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.
| 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
Detached.
A recluse, one who is not attached to worldly affairs.
(Attitude of) renunciation, detachment (from worldly affairs).
Vishnuite, vaishnava, follower of Viṣṇu. They are required to respect the vegetarian diet where meat, fish, eggs, garlic, onion (and also leek, chives), alcohol, tobacco and drugs are prohibited.
(Bābā) One who eats only pure food.
(Bābā) True vaiṣṇav. The one who does not touch anything impure. One who attains complete purity of thoughts, feelings, sanskars, attitudes, actions, relations and of course eats satvic food. He belongs to the Vishnu dynasty.
The underground river Vaitaraṇī, leading the dead to the kingdom of Yama; it is the Indian Styx.
The Vaitarani River is mentioned in the most ancient Garuda Purana. Those who have sinned must cross this river after they have died. According to the Garuda Purana, the river flows outside the south gate of the Yamaloka. It states that only sinners can enter through this gate after death.
Goods sold by small dealers; wares.
A lawyer, pleader, an advocate.
Utterance.
Sentence.
Again and again.
A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.
Dear one, beloved, lover.
(Hinduism) myth. n.p. of Vallabha, epith. of Kṛṣṇa “Beloved”.
(Bābā) Father (God).
वल्लभाचारी vallabhāchārī (hindi)
Follower of the doctrine founded by Vallabha, a devotional movement around Krishna.
'The left path', 'the contrary path' , 'the vile path': the Tantrik cult (which prescribes wine, woman, etc. as essentials).
वानप्रस्थी vānaprasthī (hindi)
(One) who is in the third of the four stages of life prescribed by tradition for a Hindu caste: the stage of abandoning of worldly things.
The retired person.
Deprived.
Cheated, deceived, tricked.
The act of praising, praise, reverence, adoration, worship.
Salutation, homage, obeisance (to a Brāhmaṇ or superior by touching the feet, &c.)
वन्दे मातरम् vandē mātaram (sanskrit)
“Long live the mother (motherland)”, patriotic poem by the Bengali Bankim Chandra Chatterji (1875), recited by the children at the start of lessons.
Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.
Bride.
वानप्रस्थ vānprasth (sanskrit)
The third of the four stages (āśram) of life prescribed by tradition for a caste Hindu—the stage of abandoning worldly things.
Lineage, race, family, clan, dynasty.
A bamboo.
Line of a family, pedigree, genealogy, genealogical tree.
Belonging to the lineage, dynasty, clan of.
The third of the four stages (āśram) of life prescribed by tradition for a caste Hindu—the stage of abandoning worldly things.
Example of the life of a bride before marriage, when she lives a simple life, wears simple clothes to remove her pride and not to attract any other man’s vision to herself.
Staying in the forest.
(mahābhārat) 12-year pilgrimage-exile of the five Pāṇḍavās.
(Rāmāyaṇ) 14-year exile in the forest of Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa.
Exile, banishment.
Coming back, return; refund, reimbursement; giving back.
Faithful, trusty, true, loyal.
To go back, to return, to retire, to recede.
वापिस, वापस واپس vāpis, vāpas (persan)
Back, back again.
Bridegroom.
A boon.
Good, excellent, beautiful.
An assault.
A stroke, blow.
A day of the week.
The nearer side.
(suffix) it means 'wise' on the basis of, and also वाला.