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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