Glossary
Sanskrit terms from the Bhagavad Gita and related texts, with a plain meaning for each.
- AdhikaraadhikāraAdhikāra means claim, charge, or rightful scope: the field that is yours to stand in and act on. The Bhagavad Gita…
- DharmadharmaDharma in the Bhagavad Gita is right order and the duty that order asks of a person. The word shifts as the dialogue…
- Karma YogakarmayogaKarma yoga means the discipline of action: doing your work with the senses held in check and without attachment. The…
- Nishkama Karmaniṣkāma karmaNiṣkāma karma means action done without desire for its fruit. The phrase itself never appears in the Bhagavad Gita…
- SthitaprajnasthitaprajñaSthitaprajña means a person whose wisdom (prajñā) stands steady (sthita). Arjuna asks about this person in Bhagavad…
- YogayogaYoga comes from the root yuj, to yoke. Here it names a yoked, steadied mind and the discipline that produces it…
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