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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