| Vacha |
Speech. |
| Vachika |
Relating
to speech, oral. |
| Vairagya
|
Absence
of worldly desires. |
| Vajra
|
A
thunderbolt, the weapon of Indra. |
| Valli
|
A
chapter of the Upanishads. |
| Vama |
The
left side. |
| Vasana
|
A
celebrated sage, author of several Vedic hymns. |
| Vayu
|
The
wind, the vital airs. |
| Veda
|
The
sacred scriptures of the Hindus, revealed by the Supreme Being. |
| Vibhuti
|
Might,
power, greatness. |
| Vibhuti
Pada |
The
third part of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, dealing with the powers
that the yogi comes across in his quest. |
| Vidya |
Knowledge,
learning, lore, science. |
| Vikalpa
|
Fancy,
resting merely on verbal expression, without any factual basis. |
| Viksepa |
Distraction,
confusion, perplexity. |
| Viksipta |
Agitated
state of the mind. |
| Viloma
|
Against
the hair, against the order of things. The particle ‘VI’ denotes
negation or privation. |
| Viparyaya
|
A
mistaken view, which is later observed to be such, after study. |
| Vira
|
A
hero, brave. |
| Virabhadra
|
A
powerful hero created out of Shiva’s matted hair. |
| Virochana
|
A
demon prince, who was the son of Prahlada and the father of Bali. |
| Virya
|
Vigour,
strength, virility, enthusiasm. |
| Visama
Vrtti |
Uneven
or vehement movement while breathing.
|
| Visnu
|
The
second deity of the Hindu trinity, entrusted with the preservation
of the world. |
| Visvamitra |
A
celebrated sage. |
| Vitasti |
A
span. |
| Vrksa
|
A
tree. |
| Vrt |
To
turn, to revolve, to roll on. |
| Vrtti |
A
course of action, behaviour, mode of being, condition or mental
state.
|
| Vyadhi |
Sickness,
disease, illness. |
| Vyana |
One
of the vital airs, which pervades the entire body and circulates the
energy derived from food and breathing all over the body |
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