Murli Dictionary

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

About this dictionary

The construction of this dictionary is based on common definitions in Hindi and English. Many words or expressions are redefined or even created by Baba. Hence the importance of knowing these definitions specific to this knowledge. These redefinitions and new definitions can be found in the murli. It is easy to forget some of them. This is therefore a work in progress and subject to change at any time.

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Hindi words and expressions

Earlier definition

क्लेश klēśh (sanskrit)

Anguish, affliction, pain, misery.

Earlier definition

को kō (hindi)

को is used for denoting:

A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

Earlier definition

कोहिनूर کوه نور kōhinūr (persan)

'Mountain fo light'. The Koh-i-Noor. One of the largest cut diamonds in the world, originating from India and weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g). It changed hands between various factions in south and west Asia until being ceded to Queen Victoria after the British annexation of the Punjab in 1849.

Earlier definition

कोहरा kōhrā (hindi)

Mist, haze, fog.

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कोई kōī (hindi)

Some, any, someone, anyone.

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कोई भी kōī bhī (hindi)

Anyone, someone, any.

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कोई न कोई kōī na kōī (hindi)

Someone, anyone, any.

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कोकी ڪوڪيِ kōkī (sindhi)

A small cake baked on hot coals.
On Holi, Sindhis prepare sweet kōkī. Traditionally, the kōkī is tied with a string. It is put in the fire to cook. The kōkī can be burnt but the string is not. The string represents Prince Prahlad who according to legend survives the fire due to his faith in Vishnu and it is the demoness Holika who was burnt instead.
(Bābā) The string represents the soul which is indestructible while the cake representing the body is not.

Earlier definition

कोमलता kōmaltā (sanskrit)

Softness, tenderness, delicacy.

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कोना kōnā (hindi)

Corner.

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कोशिश کوشش kōśhiśh (persan)

Effort, endeavour.

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कोठी kōṭhī (hindi)

A large room or chamber.
The flat roof of a house.