A Yoga Dictionary of Basic Sanskrit Terms | 
 enlarge | Author: Goswami Kriyananda
Publisher: Temple of Kriya Yoga
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 215782
Media: Paperback
Pages: 112
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0929522028
EAN: 9780929522029
ASIN: 0929522028
Publication Date: February 1, 1996
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Product Description
In this Yoga Dictionary of Basic Sanskrit Terms, Goswmi Kriyananda has taken a further step to include some major English mystical terms. He feels this basic dictionary will help the student to gain a deeper understanding of yoga, meeting the needs of the contemporary student as well as being helpful to the general reader of yoga literature. He has taken the liberty of dividing the sanskrit terms to make it easier for the student to pronounce them.
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Superb, lucid sketch of yogic terminology April 22, 2000
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
Do you think that a "dictionary" of Sanskrit must needs be a heavy and scholarly read? I thought so too, but I was so, so wrong! This brief exegesis of Hindu spiritual terminology--focusing on the language of Yoga-Sankhya-Vedanta--is a light, easy, and incredibly informative read. (You will find there is no Devanagari script here--the words are all transliterated phonetically into English. The emphasis is not on linguistics but on understanding the concepts behind the words.) When I dipped in, I found it was so alluring, that I promptly read it straight through from cover to cover, and that with casual ease over a few days. This is the first time I have **ever** found a "reference" book on any subject that could be read consecutively from beginning to end, and that most advantageously. Not only that, but the concepts, which could easily be buried under a veil of occultic-cum-spiritual jargon, or layers of linguistic niceties are, on the contrary, rendered with the most dazzling simplicity and clarity, in a way directly accessible to an intelligent, modern seeker. The author seems to possess not only a deep mastery of the range of Hindu spiritual thought pertaining to Yoga, but a gift of rendering it as clear as day for others. Reading this book was as pleasant as taking a walk in the park on a fresh Spring day. An amazing small gem of a book!
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