Sanskrit Test 4

Test your knowledge of Yoga words in Sanskrit.

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Click one or more selections below to view the correct answer(s).

purusha

(a) man -correct-

(b) woman incorrect

(c) Spirit -correct-

âtman

(a) oneself -correct-

(b) self/ego -correct-

(c) transcendental Self -correct-

(d) Spirit -correct-

brahman

(a) transcendental Reality -correct-

(b) inner Self incorrect

(c) inner growth incorrect

(d) prayerful meditation -correct-

îshvara

(a) ruler -correct-

(b) God -correct-

(c) Spirit incorrect

ishta-devatâ

(a) Creator incorrect

(b) same as brahman incorrect

(c) name for Shiva incorrect

(d) chosen deity -correct-

shakti

(a) serpent power incorrect

(b) capacity -correct-

(c) transcendental Power -correct-

tattva

(a) truth incorrect

(b) reality -correct-

(c) principle of existence -correct-

(d) thatness -correct-

kaivalya

(a) aloneness -correct-

(b) liberation -correct-

(c) confinement incorrect

abhyâsa

(a) repetition -correct-

(b) exercise -correct-

(c) practice -correct-

vairâgya

(a) abandonment incorrect

(b) dispassion -correct-

(c) inwardness incorrect

râga

(a) king incorrect

(b) attachment -correct-

(c) passion -correct-

(d) nonattachment incorrect

dvesha

(a) aversion -correct-

(b) nonattachment incorrect

(c) hatred -correct-

(d) enmity incorrect

(e) malice -correct-

krodha

(a) willfulness incorrect

(b) anger -correct-

(c) wrath -correct-

(d) envy incorrect

moha

(a) illusion incorrect

(b) delusion -correct-

(c) bewilderment -correct-

(d) foolishness -correct-

avidyâ

(a) ignorance -correct-

(b) wisdom incorrect

(c) self-delusion incorrect

abhinivesha

(a) longevity incorrect

(b) greed incorrect

(c) will to live -correct-

(d) survival instinct -correct-

lobha

(a) attraction incorrect

(b) avarice -correct-

(c) miserliness incorrect

asmitâ

(a) transcendental Spirit incorrect

(b) "I-am-ness" -correct-

(c) "I am That" incorrect

(d) ego -correct-

sukha

(a) pleasure -correct-

(b) bliss incorrect

(c) ease -correct-

(d) ecstasy incorrect

duhkha

(a) pain -correct-

(b) poverty incorrect

(c) suffering -correct-