HONR 101 Final Exam Vocab List

Sura

chapter

Aya

verse / “sign”

Toba

to turn away / repentance

Prostrate

bow down

Arrogance

refusal to submit; defense mechanism against inferiority

Islamic prophet

one who warns/calls people to God

Islamic messenger

one who receives scripture

Jinn

beings of fire, emotional, can disobey

Angels

beings of light, rational, cannot disobey

Gabriel

angel of revelation

Iblis

the one who refused to bow

Heart

realm of yearning

Mind

realm of intention

Body

realm of action

Hermeneutic

interpretive method

Sankhya (Samkhya)

non-theistic, dualistic system about classifying nature

Vedānta

monistic, concerned with rituals & Brahman

Buddhism

non-self, non-dualistic

Moksha

liberation from samsara

Brahman

universal, eternal, unchanging reality

Atman

soul, eternal self

Dharma

cosmic/social duty

Svadharma

your specific duty

Adharma

chaos, lack of order

Kuladharma

family duty

Kshatriya

warrior caste

Buddhi

insight / intellect

Prakriti

nature, forces of nature, field

Purusha

pure spirit / knower of the field

Samsara

cycle of rebirth

Samskara

karmic imprint

Maya

illusion / misperception

Yoga

even-minded discipline

Jnana Yoga

knowledge

Karma Yoga

action

Bhakti Yoga

devotion

Yogi

practitioner

Sattva

clarity / harmony

Rajas

passion / restlessness

Tamas

inertia / ignorance

unmanifest world

eternal, undifferentiated, non-material potential

Yajna

sacrifice

OM / AUM

primordial sound of the universe

manifest world

physical, material world

Theophany

divine appearance, visions

Vishwaroop Darshan

divine eye

Elenchus

Socratic refutation

Dialectic

rebuilding understanding

Aporia

puzzlement / confusion

Eidos

form / essence

Epistemology

study of knowledge

Hosion

piety, holiness

Piety

Holiness

Impiety

irreverence; charge against Socrates

Daimonion

spiritual sign

Daimonia

offspring of gods

Apologia

defense speech

Gadfly

annoying, provoking presence; Socrates’ role in Athens

Sophists

teachers of virtue

Fortuna

fate

Carnivalesque

inversion of social order

Cyclicism

structural repetition

Pedal point

long sustained note

Wasf

body-description poetry

Epithumia

longing / desire / lust

Mimetic desire

desire shaped by others

Sefirot

the way God interacts with the world; divine allegory; emanations from God

Verset

small poetic unit

Martus

witness

Marturia

bearing witness

Christomimesis

imitating Christ

Catechumen

unbaptized convert preparing for baptism

Monophonic melodies

single melodic line

Drone

one constant note held underneath the melody

Conventus

come together

Monastus

to live alone

Ordo Virtutum

Divine Order of Virtues