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.
Entries 5401–5430 of 6200
Hindi words and expressions
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Ocean, sea.
The province of Sindh.
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सीने से लगाना sīnē sē lagānā (hindi)
To take to the bosom, to embrace.
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A horn.
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Characteristic, quality, attribute.
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Head.
Top, apex, highest part or point.
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सिर झुकाना sir jhukānā (hindi)
To bow the head (in saltation).
To look down through shame.
To acquiesce.
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Grindstone. Tool used to grind or sharpen or polish.
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Ladder, stairs, staircase, escalator, stile, stepping stone.
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Crown, the best.
Diadem.
Chief, master, husband.
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Head.
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Glass, glassware, glass bottle, looking-glass, mirror, a pane of glass.
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A palace fitted with mirrors all round.
An apartment or a cabinet adorned with mirrors.
A room or building of which the walls are inlaid with pieces of glass.
A glass house, a crystal-palace.
(Bābā) Madhuban seen as a palace where the souls residing there are the pieces of glass inlaid in the walls lit by the Supreme Soul the candle that illuminates the interior.
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A learner, scholar, pupil, disciple.
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The celebrated daughter of king Janak (of Mithila:) who was married to Rām, the hero of the renowned Indian epic of Rāmāyaṇ.
(Bābā) The first queen of silver age.
(Bābā) In His murlis Baba says, “All of you are Sitas, that is My brides. You were enslaved by Ravan, the five vices, and I, Rama, come here in order to liberate you and take you to your home and your kingdom. Sita is symbolic of faithfulness and purity but on the other hand she is a reminder that any disobedience of shrimat, the advice of the Supreme Father, takes the soul to Shok Vatika (the cottage of sorrow).
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Cool, cold, frigid.
Without passion, calm.
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A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.
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A whistle.
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शीतला, शीतला देवी śhītlā, śhītlā dēvī (sanskrit)
Smallpox.
(Hinduism) The goddess of cold who can cure or inflict smallpox. In Punjabi folk religion, she is accompanied by 6 other sisters who also cause or cure pustular disease.
(Bābā) Goddess of coolness who extinguishes the fire of vices.
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Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.
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शिव की शक्ति śhiv kī śhakti (hindi)
Power of Śiv.
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शिव की सेना śhiv kī sēnā (hindi)
The Army of Śiv:: those who take power (śakti) from God.
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शिव परमात्माए नमः śhiv paramātmāē namaḥ (sanskrit)
Salutations to the Supreme Soul Śhiv.
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The goddess, incarnation of God’s might.
Soul receiving God’s power through yoga.
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The Shiv Sena is an Indian Marathi nationalist political party, based in the state of Maharashtra and often described as extremist. The Shiv Sena was founded on June 19, 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray to demand preferential treatment for Marathis over immigrants in Mumbai. Its name means “Shivaji’s army” after the founder of the Maratha Empire in the 17th century.
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शिव-मंत्र śhiv-mantra (sanskrit)
Mantra of Śhiv: nirākārī, nirahaṅkārī, nirvikārī (incorporeal, egoless, viceless).
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शिव-पार्वती śhiv-pārvatī (sanskrit)
Śhiv and Pārvatī.
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Except, but, with the exception (of).
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शिवाए नमः śhivāē namaḥ (sanskrit)
Salutation, adoration, obeisance to Śiv.
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Abode of Śhiv.
(Hinduism) A temple or shrine dedicated to Śhiv
(Hinduism) A cemetery, a place where bodies are burnt.
(Bābā) śhāntidhām, the abode of silence, the incorporeal world.
(Bābā) sukhdhām, the abode of happiness, the earthly world in the golden age and to a lesser extent in the silver age.
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शिवानन्द śhivānanda (sanskrit)
Śhivānanda "Joy of the Lord," a name borne by various individuals; notably the Swami Sivananda (1887–1963), physician, sage, and writer, founder of the "Divine Life Society."