CHAPTER VIII.Vocabulary of words of Indian and Sanscrit origin.AbádiAn inhabited place.AbanThe name of the eighth month.AbáshanA low caste of labourers.AbdA slave.AbdáliFakirs of the báshara order.AbdárA servant who prepares water for domestic use.AbdhutA sect of religious mendicants.AbhirA caste employed as cowherds and shepherds.AbkárA maker of strong waters.AbriA building stone found at Kabul.AchárgyaA caste of Bengalese, said to have originated from the Brahmins.AcháryaA teacher.AcháturA caste of cultivators of the soil.AdálatA court of justice.AdarThe ninth month.AdbhutásántiA burnt sacrifice used to counteract evil omens.AdhipatiA ruler.AdhwaryuThe third class of priests employed at a vedic sacrifice.Adi GranthThe chief scripture of the Sikhs.AdináthThe first arhat of the Jains.AdityaThe sun.AdlingadawarA caste of agriculturists.AdvichinchiA caste of cultivators of the land.AfritA demon.AgarwalaA trading caste.AgasaA caste of washermen.AghoraReligious mendicants who sometimes feed on human flesh.AgiariA temple in which perpetual fire is maintained.AgniThe god of fire.AguriA Bengalese caste of cultivators.AhriOne of the Himalayan gods.AhrimanThe personification of evil in the Zoroastrian religion.AkshamalaA string of beads.AlifshaiThe Benawa fakirs.AmanthA Bengalese caste employed as servants.AmarasImmortal.AmbattanA caste employed as barbers.Amma KodagasA sect driven away by the Brahmins.AnantEndless, a name applied to Vishnu and other gods.AndhyaruA Parsi priest.AndraA Buddhist dynasty considered to have reigned in India from 31B.C.to 429A.D.AnilaThe god of fire.AnnapurnáThe goddess who is said to feed the inhabitants of Benares.AranyakaA part of the Veda, considered so holy that it may be read only in the solitude of a forest.ArchákaAn officiating priest at a pagoda.Ardha-matraA mysterious word applicable to the deity.ArdhanárisaName of Siva in his form as half male, half female.ArjàA female mendicant.AsaniA small seat, also a carpet used at prayers.AsilomaA demon who had swords instead of hair.AsthalA temple.AsuraA spirit.AtasilThe eight precepts binding on an upasaka.AtharwaThe name of the fourth veda.AukammaA village goddess.AvastaThe Zoroastrian scriptures.AyenarA god of India who is supposed to guard the fields from demons.AzádAn order of fakirs.BaghA garden.BahucharajiA goddess worshipped in Gujarat.BahutaAn amulet worn on the arm by the worshippers of Narsingh.BaiA lady.BaidniA woman of the Baidya caste.BaidyaA caste supposed to be the offspring of a Brahman father and Vaisya mother.BaláiA caste of Sudras.BalarámThe elder brother of Krishna, sometimes an incarnation of Vishnu.BànaAn arrow.BandháA slave or bondmen.BaráhanA goddess who is supposed to cure swelled hands and feet.BarátThe final ceremony of a marriage.BarwaA wise man of the Bhils.BasaniA prostitute, or female dedicated to a god.BasawaThe sacred bull.BáshkalaA demon.BenawaA community of fakirs of the beshara order.BesharaThose fakirs who hold themselves above the law.BhadariàMendicant astrologers of Brahman origin.BhaduA low class of Uriya Brahmans.BhagatA worshipper.BhagvánThe divine spirit.BhagwatA name for God.BhairawaA name of Siva.BhairawanathA name of Siva.Bhaironsame asBhaironath.BháktaA devotee.BhávinA woman devoted to the service of the Temple.BhikhuA religious mendicant.BhopiA priest of a village temple.BhuThe earth.BhutThe spirit of the dead; a goblin.BhuteswaraA name of Siva as destroyer.BhutyaDevotees of Bhawani.BilwaThe bel tree.BishéswarA name of Siva, alluding to his having swallowed poison.BoaA Temple.Bo-treeThe pipal.BrahmáThe Creator.BráhmanThe first of the Hindu castes.BráhmániA woman of Brahman caste.BrotoA vow.BudibudakiA religious beggar who smears himself with ashes.Burha-DeoThe great God.ButThe name of a devi.CatanarA priest of the Syrian Church.ChakraThe weapon of Vishnu.ChatturA consecrated cake of cow-dung.ChhandasA sacred hymn.ChhandogaA name of the udgatri priest.ChillahA forty days’ fast.ChitpáwanA subdivision of the Maharashtra Brahmans.ChitraguptaThe first of the ministers of Yama.CholipanthA sect of Panjabis allowing free sexual intercourse.ChoriA marriage hall.ChurelA hobgoblin in the form of a hideous woman.CroreTen millions.DádáAn elderly person, or a paternal grandfather.DádupanthiA Vaishnawa sect founded by Dadu.DaftarA register.DágobaA dome-like structure built over the relics of a saint.DáinA witch.DaityaA demon.DaiwatapkaParsi betrothal ceremony.DakautBraminical astrological mendicants.DakiriA female imp who feeds upon human flesh.DachochaA caste said to be descended from a Brahman father and a Gauli mother.DakshinaA cow fit to be given to a Brahman.DanawaA demon.DargahThe tomb of a saint.DasiA woman dedicated to a temple.DasturA Parsi high priest.DeviA goddess; especially Durga.DevrukhiThe room of a temple where the idol stands.DewaA god.DewángaOne who wears the emblem of Siva.DewasthánA temple.DewatáA deity.DhumraA giant.DineshaLord of the day.Diwar-Divinity of a village, for whom a portion of the grain is set apart at each harvest.DobeA brahma who has studied two of the four Vedas.DurdharaA leader in the army of demons.DurgáThe consort of Siva.Durgá-pugáThe worship of Durgá.DurmukhaThe name of a demon—the fury faced.DwáparayugaThe Third age of the world.EshanaOne of the names of Siva.FakirA Mohammedan religious mendicant.GábháraThe inner room of a temple where the idol stands.GadipatiChief of a body of religious mendicants.GanesaA god, the son of Siva.GarudiA snake charmer.GentooAnother name for a Hindu.GhausA fakir of the highest sanctity.GomedhaThe sacrifice of a cow.GondhalA noisy festival in honour of Devi.GopuraBuilding over the gate of a temple.GorakhnathA name of Siva.GosainAn ascetic.GoshanashinA Mohammedan ascetic.GrámadewatáTutelary deity of a village.GranthiA reader of the Granth, or Sikh Scriptures.GrihadavaThe tutelary god of a house.GrihasthaA Brahman in the second asrama.GugaA saint to whom offerings are made to avert danger from snakes.GuruA religious teacher.HajA pilgrimage.HajiOne who has performed the Haj.HambaliOne of the orthodox schools of Sunnis.HarA name of Siva.HaraThe destroyer.HarpujiThe worship of the plough.HomaAn oblation made by pouring butter on a fire.HotriThe highest class of priest employed at a Vedic sacrifice.HuttariFestival in honour of the rice harvest.Id-al-fitrFestival of breaking fast.IdgáhA place of prayer for Mussalmans.ImámThe officiating priest of a mosque.IndraThe king of the firmament.IravataThe elephant of Indra.Ishna-namazPrayer of sunset.Ishrak-namazPrayer at sunrise.IshtadewaA favourite deity.IswaraA name of Siva.JágA vigil kept by Sudras on the tenth night after a sudden death, in order to summon the spirit of the deceased into the body of his son, or other person, and reveal the cause of death, the place where his treasures are hidden, or other matter desired to be known.—J. T. Melesworth.JagannáthA name of Vishnu.JajmánA patron.JanárdanA name of Vishnu.JánhaviA name of the Ganges.JátraA pilgrimage to a holy place.JinA goblin.JivagárA Buddhist ascetic.Jnándewa-panthiA supposed incarnation of Vishnu.Kabir-panthiA Vaishnawa sect, followers of Kabir.KailásaThe heaven of Siva.KáliThe wife of Siva.KalkiThe name of Vishnu in his tenth awatar, which is to take place at the end of the present, or kali, age, when he will destroy the wicked and inaugurate a new age of purity.—Whitworth.KarnijiA goddess worshipped in Bikaner.KátáyaniA name of the goddess Parvati.KesariThe name of the lion of Durga.KeshavaOne of the names of Vishnu.KhatibThe preacher in the mosque on Fridays and feast-days.KhirakasiA sect of Hindus who renounced idolatry and Brahmanism.KhodiárThe devi of one of seven sisters of the Charan caste.KotiA crore, or ten millions.KowmáriA appellation of Durga.KowshikiA goddess that emanated from Párvati.KuberThe god of riches.LakshmiWife of Vishnu.LingaThe phallus or emblematic representation of Siva.LingaitA sect of Saiwas who wear the emblem of the linga.LohanaThe most numerous class of Hindus in Sindh.LokasThe world.MadhuThe name of a demon.MadhwácháryaA Vaishava sect.MahádevaA name of Siva.MahájanwádiA place where caste feasts are celebrated.MahákálaA name of Siva.MahéswarA name of Siva.MánbhawaA Vaishnava sect.MantraForm of worship in the oldest part of the veda.ManuMan. Founder of the Manvantara.MárutaWind. A god of the wind.MasjidA Mohommedan church.MastánThe Rasulsháhi fakirs.MátáName applied to various goddesses.MatiáA believer.MatsyaThe first principal awater of Vishnu.MobedA Parsi priest.MundA demon.MuniA saint.MundphodaThe Gurzmar fakirs, who beat their heads until they bleed in order to extort charity.Musá SohágA body of fakirs who dress as women.MutawalliThe warden of a mosque.NádiyáA bull marked as sacred.NágáNaked.NágéswaraswámiA serpent deity.NamaA mark worn on the forehead by followers of Vishnu.NámadáriA Vaishnava.NandanaA beautiful garden in Indra’s heaven.Nandá DeviA name of Durga.NandiSiva’s bull.NarakThe place of punishment for souls.NarakásurA demon son of Bhumi, slain by Vishnu.NárangkárThe maker of men.NáráyanaThe divine spirit moving on the waters.NarsinhA form assumed by Vishnu in order to destroy the demon Hiranyakásipu.NatA spirit supposed to have the power to ward off evil.NavarA Parsi priest of low order.NazarThe evil eye.NimbárkaA Vaishavan sect worshipping Krishna and Riadha conjointly.NirwánaHaving the fire of life extinguished.PagodaA Hindu temple in the south of India.ParameshvariA name of Durga.ParamahansaA sect of Siva’s devotees.PariahAn outcast from society.PárvatiThe consort of Siva.PasupatiA name of Siva.PátálaThe nether regions.PávakaThe god of fire.PinákiA name of Siva.PrakritiA goddess.PundarikakshaLotus-eyed.PurushaMan; the human soul.RájasuyaA sacrifice performed at a coronation.RaliThe deified spirit of a woman who drowned herself on being married to a child.RámánandiA sect of Vaisnavas.RámánujaA Vaishawan sect in the south of India.RambanA priest of high rank.RathA war chariot.RigThe first Veda.RishiA sage or hermit.RozahA fast.RudraThe storm-god.SádhuA saint.SadráThe sacred shirt worn by the Parsis.SadubáThe name of a goddess.SáktaA worshipper of a sakti.SaktiPower.SamaThe third Veda.SanhitaA collection of Vedic hymns.SannyásiAn ascetic.SaptapadiSeven steps taken round the sacred fire, part of a Hindu marriage.SaravastiGoddess of eloquence and literature.SastriA teacher.SattraA sacrifice.SanraA worshipper of the sun.SávitriOne of the incarnations of Sarasvati.ShakraOne of the denominations of Indra.ShaktiPower.ShambuAn appellation of Siva.SivaThe third person of the Hindu triad.SrawakA Buddhist saint.SuraA deity.TarpanaOffering of water.TrinetraThree-eyed.UgniGod of fire.UmbikáA name of Durga.VaishnaviThe consort of Vishnu.VanhiOne of the names of the god of fire.VidhiOne of the names of Brahma.VipraA person who recites Vedas.VishnuThe second person of the Hindu triad, the preserver.VrutraThe name of a demon.YoginiA class of malicious female fiends.
Vocabulary of words of Indian and Sanscrit origin.
FootnotesSee the Indian Cyclopædia.ReturnSellon.ReturnTod’s Rajasth, vol. I., p. 515.ReturnSee Asiatic Researches, Vol. II.ReturnAsiatic Researches, vol. I.ReturnLa Porte Ouverte, p. 157.ReturnVaus Kennedy, Hindu Mythology.ReturnSee the Mackenzie Collection, vol. 2, Halakanara MSS.ReturnPicard, Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses.ReturnPicard, Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses.ReturnPicard, Ceremonies et Contumes Religieuses.ReturnWilson’s Lectures.ReturnReligious Sects of India by H. H. Wilson.ReturnSee Calcutta Review for 1855.Return
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The importance of this subject, may be gleaned from the following remarks of Major Gen. Forlong. “Our Queen rules over, according to the latest census returns, some 100 millions ofPure-Phallicworshippers, that is three times the population of these Islands, and if we say merely Phallo-Solar worshippers, then 200 millions.”
This work has a valuable bibliography which will be of the greatest use and value to the student of Ancient Faiths. It contains references to nearly five hundred works on Phallism and kindred subjects.
“Let any one inspect the plates in works delineating the Hindu Pantheon, and compare the drawings of the lingam-yoni with many of the rock markings we have described, with those for instance on the frontispiece of this book, and they will find it difficult to avoid the conclusion that there is a manifest and striking connection. The fact is, the phallic idea, has prevailed all over the world to a far greater extent than many have ever imagined, and superficial observers have passed by many things as inexplicable which came properly within its domain, and which thus recognised, would have been readily understood. It is not, of course, to the gross forms of the Priapus used in ancient Greek, Roman, or Egyptian Festivals that we allude, but to the much more refined, and, if we may so call it, modest lingam worship of India.”—The Author.
The subject reaches from the earliest dawn of history through long and eventful ages, down to the most modern times, and touches almost every kingdom of the past and present, in the four quarters of the earth. The unearthing of long-buried statues, monuments, and mystifying inscriptions, has suggested and provoked new lines of study among symbolical remains, and the key to so much that for long was unreadable has been found in the singular revelations of this peculiar worship.
In this work an attempt has been made to convey an intelligible idea of the peculiar mystic sect of the Rosicrucians. It is the first serious attempt to penetrate the secret recesses of this occult body, whose strange beliefs and curious practices have, ever since the days of Rosenkreutz, been enveloped in a cloud of profound mystery.
Transcriber’s Note:The spellings are inconsistent as presented in the original work.
The spellings are inconsistent as presented in the original work.