A Vocabulary

of the

Kashmiri Language

in Two Parts

Kashmiri - English and

English - Kashmiri

by

William Jackson Elmslie MA, MD, FRCSE, ETC.

Medical Missionary to Kashmir

London Church Missionary House

Salisbury Square, Fleet Street 1872

Index

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GLOSSARY

ATMA

AVTAR

BABA.JI (K)

BADABOD (K)

BHAGWAN

BHAIRAV (K)

BHAIRA V TANTRA:

BHA.JAN

BHAKTI

BRJ\MANP

CHAKRI (K)

CHANA

CRETAN BHANDAR (K)

One's essential self: The soul.

Incarnation.

An ascetic.

Glorious Lord.

God.

Shiva.

Ancient texts preaching monistic

philosophy.

Singing of sacred songs: Communal singing

of devotional hymns.

Religious devotion as a way to salvation

Fervent devotion to God: Participation in

a devotional cult.

The Universe. In the. Govind Kaul

Kamalawati sect the middle of the three

levels of creation.

Kashmiri popular music sung with

orchestra.

Roasted gram.

Stores of Conscious Effulgence.

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CHILLUM (K)

DAKSHINA

DARSHAN

DEVI

OHARA

DHARMA

DHOONI (K)

DUHMUT (K)

DUNYADAR

FHAKA (K)

GADWA (K)

A receptacle for tobacco and live coals

for smoking.

Alms: Fees given to a priest for

performing religious rites or to a

preceptor in lieu of his teachings.

Looking at or viewing : Sight or vision:

Gazing at a holy person.

Goddess.

Current Flow.

Obligations incumbent upon a Hindu

according to his social status or the

stage of life: The basis of social order:

Duty or custom.

Sacred fire.

Sacred Pure.

Man-in-the-world.

To fast: To abstain from meals or some

specific types of food.

A small metallic (bronze or copper)

vessel in which water is kept for

drinking.

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GAYATRI MANTRA:

GRASHSTA (K)

GURU

GURU PURNIMA

GURMUKH

HARTAL

HAW AN

HIKMAT

HUB (K)

ISHT DEVI (K)

JANTHRI (K)

Ancient hymn in the Rig Veda in praise of

goddess Gayatri.

Householder.

A religious teacher or advisor: A

preceptor, especially the one who gives

initiation.

Full moon day of the lunar month of ashad

(June/July) dedicated to the worship of

guru.

One who faces the guru. In Govind Kaul­

Kamlawati sect, the guru's principle

disciple who could be the successor.

Strike Shutdown.

Fire rites: Making oblations into a

sacred fire to propitiate the gods or

as a kind of worship.

The profession of Unnani Medicine.

Love, gaiety and excitement.

The principle goddess who is worshipped

by the lineage.

Almanac.

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JIWAN MUKTA

KAL

KALIYUG

KARAM KAND

KHIR

KHRAV (K)

KHOS (K)

KUNDALINI YOGA

LILAS (K)

MAHAJAYANTI

MAHASAMADHI

MAHAYAGANA

Liberated in life i.e liberated while

existing in the human body.

Time Death. In the Govind Kaul

Kamlawati sect, it is ·the lord of death

and the dominant force in the lowest

region of cosmos.

The last and worst of the four ages

according to the Hindu scriptures, viz.,

Satya, Treta, Dwapar and Kali.

Rituals.

A sweet dish made of sugar, rice and milk.

A wooden sandle.

A bronze cup used for drinking tea.

The yoga in which the serpent power,i.e.,

the secret power at the end of the spinal

cord, is awakened.·

Devotional hymns.

Birthday celebrations of the preceptor.

The lord of death.

The death of the preceptor.

Fire rites: Same as Hawan.

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MANTRA

MATHAS

MOKSHA

MURTI

NARWAN (K)

NAVEED (K)

NlWREH (K)

NIRMAL ZAL (K)

NIVRITI

Hymn or formula used in worship and

meditation : Words or phrases which

possess sacred power: A sacred chant

given in the initiation ritual.

Shaiva learning centers of ancient

Kashmir.

Emancipation, salvation: Release of the

soul from the cycle of birth, death and

rebirth.

Material form of diety, a picture, statue

or relief image of a diety.

Red colured sacred thread, tied around

the wrist by the priest.

A sacred meal.

The New years day among Kashmiri Pandits.

The sacred water which is poured over a

diety.

The life and discipline of a· sadhu or

world renouncer to be distinguished from

the discipline of a householder: Process

of the absorption of the manifold into

its ultimate source.

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NIZAM-I-MUSTAFA

PADAK PUJA (K)

PARANTHA

PARA

PARAPARA

PASHMINA

PATHSHALA

PHERAN

PIND

PIR PARAST

PRANAYAM

PRASAD

PRATIBHIJYAN

PRAZLAN (K)

Ideal state of Islam.

Worshipping.the feet of preceptor.

Home made bread made of flour and butter.

The subjective energy of Lord Shiva.

The cognitive energy of Lord Shiva.

Fine wool for making shawls and pherans.

Sanskrit schools in ancient Kashmir.

A loose gown worn by Kashmiris.

The body : In the Govind Kaul-Kamlawati

sect, it refers to the lowest of the

three levels of cosmology.

Worshippers of saints.

Difficult yogic postures and exercise.

A gift, grace or edible stuff distributed

in small quantities after having ·been

offered to the diety.

Recognition : One of the schools of

Kashmir Shaivism.

Radiance.

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PREPUN {K)

PRAVRITI

RALIV, GAL IV, CHALIV {K)

RAMA KAVYA

RUDRA TANTRA

SADHU

SADHU BHANDAR

SAFA {K)

SUFI

SAHAJ YOGA

SANYASI

Ritual observance associated with

birthday celebrations.

The life and discipline of a householder

to be distinguished from that of a sadhu

process of unfolding the worldly

reality.

Conversion, Extinction, -Exodus.

Literature on Lord Rama.

Ancient texts propagating monistic-

dualistic philosophy.

A Hindu ascetic: one who has renounced

the world.

Serving naveed to sadhus: A practice

followed by Bhagawan Gopinath Ashram.

A turban worn by a Kashmiri Pandit.

A class of Muslim saints.

A system of Yoga in which the mind

alongwith its modifications is stilled so

that it may reflect the Reality.

A world renouncer.

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SA TSANG

SHABAD

SHAH (K)

SHAKTI

SHAIVACHARYA

SHAIVA

SHARIRA

SHOLOKAS

SHRADHA

SHIV TANTRAS

SIDHA

SIGDI

Deliver or listen to a spiritual

discourse.

A word, sound: In Govind Kaul-Kamalawati

sect. it means the current eminating from

the Supreme Being.

Breathing Life.

Energy, female creative divine

cosmic power.

A teacher of Shaivism.

Pertaining to Lord Shiva.

The body.

power:

Religious verses usually in Sanskrit.

Observance of death anniversary.

Ancient texts propagating the dualistic

philosophy.

Accomplished person who has many para

normal power achieved through the

practice of yoga.

An iron receptacle in which fire is

lighted.

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SPANDA

STUPA

SUFI ANA KALAM (K)

SURAT

TAHAR (K)

TANTRAS

TATWAS

TEEZ (K)

THAL (K)

THO.KURKUTH ( K) :

TRIKA

TRIKUTI

Viberation: One of the schools in Kashmir

Shaivism.

Buddhist monuments generally of a dome

like form.

Classical Kashmiri mus1c.

The essential self as in Govind Kaul-

Kamlawati sect.

Yellow r1ce prepared with turmeric and

butter and regarded as auspicious.

Ancient texts of Shaivist tradition.

Elements.

Effulgence.

A big metalic plate for serving food.

At home shrine.

The Philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism.

The third eye located between the outer

eyes. In Govind Kaul~Kamalawati sect

this is the seat of the Surat and the

apreture of access to high regions.

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TYOK

UPASANA

VAKHAS (K)

VAIKRAG (K)

VICHARA (K)

VIRAKHTI (K)

WANGIJWOR ( K)

YAGNOPAVIT

YOGI

ZARAM SATAM (K)

ZIKHRI HAQ (K}

ZUV (K)

A mark affixed on forehead as a part of

worship, generally made of sandle wood

paste, kumkum or saffron.

Spiritual discipline.

Spiritual sayings.

Dispassion.

Discrimination.

Detatchment.

A tenent who is not required to pay rent

to the house owner.

The Hindu sacred thread worn by twice

born male: A symbol of his initiation

into true religion.

A practitioner of Yoga.

The birthday of Lord Krishna.

The Sufi method of emitting vibrations.

Life.

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