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Glossary - T
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Tadap | Longing / Pining. This means restlessness and it continues till the Reality of Love is established in one' s spiritual condition. |
| Talab | Craving. Craving for nothing other than God/ Master. |
| Tam | The ultimate Being as envisioned by Sri Ramchandra. THAT. The actual state we were in when the world was created or born. |
| Tamas | The third constituent of prakruti-usually darkness, restfulness or sloth or dullness.Tamasah parastat: Beyond the Tamas is the Divine Abode. Andha tamas: deep and blinding darkness to which men who are soul- killers go. Or those who are devoted only to karma or avidya. |
| Tanmatraas | Elements in their subtle or manasic form. The smallest particle of elemental knowables. |
| Tanmaya | That-filled condition. God-filled ones. |
| Tantra | That literature which teaches one to reach God through occult practices, especially self-surrender and self-offering to the Ultimate Divine Nature. There are Vaisnava, Saiva and Sakta agamas or tantras. Temple construction etc., are all based on tantra-sastras. Vedic mantras are sometimes given up and substituted by other mantras like astaksari, dvdasaksari, pancaksari etc. |
| Tat | Means That. This refers to the Ultimate Condition of Existence. |
| Tatva | This means a nature of existence. There are 5 tatvas according to the Samkhyan Psychology. Almost all the systems of Darshana in Indian Philosophy have accepted this classification. |
| Tapas | Penance which heats the system and sublimates it. |
| Taarakajnana | The liberating knowledge or that which makes one or enables one to cross over ignorance.Intuitive knowledge. |
| Titiksha | The fourth of the shat-sampatthis. It means forbearance. Tolerance and patience under all given circumstances. A stage of spiritual development. See Sabr. |
| Tosha | 'Belongings' for the next world. |