in India
Gita/Bhagawad Gita: A Scared Book of Hindu Religion
Gita Rahasyam: Secrets of Bhagawad Gita
Grihasta: Family man/Household
Guru Purnima: Fullmoon day in the Hindu month of Ashada, auspicious for offering prayers to Guru
Gurudwaras: Place of worship of Sikh Religion
Gurukul: Traditional School or learning Place
Gurusthan: Place where Guru resides
Harikatha: Depicting God's story by singing and dancing
Hindi: National Language of India
Holi: A Celebration with colors
Isha Upanishad: A Hindu sacred text dealing with metaphysics
Jagatguru: Guru for the entire world
Jagir: Head of Town/Village
Jholi: Bag
Jnana: Knowledge
Jyotis: Light
Kafni: Long Shirt
Kama: Desire/Lust
Karma: karma - work, action, the law of cause and effect
Karma Bhoomi: Land that believes in the concept of Karma
Kirtans: Songs/Recitals on God
Koel: Nightingale, a sweet-singing bird
Kumkum: Vermillon
Kurmavathara: Incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu in the form of Tortoise, a form of Dashavathara
Lakh: 100,000
Leelas: Miracles
Maha Yagna: Major Sacrifice/Worship
Mahasamadhi: Place where Lord Sai Rests
Mangal Arathi: Arathi shown for the at the end of a ritual
Mangal: Prosperity
Marga: Path
Matsyavathara: Incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu in the form of Fish
Maya: Illusion
Moha: Passion
Moksha: Liberation/Salvation
Mukti: Salvation/Liberation
Munsif: Administrative head of a Village
Naivedya: Food offered to God/deity
Nama Japa: A ritual of repetitive chanting God’s name
Nirvana: Realization
Nitya Parayana: Daily Devotional Reading/Recital
Pada Puja: Offering prayers at Lord's feet
Pada Thirth: Water from washing of Lord's feet
Padukas: Footwear, Sandals/Slippers
Panahabhutha: Fire elements-earth,water,fire,air and sky
Parayana: Devotional Reading within a prescribed period
Prana Shakthi: Inner Life
Pranas: Sensory Organs
Prasad(am): Food/Naivedya consecrated at the worship and distributed to the devotees
Prem Marga: Path of Love
Puja: Worship
Pujari: Priest
Punar Janma: Rebirth
Punya Bhoomi: Sacred Land
Puranas: Epics
Rajadhiraj: King of Kinga, Emperor
Sab Ka Malik Ek Hai: God is one
Saburi: Patience
Sadgati: The Right direction, refers to the Merger with God
Sadguru: Ultimate Guru
Sadhus: Medicants
Sai Avatar: The incarnation of Sai
Sai Koti Nama Likitha: Writing the name "Sai" for 10 million times
Sai Prachar: Propagation of Sai Philosophy
Sai Satcharitha: A text on Life and message of Sai Baba of Shirdi considered sacred by Sai devotees
Saiyuga: Period of Sai
Sakshatkar: In Reality
Samadhi: Abode of Lord Sai
Samadhi Mandir: Place where Lord Sai resides
Samardha Sadguru: Ultimate Guru
Samsara: Worldly life
Sanjeevani: A life-saving medicine/treatment
Sanyas: Hermit, a person that renounced worldly life
Sanyasis: Mendicants
Saptaha Parayana: Devotional Reading of Sri Sai Satcharitha in a week’s time
Sashtanga Namaskar: Prostration on the floor
Sataka: A Cane used by Sai Baba
Satpurusha: A man of virtues
Shastras: Rules regarding conducting rituals
Shiva/Siva: Hindu God of destruction, a Trinity
Shishyas: Disciples
Shlokas: Sacred Verses
Shraddha: Faith
Shri Shirdi Sai Baba: Lord Sai Baba of Shirdi in India
Siddhis: Super Natural Powers
Tahsildar: Village Head
Tapas: Prayer
Tatwa: Philosophy
Telugu: A Language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India
Thyaga: Sacrifice
Trishul: Trident
Tulasi: Basil, a herb
Udi/Vibhuti: Sacred Ash
Udyapan: Ceremony marking the conclusion of a vratha
Vaidya: Doctor
Vairagya: Renunciation
Vanaprastha: Retiring to the Forest
Vedas: Secred teachings of Hinduism
Vichara Sagara: Ocean of Contemplation
Vishnu: Hindu God of Preservation, a Trinity
Vratams: A ritual of observation of vow
Wada: Building, Resting place of Sai Baba
Yagna: Sacrifice/Worship
Yogi: Raj King of Saints
Yuga: Period
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