Avyakt murli for Sunday 27 March 1983

Not translated Essential Useful Ordinary Grammatical

Words are sorted according to their frequency (number of times the word occurs in the murli). This frequency appears in parentheses.

होना hōnā (161)

To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.

का kā (136)

का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.

Possession and relationship.
Material or composition.
Worth and measure (space or time).
Source, origin, cause.
Subject (doer of an act).
Object (of an activity).
Part of a whole.
Purpose.
Characteristic.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

करना karnā (108)

To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.

तो tō (73)

Then, therefore, moreover.
An emphatic particle (e.g. मैं तो जाऊँगा).
At any rate, however, at least.

में mē̃ (56)

में is used for denoting :

Location or presence (of something) in or within something.
Duration.
Price.
Comparison with reference to more than two, or difference.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

key (53)

Key.

नहीं nahī̃ (52)

No.
Not.

को kō (46)

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)

भी bhī (43)

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

बनना bannā (38)

To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).

K (37)

The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).

ना nā (35)

Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.

से sē (30)

से is used for denoting :

The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
Means, instrument or agency.
Manner.
Cause, reason, origin.
Association, antagonism.
Separation or keeping away from.
Starting point (place or time).
Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

ऐसा aisā (28)

Such, of this type.

रहना rahnā (28)

To remain, to stay.

वाला vālā (27)

A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.

क्या kyā (26)

Interrogative pronoun What? for an open question.
Interrogative adjective What?, Which? (if followed by a name).
Interrogative pronoun for a closed question (yes/no type).

यह yah (24)

3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).

और aur (23)

And.
Else.
Other.

देखना dēkhnā (23)

To see, to look, to view, to perceive, to observe.
To consider.
To experience.

मिलना milnā (23)

To meet, to encounter, to be mixed, to be mingled, to unite, to merge, to tally, to conform, to obtain, to get, to acquire, to be acquired, to beget, to embrace, to form an alliance.

कुमारी kumārī (22)

Virgin, maiden, unmarried, damsel, young girl.
Daughter.

आना ānā (18)

To come.

अपना apnā (18)

Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.

ही hī (18)

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

मनाना manānā (16)

'to make mindful'.
To cause to agree, to persuade; to reason with; to prevail on.
To console.
To conciliate (an opponent, one offended); to placate; to soothe.
To invoke (a deity); to worship; to propitiate (a patron, &c.).
To cause to be kept, to celebrate (as a festival, a holiday).
(poetry) To acknowledge (a fault).
To meditate, to reflect on.

सेवा sēvā (16)

Service.
(Bābā) Selfless use of our mind, body and wealth for the benefit of the world.

आत्मा ātmā (15)

The soul, the spirit, the self.

बाप bāp (15)

Father.

वह vah (15)

Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).

अच्छा achchhā (14)

Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.

कोई kōī (14)

Some, any, someone, anyone.

सदा sadā (14)

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

स्वयं svayã (14)

जीवन jīvan (13)

Life, animation, existence.

जो jō (13)

Relative pronoun (without distinction of gender or number): who, that, which, what. Can be coupled with vah creating an identity relationship between the two terms of two propositions in the sentence.

बेहद bēhad (12)

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.
Excessive, too, too much.

होली hōlī (12)

A festival, a memorial of the confluence age, when on the first day (Holi) people burn everything old; a symbol of burning old sanskars and sins in the fire of yoga. On the second day (Dhurya) people sprinkle each other with coloured water; a symbol of a soul being coloured with God’s knowledge.

holy (12)

Holy.

जब jab (12)

(Relative pronoun) When.

लेना lēnā (12)

To take.

सब sab (12)

All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.

बापदादा bāpdādā (11)

Bāp and Dādā.
The Father Śhiv and the elder brother Brahmā,
The father Brahmā and the Grandfather Śhiv.

जाना jānā (11)

To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.

लेकिन lēkin (11)

But, but still, on the other hand, however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.

अब ab (10)

Now.

degree (10)

Level.
Social or official rank.
College degree.

एक ēk (10)

One, 1, a, single, alone.
The number one.
The One, the Number One. God. There is only one God (Supreme Being) but many gods and goddesses (golden age deities).

लौकिक laukik (10)

Secular, earthly, worldly, mundane.

रंगना raṅgnā (10)

सर्व sarv (10)

All ; whole, entire, complete.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha (10)

The best, good, excellent, superior.

ताज tāj (10)

Crown, diadem.

उड़ना uṛnā (10)

To fly.
To fade, to get dim, to vanish.
To explode.

अर्थात् arthāt (9)

That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).

बदलना badalnā (9)

To change, to alter, to replace.
To convert, to be converted.
To go back (on one's word).

बनाना banānā (9)

To make, to construct, to compose, to build, to prepare, to make ready, to form.
To pull somebody's leg, to patch up, to develop a good equation with.
To befool.

चलना chalnā (9)

Continue.

chance (9)

Chance.

कुछ kuchh (9)

Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.

समय samay (9)

Time.
Period.
Times, timings.
Occasion.
Leisure.
A convention.

सिर्फ sirph (9)

वरदानी vardānī (9)

The bestower of blessing, the one who grants a favor, a wish.

या yā (9)

Or, either.

आगे āgē (8)

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

आप āp (8)

You (to a superior, a stranger, his father).
(reflective pronoun) Self, himself, oneself, yourself, themselves...

दिन din (8)

A day (comprised of twenty-four hours from sunrise to sunrise).
A day (extending from sunrise to sunset), daytime.
Time(s).

दूसरा dūsrā (8)

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

इसलिए isliē (8)

On this account, for this reason, hence, therefore.

कहना kahnā (8)

Say.

खाना khānā (8)

To eat, to feed on, to consume, to swallow, to take.
to get, to receive.
To feel, to suffer, to endure.
Eating, food, meal, dinner.

मिलन milan (8)

Meeting, union, contact.

रंग raṅg (8)

Colour.
Paint, dye, pigment.
Complexion, beauty.
Aspect, appearance, expression (facial); atmosphere, mood.
Manner, style, influence.
Character, nature, kind, type.
Place of entertainment, stage.
The dramatic arts: acting, dancing, singing.
Entertainment, enjoyment, merry-making; mood or time of youth.
Something splendid, a spectacle.

वा vā (8)

Or.

विश्व viśhva (8)

The world, universe.

golden (7)

Golden.

हर har (7)

हरना harnā (7)

her (7)

जाल jāl (7)

कार्य kārya (7)

Action, act, activity.
Work, task, duty, function, role.
Occupation.
Business, matter (in hand), agenda.

कितना kitnā (7)

(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.

मैं maĩ (7)

I. (personal pronoun)

medal (7)

Medal.

न na (7)

Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)

पर par (7)

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

पर par (7)

पर denotes :

Location or position on or upon or at something.
Point of time at which an action takes place.
Sequence of actions of happenings.
Cause or reason.
Objects of (compound) Verbs signifying mercy, faith, confidence, anger etc.
(A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

सागर sāgar (7)

Sea, ocean (huge expanse of water of which we cannot see the end).

विशेष viśhēṣh (7)

Special, specific, particular, distinctive, characteristic, typical.

वृत्ति vr̥itti (7)

Behaviour, conduct, mode of life.
Natural tendency, instinct.
Business, employment, profession.
Means of subsistence, allowance, pension.
Commentary (on a text).
Usage (of a term or expression).
(Bābā) Attitude, thought pattern, tendencies, inclinations, instincts.

अधिकारी adhikārī (6)

Governor, ruler, minister, functionary, official, officer, (and generally) one invested with power or authority.
Proprietor, owner, master, heir.
Agent, deputy; one who possesses a right, title, or privilege.

बच्चा bachchā (6)

Child, kid, baby, infant.
Inexperienced, raw, of unripe age.

देना dēnā (6)

To give.

कदम kadam (6)

Step, pace, footstep.

कमजोरी kamjōrī (6)

Weakness, feebleness ; deficiency ; debility.

के लिए kē liē (6)

For, for the sake of.

कि ki (6)

That (to report indirect speech, example he says that).

लगना lagnā (6)

प्राप्ति prāpti (6)

Obtaining, acquisition; attainment (to a goal, a level); fulfilment (of a request).
Gain, advantage; income.
Receipt (of a letter, &c.); reception (of guests).

सकना saknā (6)

To can, to be able to.

शक्ति śhakti (6)

Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.

टोकरी ṭōkrī (6)

A small basket (without a lid).

वरदान vardān (6)

Granting a favor or a wish, blessing.
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

यहाँ yahā̃ (6)

Here, hither, in/at this place.

अनुभव anubhav (5)

Experience.

बड़ा baṛā (5)

Big, large, great, huge, important, commodious, expansive.
Noble, reputed.
Elder, elderly, senior.
Grown up.
Rich.
adv. Very, exceedingly.

बढ़ना baṛhnā (5)

To increase, to multiply, to grow, to progress, to advance.

चाहना chāhnā (5)

To wish, to want, to like, to love, to be fond of, to crave for, to desire, to require.

डरना ḍarnā (5)

To be afraid, be frightened, be daunted, to fear, dread.

हद had (5)

Boundary.
Limit, bounds, extent.
Bar, obstruction.

इतना itnā (5)

As much as this, this much; so much, so many.

कर्मभोग karmbhōg (5)

The fulfilling of destiny; experiencing the consequences of actions.
(Bābā) karmic fruit, results of our actions; karmic suffering, punishment we endure for our sinful karmas. (today in the iron age, we experience suffering as a result of our past actions, our sins).

खींचना, खैंचना khīñchnā, khaiñchnā (5)

To pull, to pull one's leg, to draw, to tighten, to expand, to extract, to attract, to drag.

लगाना lagānā (5)

To engage, to employ.
To attach, to join, to connect.
To plant.
To apply.
To affix.
To make someone hang around.
To levy.
To touch.
To invest.
To paste, to stick.
To set, to fix.
To shut, to close.
To keep.
To backbite.
To inflame.
To add.

लाल lāl (5)

master (5)

Master.

ने nē (5)

A postposition denoting the subject (ergative case that is to say with a past participle).

पहनना pahannā (5)

To wear (as clothes).
To put on (as clothes, watch, ornaments, etc.)

फैंसला phaĩslā (5)

पीछे pīchhē (5)

Behind, on the back side of.
After, afterwards.
Backwards.
In the absence of.

संकल्प saṅkalp (5)

Determination, resolve, resolution, will.
Mind, thought, idea.
(Bābā) Thought, idea.
(Bābā) Right idea, pure thought (śuddha khyāl)

सेवाधारी sēvādhārī (5)

'who has, carries, or supports the service'. Server, servant.

सोचना sōchnā (5)

To think, to reflect, to ponder over, to consider.

तब tab (5)

Then, at that time, afterwards, thereupon, therefore, hence.

बन ban (4)

बन्धन bandhan (4)

A bond, tie ;the act or process of binding/tying; tie (as of affection, duty) ; bondage; restriction; a fetter.
phil. Attachment to the world; opp. liberation [mokṣa].

बाप समान bāp samān (4)

Similar, identical, equal to the Father.

बात bāt (4)

A matter, topic, subject, concern, fact, thing.

छोड़ना chhōṛnā (4)

To leave.
To abandon.
To release.

hand (4)

Hand.

जन्म janm (4)

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जितना jitnā (4)

As much as, as many, how much, however much.

कैसा kaisā (4)

(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.

कमजोर kamjōr (4)

Weak, feeble, ineffectual.

खजाना khajānā (4)

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

खुशी khuśhī (4)

Joy, delight, happiness.

क्योंकि kyōṅki (4)

Because, since.

लकीर lakīr (4)

A line, lineament.
A streak, stripe.

लक्ष्य lakṣhya (4)

The aim, object, objective, target, goal.
Indicated, implied.

मांस māns (4)

Meat, flesh.

मास mās (4)

Month.

नदी nadī (4)

River.

नीचे nīchē (4)

Below, under, beneath, at the bottom, down, below.

पता patā (4)

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

फिरना phirnā (4)

To turn.
To wander, to ramble, to walk about, to go round.

रखना rakhnā (4)

To put, to place, to keep, to possess, to have, to employ, to appoint.

समझना samajhnā (4)

To understand.

संपन्न sampann (4)

Prosperous, rich, well-off.
Completed, accomplished.
(suffix) Equipped, provided, endowed with, abundantly endowed with, possessed of (as of wealth, learning).

स्वरूप svarūp (4)

Shape, form.
Appearance.
Character, nature.
(Hinduism) Form assumed by a deity, or by the ultimate being; image, idol.
Of the same nature or character; similar.
(suffix) Having the nature or character (of), by way of, as, amounting to.
(Bābā) Form assumed by the soul; image.

स्वतः svataḥ (4)

By oneself, on one's own.
Of one's own accord or volition.
Involuntarily, automatically.
By nature, naturally.
Self-.

उमंग umaṅg (4)

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

उठाना uṭhānā (4)

To raise, to lift up.
To wake up.
To rent out.
To bear.
To remove.

वहां vahā̃ (4)

There.

विजय vijay (4)

Conquest, victory, triumph.

अगर agar (3)

If, if so be, in case, in the event of.

अलौकिक alaukik (3)

Unearthly, heavenly, celestial, phenomenal, transcendental, supernatural.
Uncommon, strange, rare, unusual, exceptional, unordinary, extraordinary.

बढ़ाना baṛhānā (3)

To increase, to multiply.
To extend, to raise.
To cause to progress, to cause to grow, to cause to prosper.
To advance.
To magnify.
To exaggerate.
To push ahead.
To extinguish (as a lamp).
To close (as a shop).

भोगना bhōgnā (3)

To enjoy, to suffer, to undergo, to derive sexual pleasure, to experience (pleasure or pain).
(Bābā) To experience happiness and unhappiness according to the quality of the karma accomplished. In paradise we experience happiness, the fruit of good karma accomplished at the age of encounter. In hell, we experience misfortune as a result of bad karma accomplished.
(Bābā) To enjoy and seek all the pleasures brought by the sense organs. It is experiencing illusory happiness because the karma accomplished is bad and therefore the result of misfortune.

ब्रह्माकुमारी brahmākumārī (3)

Daughter of Brahmā.

दादी dādī (3)

Paternal grandmother.
(Brahma Kumaris) Eldest sister (older in gyan than the Didis who are also elder sisters)

दीदी dīdī (3)

(a form of address for) an elder sister.

दो dō (3)

Two, 2.

गिरना girnā (3)

To fall.

ज्ञान सागर gyān sāgar (3)

Sea or ocean of Gyān, sea or ocean of Knowledge.

जहाँ jahā̃ (3)

Where, wherever.

जन्मना janamnā (3)

To be born.

जानना jānnā (3)

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

ज्यादा jyādā (3)

More, -er (also used in comparatives and superlatives).
Additional; superfluous, redundant; too much, excessive.
Superfluously; excessively, &c.
Many, much, plenty.

कभी kabhī (3)

Sometime, ever.

कला kalā (3)

Art, craft, skill.
A sixteenth part (of anything).
A digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (allowing you to distinguish the phases of the moon).
(Bābā) One-sixteenth of the full spiritual light.

कल्याण kalyāṇ (3)

Welfare.

कल्याणकारी kalyāṇkārī (3)

Who makes happiness.

के निमित्त kē nimitt (3)

खुद khud (3)

Self (myself, himself, itself, &c.).
Own, private, personal.

महान्, महा mahān, mahā (3)

(prefix) Great, illustrious.
Mighty, strong, big, large, ample, excessive, grievous.
Very, extremely, very much.

पहला pahlā (3)

पहले pahlē (3)

First, first of all, in the beginning, in olden times, originally, before, beforehand.

पाना pānā (3)

पढ़ाई paṛhāī (3)

Study, education, learning.

पढ़ाना paṛhānā (3)

To teach, to instruct, to educate.

फल phal (3)

Fruit (from a tree).
(fig.) Fruit, reward, return, effect, outcome, result, consequence, product.

फिर phir (3)

Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.

प्राप्त prāpt (3)

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्रत्यक्षफल pratyakṣhaphal (3)

question (3)

Question.

रूप rūp (3)

Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.

सहयोगी sahyōgī (3)

Colleague, co-worker.
Co-operating.
Co-operative.

समाना samānā (3)

To be contained, to enter, to fit, to permeate.

समर्पण samarpaṇ (3)

Dedication, surrender.

संगमयुग saṅgamyug (3)

The age of meeting. The fifth age of the cycle allowing the transition from the Iron Age to the Golden Age. The age when human beings can know, meet, remember and learn from God to become deities and go to heaven.

सफलता saphaltā (3)

Success, achievement.

silver (3)

Silver.

स्थान sthān (3)

Place, spot, site.

स्वतंत्र svatantr (3)

'which is subject only to its own rule'. Independent, free, autonomous.

तक tak (3)

To, upto, till, until, by.

तकदीर takdīr (3)

Fate, destiny.

थोड़ा thōṛā (3)

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

trial (3)

Trial.

उतना utnā (3)

उत्साह utsāh (3)

Enthusiasm, zeal.

value (3)

Value.

याद yād (3)

Remembrance, recollection, memory.

यही yahī (3)

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

A (2)

The letter A of our alphabet; used for acronyms.
a.

आज āj (2)

Today.

आना ānā (2)

अनेक anēk (2)

'not one'. Many, several, various, much, abundant.

अष्टमी aṣhṭamī (2)

अव्यक्त avyakt (2)

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

बकरी bakrī (2)

Goat.

बांटना bāṇṭnā (2)

To divide, apportion, distribute, portion out, parcel out, divide into shares.
To dispense, dispose of, assign.
To participate, go shares in.

be (2)

To be.

भाग्य bhāgya (2)

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भारत bhārat (2)

The ancient name of India (so called because it was the patrimony of Bharat, son of Dushyant, who is said to have been the first monarch of all India)

भस्म bhasm (2)

Ash, cinders, calx.

भस्म करना bhasma karnā (2)

भविष्य bhaviṣhya (2)

Future; what has yet to be, what will be, the future.

बिना binā (2)

Without, exclusive of, wanting, except (it may often be conveniently rendered by the Eng. neg. prefixes un-, in, or by the affix -less).

बुरा burā (2)

Bad.
Wicked, evil.
Ill.
Mis-
Faulty, defective.

छोटा chhōṭā (2)

Small, little, short, young, petty, subordinate, junior, insignificant.

चीज़ chīz (2)

Thing, article, item, object; commodity; ornament.
A thing of value, a valuable, a precious thing.

डालना ḍālnā (2)

To put in, to pour, to drop, to thrust.

डर ḍar (2)

धरना dharnā (2)

To hold, to keep; to possess; to assume (as powers), to obtain; to fix, to determine (as a time); to suspend (as an undertaking); to hold (as an opinion).
To seize; to detain; to restrain; to check, to counter (a stratagem, &c.).
To place, to put; to deposit; to pawn; to stake (a wager).
To put on, to apply; to wear.
To apply (as the mind, or ear).

धरनी dharnī (2)

The earth, globe.
Earth, soil, land, ground.
A beam.

धीरे dhīrē (2)

दिल dil (2)

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिलशिकस्त dilśhikast (2)

Broken-hearted, comfortless; sorely afflicted.

direction (2)

Direction.

दोनों dōnō̃ (2)

द्वारा dvārā (2)

By, through, through the medium of, through the agency of, by means of, with.

follow (2)

Follow.

गलना galnā (2)

गंवाना ganvānā (2)

To lose, to waste, to squander.

हम ham (2)

We.
(rustic form) I.

हाथ hāth (2)

The hand, the wrist, the pulse.
Hand, member (of a work team).
A hand (at cards).
Hand, contribution (in some activity).
Handle, arm (of a chair).

हाज़िर hāzir (2)

Present, ready.

हिम्मत himmat (2)

Courage, boldness.

झंडा jhaṇḍā (2)

Flag, banner, standard, ensign.

कई kaī (2)

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

कन्या kanyā (2)

A girl, a virgin.
A daughter.
The sign Virgo.
A name of Durgā.

के पास kē pās (2)

Near to.
Belonging to (genitive marker).
To have (used with the verb hōnā to be).

के ऊपर kē ūpar (2)

On, upon.
Above.

लाभ lābh (2)

लाना lānā (2)

महादानी mahādānī (2)

Very generous, very munificent.
Very generous person, very munificent person.

मन man (2)

The instinctive mind that creates thoughts according to its desires or aversions. Faculty of human beings shared with animals and small children.
Thought in the form of desire or aversion.

मानना mānnā (2)

मात्र mātra (2)

Only, merely, barely.
Mere, bare, sheer.

मेला mēlā (2)

A large concourse of people for religious or commercial purposes, a fair.

मिलाना milānā (2)

To unite.
To compare.
To recoṉcile.
To mix, to mingle, to blend.
To join, to connect.
To harmonize, to tune.
To cause to meet, to bring together.

मुबारक mubārak (2)

Congratulations. Best wishes.

नौकरी naukrī (2)

Service, job, employment.

निमित्त nimitt (2)

Cause, reason, factor, purpose, motive.
For the sake of, on account of.
(Bābā) Instrument. He who acts for the Cause of God, in His name.

निर्बन्धन nirbandhan (2)

ओम् ōm (2)

(Hinduism) Sacred syllable symbolising God Almighty.
Sacred syllable symbolising the almighty soul in general. (Hindus confuse the soul and the Supreme Soul)
I am.
Me the soul.

पढ़ना paṛhnā (2)

To read, to study, to recite.

परतंत्र partantr (2)

Dependent, slave, subordinate(d), subjugated, heteronomous.

पीढ़ी pīṛhī (2)

Generation.

plan (2)

Plan.

प्रकार prakār (2)

Manner, way.

प्रालब्ध prālabdh (2)

Predestination, destiny, fortune, fate, lot, venture, chance.
(Bābā) Destiny resulting from actions performed in a previous birth (fruit of karma).

प्रति prati (2)

Towards.

पूछना pūchhnā (2)

To enquire, to ask, to investigate, to interrogate, to question.

पूरा pūrā (2)

Complete, all, whole, entire, full, gross, total, thorough, adequate.
Sufficiency, adequacy.

रचना rachnā (2)

रत्न ratna (2)

A gem, precious stone.
The most outstanding individual of a class.
The pupil of the eye.
(in comp.) Anything valuable or desirable, any precious thing, anything excellent or best of its kind (e.g. strī-ratn, 'a pearl of a woman').

रूहानी rūhānī (2)

Spiritual.

समान samān (2)

Equal, equivalent, similar, alike, identical, tantamount.

समाप्त samāpt (2)

Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.

समर्थ samarth (2)

Capable, competent.
Powerful.

सम्भालना sambhālnā (2)

To take care of.
To support.
To hold.
To keep in careful custody.
To manage.
To supervise.

समझाना samjhānā (2)

(Causative of samajhnā) To persuade, explain.

संग saṅg (2)

Company, association, contact.

संगठन saṅgaṭhan (2)

(The act or process of) organization (or an organised body or system or society); union, unity; consolidation.
(Bābā) Group, coming together, gathering.

शान्ति śhānti (2)

Peace, calmness, quiet, tranquillity, quietude, silence.

सन्तुष्ट santuṣhṭ (2)

Satisfied, gratified, content.

सन्तुष्टता santuṣhṭatā (2)

Complete satisfaction, contentment, gratification.

सफल saphal (2)

Successful, effective, fruitful.

सर्वशक्तिवान sarvśhaktivān (2)

Who possesses all powers, omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty.

शिकारी śhikārī (2)

A hunter.

sister (2)

स्वप्न svapn (2)

A dream.

ठीक ṭhīk (2)

Right, correct, exact, proper, true.
All right; precisely, accurately.

trustee (2)

A person who keeps and takes care of something (especially money or property) for some one else.
(Bābā) One who guards and takes care of things which he considers to belong to God and not to himself.

उतरना utarnā (2)

To get down, to alight, to go down.
To come off or decay; to be dislocated.
To land, to disembark.

विजयी vijayī (2)

Conquering, victorious, triumphant.
A conqueror.

व्यर्थ vyarth (2)

Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.

युग yug (2)

An age, epoch, era, period, times.
One of the four ages-viz satyug, trētā, dvāpar, kaliyug - of the world according to Indian tradition.
(Bābā) To which is added the age of the meeting (age of confluence). The 4 previous ages being of equal duration, i.e. 1250 years.

अभिमान abhimān (1)

Pride.
Unjustifiable pride, arrogance, vanity, conceit.
The fact of considering oneself as.

अच्छा लगना achchhā lagnā (1)

To be pleasing, agreeable or palatable, to please.
To appear pretty or becoming, to look well.
To become, befit, suit; to afford pleasure.
To derive pleasure or enjoyment, to enjoy, relish; to have a good effect, prove beneficial, to benefit.

aim (1)

अकल्याण akalyāṇ (1)

An unlucky or unpropitious circumstance. Unpropitious, ominous. Disconsolate.

आकर्षण ākarṣhaṇ (1)

Attraction, charm, allurement.

अलग alag (1)

Different, separate, apart, distinct.

अम्बा ambā (1)

Mother.
The goddess Durgā (= Devī).

अनपढ़, अनपढ़ा anpaṛh, anpaṛhā (1)

Unlettered, uneducated, uninformed, illiterate.

अन्तर antar (1)

Difference.
Distance, interval, spacing, margin.
Interior, heart.

अनुभवी anubhavī (1)

Experienced, veteran, seasoned.

अनुसार anusār (1)

According to, in conformity with.

अर्थ arth (1)

Meaning.
Import, sense.
Wealth, money.
For, for the sake of.

आश, आशा āśh, āśhā (1)

Hope, expectation.
Wish, desire.

अष्ट aṣhṭ (1)

Eight, 8.

और कुछ aur kuchh (1)

औरों aurō̃ (1)

(The) others.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā (1)

Necessity, need, requirement.

B (1)

बचाना bachānā (1)

To save, to defend, to protect.
To retain (unused or unspent).
To (cause to) avoid, to (to cause to) keep away or aloof.
To cause to escape.
To spare.

बदले badlē (1)

In exchange, in return, in lieu.

बहुत bahut (1)

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā (1)

To sit, to squat, to occupy a seat, to settle, to board, to mount.

बालक bālak (1)

बाप की याद bāp kī yād (1)

Remembrance of the Father.

बढ़िया baṛhiyā (1)

बेहद का bēhad kā (1)

Limitless, unlimited, unbounded.

भागना bhāgnā (1)

To run, to run off or away, fly, flee, take flight, escape, abscond, make oneself scarce.

भाग्यवान bhāgyavān (1)

भट्ठी bhaṭṭhī (1)

Fire-place, grate, stove, oven, forge, furnace, kiln, alembic, still, washerman's boiler or copper, distillery.
(Bābā) Collective intensive meditation for a few hours (furnace).

भावना bhāvnā (1)

Sentiment, feeling, emotion.

भिन्न bhinn (1)

Divided, separated, separate.
Distinct, different, other.

बीच bīch (1)

Middle, centre.

बोलना bōlnā (1)

To speak, to utter, to pronounce.
To bid.

ब्रह्मा brahmā (1)

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ (1)

(Hinduism) The first of the four castes in traditional Hindu social hierarchy whose main duty, as prescribed, was to study, to teach, to perform yagya and to subsist through alms.
(Brahma Kumaris) The mouth born child of Brahma.

ब्राह्मण कुल brāhmaṇ kul (1)

Brāhmaṇ community or family.

बुद्धि buddhi (1)

The intelligent mind that thinks, observes its thoughts, sets a goal, imbibes knowledge or beliefs and judges what is right or not, what conforms to its purpose or not. This mind grows until an adult age.

बुलाना bulānā (1)

To call, to convene, to summon, to send for, to invite.

चाहे chāhē (1)

Either, or (usually repeated).
चाहे ... चाहे, either ... or; whether ... or.

चाहिए chāhiē (1)

Is necessary, is needful, is requisite, is proper, is right.
It behoves.
Should, ought, must (be).

चलाना chalānā (1)

centre (1)

Centre.

certificate (1)

A certificate.

छुट्टी chhuṭṭī (1)

Permission.
Leave, holiday, furlough.

circumstance (1)

Circumstance.

चित्र chitra (1)

Picture, painting, illustration, figure, photo.

clear (1)

copper (1)

Copper.

cum (1)

दादी-दीदी dādī-dīdī (1)

दाल dāl (1)

Split pea (of mūṅg, arhar, and other kinds of pulse, much used for food); split pulse; pulse, lentils, vetches.
Indian dish made from pulse.

दाना dānā (1)

Grain, corn, food.
Grain, seed, berry, chick-pea, gram.
Speck, bead, pimple, pustule.

धोखा dhōkhā (1)

Deception, deceit, fraud, cheating, guile, subterfuge. A scarecrow.

double (1)

Double.

drama (1)

Drama.
(Bābā) Film (which repeats itself identically unlike a play).
(Bābā) The Great Drama of life lasting 5000 years which revolves eternally. Human beings are the actors: souls occupying a costume or body. The sun, moon and stars are the lighting of the stage. The part of each person is inscribed in the soul and cannot be modified, which makes the Drama predestined.

दुःख duḥkh (1)

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

earth (1)

Earth.

engineer (1)

Engineer.

फ़र्क fark (1)

Difference, distinction, distance.

first (1)

First.

follow father (1)

To follow the Father (there is no article in hindi).

गलती galatī (1)

Mistake, error, fault.

गाना gānā (1)

To sing, to chant.
A song.

घटिया ghaṭiyā (1)

Inferior, of low quality or standard, cheap, shoddy.

गीता पाठशाला gītā pāṭhśhālā (1)

golden age (1)

Golden age.

golden aged (1)

Golden aged.

गृहस्थी gr̥ihasthī (1)

Domestic.
A household.
Householder.

ज्ञान gyān (1)

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हां hā̃ (1)

Yes, yea.

हर्षित harṣhit (1)

Joyous, delighted, cheerful.

हँसना hãsnā (1)

To laugh, to deride, to ridicule, to joke.

holiest (1)

Holiest.

इस समय is samay (1)

At this time, now.

जब तक jab tak (1)

As long as.
(with negation) until.

जबकि jabki (1)

जगदम्बा jagadambā (1)

'The mother of the world,' a name of Durgā or Pārvati.
(Bābā) A name given to Mama.

जगत jagat (1)

The world, universe.

जमा jamā (1)

Collected, deposited.
Deposit, credit, accumulation, sum-total.

जमाना jamānā (1)

To freeze, to solidify, to make firm, to harden, to make coagulate.
To establish, to settle.
To make sit for a long time.
To fix.
To make take root.
To make effective.

जमना jamnā (1)

To freeze, to solidify, to become firm or hard, to clot.
To be established, to be settled, to settle, to have a prolonged sitting, to sit for long, to be fixed, to take root.
To be effective.

जड़ित jaṛit (1)

Set (with jewels), studded, jewelled, bedecked.

जिम्मेवार jimmēvār (1)

जिस समय jis samay (1)

जोड़ी joṛī (1)

जोड़ना jōṛnā (1)

To add, to sum up.
To link, to unite, to connect, to attach, to bind.
To collect, to accumulate, to assemble.
To weld.
To cement.
To set (a bone etc.).
To save up.

कहाँ kahā̃ (1)

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कलम kalam (1)

कल्प kalp (1)

(Hinduism) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created, degrades and is annihilated during the kalpānta.
(Hinduism) Cosmological period of one day (half-day) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 1000 great eras [mahāyuga] (approximately 4.32 billion years); each kalpa consists of 14 eras of Manu [manvantara].
(Bābā) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created in its state of maximum purity, degrades and is then destroyed and recreated (transformation and not annihilation).
(Bābā) cosmological period of one day (paradise for 2500 years) and one night (hell for 2500 years) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 5000 years.

कम kam (1)

Less (also used in comparisons).
Little, few, scanty, short, small, deficient.
Rarely, seldom.

काम kām (1)

Work, task, job, employment, performance, function.

काम kām (1)

Passion, lust.
Desire.

कमाना kamānā (1)

To earn, to acquire, to get.
To accumulate, to save.

कमी kamī (1)

काँध kāndh (1)

Shoulder.
(Bābā) Head.

कण्ठ kaṇṭh (1)

Neck, throat, bosom, windpipe, larynx, Adam's apple.
The voice.
Committed to memory, ready to be repeated, by heart, by rote.

कराना karānā (1)

To cause to be done, cause to be made; to actuate, effect, make; to perform (sacrifice, etc.), to assist.

कर्म karm (1)

Action (with its fruit, and implications of merit); an act, deed.
(moral) duty or obligation.
A religious observance, action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, funeral obsequies).
Fate (as the consequence of previous acts); fortune, lot.
Result, effect.

कर्मयोग karmyōg (1)

Karma Yoga. The yoga while performing actions. People think that Karma Yoga means just performing selfless, charitable actions and leading a pious way of life.
(Bābā) Baba has explained that Karma Yoga is the yoga (remembrance of God) while performing karmas (actions). It is the yoga that transforms our actions.

कर्मयोगी karmyōgī (1)

Yōgī in action. One who remembers God while acting.

कौन kaun (1)

interrogative pronoun. Who

कौन सा kaun sā (1)

Interrogative adjective and pronoun : which.

के आगे kē āgē (1)

In front of, ahead of, before.

के बाद kē bād (1)

After.

के बजाए kē bajāē (1)

In place of, in lieu of, instead of.

के प्रति kē prati (1)

Towards.

के साथ kē sāth (1)

With, along with, in the company of, in company with, in connection with.
We will replace kē with a possessive pronoun mērē (mine), tērē (yours), etc. to say "with me", "with you".

ख kha (1)

The second consonant of the Devanagari alphabet (used in Hindi).
b. (used to number the second element of a list).

खास khās (1)

खिट khiṭ (1)

खोलना khōlnā (1)

To open, to unfold, to untie, to detach, to unravel, to unroll, to unfasten.

खुश khuśh (1)

Happy, pleased.
Good.

किसलिए kisliē (1)

कोशिश kōśhiśh (1)

Effort, endeavour.

कुछ भी kuchh bhī (1)

Anything, whatsoever, anything at all.

कुल kul (1)

A tribe, community, sect.
A family, house, lineage.

क्यों kyō̃ (1)

Why.

लगन lagan (1)

Devotion, perseverence, inclination, attachment.
An auspicious moment (for performing a ceremony).

लगाव lagāv (1)

Attachment, love, affection.

लक्ष्मी lakṣhmī (1)

(Hinduism) The goddess of wealth and spouse of Lord Vishṉū.
Prosperity, fortune.
Used deferentially for a woman as symbolising prosperity.
(Bābā) The goddess empress of the Golden Age and wife of the god emperor Nārāyaṇ. The couple is symbolized by Vishṉū who sustains the world through the cycle, especially in the golden and silver ages.

लम्बा lambā (1)

Long, lengthy, tall.

लोग log (1)

A man.
People, public.
Placed after the pronoun ham (we), tum (you or you) or āp (you) grammatically plural to remove ambiguity on the number of people (at least 2 people)

M (1)

मदद madad (1)

Help, assistance, aid, support, relief, reinforcement, hands (as labourers, masons, etc.).

मधुबन madhuban (1)

(Hinduism) 'The forest of the demon Madhu,' near the Yamuna river (where Śhatru-ghna, after killing Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Madhurā or Mathurā, the city where Kr̥iṣhṇa was born, where God was incarnated).
(Bābā) Place where the seat of the Brahma Kumaris is located where the Supreme Being has descended on numerous occasions (in the body of Brahmā, then of Dadi Gulzar).

मधुर madhur (1)

Sweet, melodious, pleasant, mellifluous.

महादान mahādān (1)

महत्व mahatva (1)

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

महावाक्य mahāvākya (1)

Great utterance, great sentence. A sentence impregnated with an expression of essential truth.
(Hinduism) Tat Tvam Asi "that you are", Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi "I am Brahman", Prajñānaṁ Brahma "Prajñāna is Brahman", Ayam Ātmā Brahma "This Self (Atman) is Brahman". These four mahāvākyas are erroneous or misinterpreted confusing the soul, the Supreme Soul and Brahman (Brahm, the element that occupies the space of the incorporeal world of souls) and thus making God omnipresent.
(Bābā) Every verse or sentence of the murlī uttered by Bābā.

मजबूरी majbūrī (1)

मालिक mālik (1)

Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.

मत mat (1)

Opinion, view. Doctrine (which contains the author's opinions).

मौज mauj (1)

Play, sport, fun, diversion; acts or sights exciting merriment.
Pleasure, delight: also mirth or merriment.
A sudden fancy or freak; a mere humor or whim.
A wave, a billow.

माया māyā (1)

The Illusion of the world which makes us believe false things and distances us from the Truth taught by God. The world, nature, the universe is not in itself an illusion. It is an eternal reality as is the soul and the Supreme Soul.

mother (1)

Mother.

mould (1)

मुहब्बत muhabbat (1)

Love, affection, fondness.

मुक्त mukt (1)

Free, liberated, delivered.
In particular freed from the bonds of attachment to the world.

मुलाकात mulākāt (1)

नाम निशान nām niśhān (1)

नमस्ते namastē (1)

नारायण nārāyaṇ (1)

(Hinduism) God, Lord Vishṉu. A name of Vishṇu (considered as the first of living beings, and the dwelling-place of mortals; or as the being who existed before all worlds, and moved on the waters of creation).
(Bābā) The first emperor of the golden age (perfect man).

निभाना nibhānā (1)

To carry on.
To pull on, to accommodate.
To fulfil.
To accomplish.
To perform.
To maintain.

नीचे आना nīchē ānā (1)

निकलना nikalnā (1)

To come out, to get out, to emerge, to rise, to ooze out, to proceed, to emanate, to appear, to be extracted, to be deduced, to be solved, to issue or be issued, to be published, to slink away.

निकालना nikālnā (1)

निर्विघ्न nirvighna (1)

Unobstructed, uninterrupted, untroubled, secure from impediments.
Unobstructedly, freely, securely.

number one (1)

Number one.

offer (1)

Offer.

order (1)

Order.

पद्मापद्म padmāpadma (1)

Quadrillions of times, thousands of millions of millions of times, multiplied by thousands of millions of millions.

पकड़ना pakaṛnā (1)

पाण्डव pāṇḍav (1)

(Hinduism) One of the five valiant sons of King Pāṇḍu, and the heroes of the Mahābhārat (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva).
(Bābā) Brother.
(Bābā) Spiritual guide showing all the souls the true path.
(Bābā) The Pandavas, those who have love for God in their intellect; Brahmins of the Confluence age.

पंख paṅkh (1)

Feather.
Wing, pinion.

परिचय parichay (1)

Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity.

परतंत्रता partantratā (1)

Dependence, slavery, subordination, subjugation, heteronomy.

पसन्द pasand (1)

Liking, choice, taste, preference.
Approval.
Approved, liked.

पवित्र pavitr (1)

Holy, sacred, pure.

फँसना phansnā (1)

To be entrapped, to be ensnared, to be baited, to be caught in a trick.
To be emboroiled, to be implicated, to be involved.

फिर भी phir bhī (1)

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

पीना pīnā (1)

To drink, to swill, to sip.
To smoke (as cigarette).
To conceal a secret, to absorb, to suppress (as anger).

practice (1)

Practice.

प्राण prāṇ (1)

Life.
Vital breath, vital air.
Vitality.
Soul, spirit.
Sweetheart.
(in Gram.) Aspiration in the articulation of letters.

प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣh (1)

Visible, perceptible, clear, evident, vivid, real, actual, express, explicit.
Direct, immediate; personal (as acquaintance).
Visible reality, actuality.

प्यारा pyārā (1)

Dear, beloved, loved.
Pleasing, lovely.
A dear one, beloved.

रहाना rahānā (1)

To make stay, to make remain.

राम rām (1)

Charming (God’s title).
(Hinduism) Ramchandra-the greatest of the ancient Indian kings of Solar dynasty and the hero of the great Indian epic—Ra:ma:yāṉ; God, an incarnation of Vishṉū.
(Bābā) The name of the first king of silver age.
(Bābā) A character from the Ramayana considered as an incarnation of God and symbolizing the forces of Good.

रावण rāvaṇ (1)

The king of ancient Ceylon (Laṅkā) who kidnapped Rām's queen consort Sītā and later fought him and was killed, villain of the great epic Rāmāyaṇ.
A demonic person.
(Bābā) Ravan, a ten-headed demon-king, the ruler of Lanka. Symbolic of five vices in males and five vices in females.

राज़ी rāzī (1)

Pleased, well-pleased, content, contented, satisfied, agreed, willing, acquiescent.
Regarding with good will or favour, liking, approving.
(colloq.) Well, in good health.

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रीति rīti (1)

Method, manner, mode.
Custom, way, practice, vogue.
Tradition.
Style.

रूकावट rūkāvaṭ (1)

Hurdle, obstacle, hindrance, barricade, blockade, bar, resistance.

सब कुछ sab kuchh (1)

Everything, all.

सबका sabkā (1)

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबसे sabsē (1)

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सदाकाल sadākāl (1)

साधन sādhan (1)

The act of accomplishing, or achieving, processing.
An accomplishment, achievement, solution, realization.
Means, medium; expedient.
Appliance(s), equipment, device, an implement.
Resource(s).
(bābā) Material things, comforts, facilities.

safe (1)

Safe.

सहज sahaj (1)

Easy, simple.
Spontaneous, straightforward, ingenuous.
Innate, natural, congenital.

साकार, साकारी sākār, sākārī (1)

Formal, having a form.
Concrete, real, visible.
Incarnate.
(Bābā) Corporeal, which has a physical, material form.

शक्तिशाली śhaktiśhālī (1)

Who possesses power or strength, powerful, strong.

समाप्त करना samāpt karnā (1)

समर्पित samarpit (1)

समीप samīp (1)

Near (in place or time), beside, proximate, close by, at hand.

शान śhān (1)

Magnificence, splendour, grandeur.

संगमयुगी saṅgamyugī (1)

संस्कार saṅskār (1)

Perfecting, finishing; refining; adorning.
An inborn power or faculty; instinct.
Influence, impress (of nurture).
A concept, idea.
(Hinduism) Any of various essential sanctifying or purificatory rites (as the first taking of solid food, investiture with the sacred thread, marriage and funeral rites).
(Bābā) Impression or imprint of the state of mind. There are the innate saṅskār, inherent to the soul and the acquired saṅskār. When the soul does an action, an acquired saṅskār is formed. This saṅskār then incites us to the same action (with the same state of mind) in similar circumstances for example. Character traits are saṅskār. These saṅskār are part of the soul and not the body as many believe. They therefore accumulate over several lives.

सारा sārā (1)

All, the whole, whole, entire, complete, universal.

सरस्वती sarasvatī (1)

(Hinduism) The wife of Brahmā, the goddess of speech and eloquence, the patroness of music and the arts, and the inventress of the Sanskrit language and the Devanāgarī character.
(Bābā) Goddess of knowledge. Mama is named Jagadamba Saraswati (World Mother) by Shiv Baba.
The river Sarsūtī (it rises in the mountains bounding the north-east part of the province of Dehlī, and, running in a south-westerly direction, becomes lost in the sands of the great desert; according to the Hindūs, however, the river only disappears in this place, and, continuing its course underground, joins the Ganges and Jamna at the junction at Allahabad)
A river (generally).
Speech, eloquence.
An excellent woman, an eloquent or an inventive woman.
A name of Durgā.
A cow.

साथ sāth (1)

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथ-साथ sāth-sāth (1)

सौदा saudā (1)

Bargain, transaction.
Negotiation.
Goods, commodity.

second (1)

Second.

सेना sēnā (1)

Army, the military.

service (1)

Service.

सीता sītā (1)

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).

शिव śhiv (1)

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.