Hinduism Glossary of terms - (T)
| Tamas | One fo the constituents of Prakrti- the principle of inertia and delusion. |
| Tantrika | follower of Tantra; pertaining to Tantra. |
| Tanmatra | Lit. that only; the primary elements of perception; the general elements of the particulars of sense-perception, viz. sabda, sparsa, rupa, rasa, gandha |
| Tantra | A scripture in general; Science of the cosmic spiritual forces, revealed work. |
| Tanu | Animal Body. |
| Tanuta | becoming gradually less; reduction; a state of subtleness. |
| Tapas | Sariya, Kriya and Yoga ; Religious and ascetic practices ; Devotion. |
| Tapoloka | Heavens ; conditions or states of the Souls undergoing rest after death, the condition being pleasurable. |
| Tarka sastra | Logic and dialectics |
| Tatparam | Supreme Lord ; Lord of all. |
| Tattva | fact, philosophy ; Thatnesss; principle; reality; the very being of a thing; |
| Tattva-traya | The three tattvas, viz; Nara, Sakti and Siva or Atma, Vidya and Siva |
| Tatpurusa | One of the five aspects of Siva |
| Tatvas | Component parts of the body and Soul. |
| TEgAnmavAdi | Materialist ; those who deny the existence of a mind and Soul. |
| thamiz | One of the very old language spoken in the southern most state of India, called Tamilnadu |
| thirumuRai | The hymns composed by the famous thamiz shaivite devotees during the first millenium. Highly adored text of thamiz shaivites |
| Thuriya avastha | State of the Soul breathing in bodies, in which consciousness is not yet developed. |
| Thripadartha | The three entities, postulated by Saivas,and Vaishnavas. |
| tIrtha | holy water |
| Tirodhana sakti | Power that obscures Reality |
| Trika | The system of philosophy of the tirad- Nara, Sakti and Siva or (1) Para,, the highest, concerned with identity (2) parapara, identity in difference, and (3) apara, difference and sense of difference. |
| Trika (para) | Prakasa, Vimarsa and their samarasya |
| Trika (parapara) | Iccha, Jnana and Kriya |
| trimUrti | The Hindu holy trinity - brahma, viShNu, rudra - involved in creation, sustainance and destruction |
| trishUla | trident |
| Turiya or Turya | The fourth state of consciousness beyond the states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep and stringing together all the states; the Metaphysical Consciousness distinct from the psychological or empirical self; the Saksi or witnessing consciousness; the transcendental Self. |
| Thunai kArana or Sahakari kArana | Instrumental cause. |
| Turyatita | The state of consciousness transcending the turiya, the state in which the distinction of the three, viz; waking, dreaming and deep sleep states is annulled; that pure blissful consciousness in which there is no sense of difference, in which the entire universe appears as the Self. |
| Thuriyathithum | The state of the Soul in its original, unevolved and undeveloped state. |
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