GLOSSARY
Baggi.................a horse drawn carriage(coach)
Beedi.................a cheap Indian cigar made with leaf and tobacco
Brhmachari Baba......celibate saint
Chabutra.............platform
Dargah...............shrine of interment, mausoleum
Darshan.............1). a vision of divine form involving an expansion or extention of one's level
..........................of consciousness resulting in the functioning of supra-sensory perception.
.........................2). to-go, meet and workshop a holy saint with devotion and faith.
......................... The devotee receives the invaluable blessings from the saint according to
..........................his devotion.
Dervish.............. muslim mystic
Fakir.................. mendicant, Vairagi
Guru...................Spiritual guide; In Islam pir
Hall.................... Spiritual ecatasy, Wajd
Haaz.................. piligrimage to Mecca during Ramzan
Hakeem.............. Unani doctor
Jubha.................. long shirt
Kmandal.............. a sadhu's water-vessel
Laddu..................a ball of sweet
Leela................... divine play
lungi.................... a wrapper round the lower parts of the body
Maghrib................ evening
Mahatmas............. divine souls
Mandap................ Hindu place of worship, temple
Mandir................. Temple
Margosa.............. neem ( neem tree )
Muazzana........... spiritual practices
Mureeds............. disciples
Namaz............... Muslim prayer
Pagalkhana........ asylum
Peda, Jalebi....... Indian sweets
Pehalwan.......... wrestler
Pir.................... Spiritual guide
Prasad............. consecrated food, a token of blessing
Puja................ worship with flowers, sandal paste etc.,
Quwwali.......... sufistic devotional song
Ramzan.......... sacred month of Islamic fasting
Roti................ Indian chapati/bread
Sadguru.......... Perfect Master
Sadhu............. a Hindu sage
Samadhi......... death , ecstasy, total annihilation of senses, Hall
Santhras........ a variety of oranges
Shehan Shah... king of kings
Tobait............. initiation ( deeksha )
The Bhagvad Gita .... Holy book of the Hindus
Vedanta.................. a system of Hindu philosophy
Virakti..................... dejection