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- Adwaita- Non-duality of the universal spirit
- Akhadas- Its a order of monkhood, combining both religious as well as warfare studies
- Artha- Aim, object, goal, purpose
- Ashrama- A usually secluded residence of a religious community and its guru
- Atman- Soul, The inner self residing in the heart
- Bhakti- The devotional way of achieving salvation, emphasizing the loving faith of a devotee for a deity and open to all persons irrespective of sex or caste
- Brahmaloka- It is the realm of the Chaturmukha Brahma. The highest level that any life form can reach. After which exists only the parah-brahma and the indestructible Veda
- Brahma- The creator god, conceived chiefly as a member of the triad including also Vishnu and Shiva here refined souls exist in blissful contemplation
- Brahmanic- Pertaining 2 Brahma
- Chaturmukha - The "four-faced one", a title of Brahma, different from ParaBrahman
- Dana- "Generosity" or "giving"
- Dharma- Dharma is generally defined as righteousness or duty
- Dasanama- Is an order for monks started by Adi Shankaracharya
- Havana - Another name for Yajna, less stringent to perform
- Istadevata- Cherished or chosen Deity." The Deity that is the object of one's special pious attention
- Jnana- Knowledge acquired through meditation and study as a means of reaching Brahman
- Kalpa - One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated
- Karma- The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny
- Katha- Religious discources involving Ramayana, Bhagavatgeetha, Srimad Bhagavathgeetha
- Keerthanas- Is a devotional songs. Normally sung in groups
- Kharmapala- The benefits or merits of one`s action
- Khumba Parva- also Means Khumba mela
- Ksherasagara- The ocean of milk. Kshirsagar = Kshir (milk) + Sagar (ocean)
- Kshetra- Planet in its own sign
- Kurma- a tortoise,one of the vital airs
- Magha- The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
- Moksha- Emancipation of the soul from rebirth
- Mandara- Is the holy mountain which is the center of the world
- Mantapas- A mantapa in Indian architecture is a pillared outdoor hall or pavilion for public rituals
- Nirvana- Emancipation from ignorance and the extinction of all attachment
- Panjika /Panchanga- Is a Hindu astrological almanac (or calendar), which follows traditional Indian cosmology, and presents important astronomical data in tabulated form
- Pravachanas- Religious discources involving primarily the upanisads and puranas
- Prayaga- Unconscious Samadhi (Asampragyaata)
- Puja- Daily devotion consisting of a ritual offering of food, drink, and ritual actions and prayers, most commonly to an image of a deity
- Pundits- Is a Brahmin who officiates religious hindu rituals
- Punya- Good karma, or merit, accumulated from good actions
- Puranas- Any of a class of Sanskrit encyclopedic texts containing cosmogonic histories, legends of gods and heroes, and other traditional material
- Purohit - Hindu (Brahmin) name meaning ‘family priest’
- Ramaleela- A traditional art form depicting the life of lord Rama through songs and dance
- Rasaleela- A traditional art form depicting the life of lord Krishna through songs and dance
- Samudramanthana- The churning of the ocean of milk
- Sangama- Unconscious samadhi (Asampragyaata)
- Sankalpa- A conception or idea formed in the mind or heart; thought, ideation, desire
- Seva- Service or to serve
- Srimad Bhagavata- It teaches unalloyed devotional service to Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Srimad Bhagvatgita- A sacred Hindu text that is incorporated into the Mahabharata and takes the form of a philosophical dialogue in which Krishna instructs the prince Arjuna in ethical matters and the nature of God
- Tarka- Spiritual and philosophical debates
- Tapasya- Penance/Meditation
- Tirtha- Holy place,pilgrim destination for Hindus,Buddists,Jains
- Tyaga/Bhogas- "Abandonment" it refers to renunciation of all action, but not outwardly. Inner detachment is possible only when one is meditating sincerely and surrendering completely to the will of God
- Ughabhoga- A religious gurus "personal" interpretation of philosophy,traditional wisdom,books etc..
- Vanaprasthashrama- Is a person who is living in the forest as a hermit after partially giving up material desires
- Yajamana(Jajman)- Is the person who initiates a yajna. He along with his wifederive the merits and benefits from such a yajna performed
- Yajna- A sacrifice, often a substantial one, offered to a Hindu deity or deities in the hope of attaining some goal
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