DICTIONARY OF RAMAYANA, Part 9 - W to Z

DICTIONARY OF RAMAYANA

Part  9    -   W  to  Z

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Wind  -  Forty-nine ( unchaas ) varieties , each presided over by a  distinct god- these  gods being collectively known as Marut’s-at the time of universal dissolution all these winds are at let loose by the god of destruction

 {   FORTY-NINE (Unchaas)-49 (some of them) }  Winds :Marut’s: Storms-Tornado/ Ice storm/ Fire storm/ Snow   storm/ Gale storm/ Blizzard storm/ Sand storm/ Ocean storm/ Squall storm/ Thunder storm/ Tropical cyclone/ Wind storm/ Dust devil/ Heat storm/ Salt storm/ Super storm.

Wind Deities: Auras(Vratsa)/ Ashbins/ Agni/ Abdicate/ Devas/ Indri/ Mitre/ (Varna)/ Mariachi/ Radars/ Rebus/ Sashays/ Soma/ Visedevas.}

Wine -  Was churned out of the Ocean of Milk by the joint efforts of the gods and the demons

Worship - There are sixteen equipage of worship:-                 

1.  Asana ;        2.  Padya-water for washing the feet ;     3.  Arghya-water for washing the hands with ;

4.  Snaniya-water for performing ablutions ;     5.  Vastra-raiment ;       6.  Abhushan-Ornaments ;

7.  Gandha-Sandal paste ;               8.  Pushpa-flowers ;            9.   Dhoop-burning of incense ;

10.  Dipa-Light ;                11.  Naivedya-food ;           12.  Achmanya-water for rinsing the mouth ;

13.  Tambola-betel leaves with other ingrediements for cleaning and scenting the mouth ;

14.  Stava-Path-Singing Praises ;      15.  Tarpana-water for slaking thirst ;   16.  Namaskara-Salution .

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Yagvalkya  - A sage- who told the story of Ramayana to sage  Bhardwaj.

Yamas-  Self-restraint as they are called in Yoga Philosophy  are :-

1.  Ahinsa ( Non-violence in thought, word and  Deed ) ;          2.  Satya  ( Truthfulness ) ;

3.  Brahmcharya ( Abstinence from  sexual indulgence in every form ;

4.  Aparigarh (Depriving oneself of all possessions ;          5.  Asteya ( Non-stealing ) .

Yamraj -  God of death riding on Buffalo- son of Sun.

Yamuna - A river near Delhi-Daughter of sun-Suryatanya.

Yayati -  Was cursed by Sukracharya & became old & infirm before time -A king who was given  age by his son Puru.

Yodha-  A Warrior.

Yoga –

 1. Anima-the faculty of reducing one’s body to the size of an atom ;

 2. Mahima- the power of expanding one’s body  to infinitely  large size ;

 3. Garima-the power of  becoming infinitely heavy ;

  4. Laghima-the power of  becoming infinitely light  in body

  5. Prapti-unrestricted access to all places. ;    6. Prakamya-realizing whatever one deserves ;

  7. Isitva-absolute Lordship ;          8. Vastiva-subjugating all .

                    

Yogini-   A class of female attendants of Lord Shiva or Goddess  Durga who are generally believed to be  Sixty-four in number .

Yojan- Eight square miles.

Yug - An age -there are four Yugas-differ in duration:

  Satyug consists  of  17, 28,000 years………  Tretayug-consists of  12, 96,000 years

   Dvaparyug-consists  of   8, 64,000 years……. Kaliyug- - the present age -consists of   4,32, 000 years

   As the ages proceed from Sat to Kali, religion and the good qualities of man gradually decline .

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The End