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ALL ABOUT YOGA FROM 'B'

Bahiranga (बहिरंग)- external

Baahya (बाह्य)- outer

Bala (बल)- physical strength

Bandha (बंध)- lock

Basti (बस्ती)- yogic enema / third shatkarma

Bhakta (भक्त)- devotee

Bhakti (भक्ति)- devotion

Bhaaram (भारं)- gravitation

Bhaarat (भारत)- India

Bhaashya (भाष्य)- commentary

Bhalabhaati (भलभाती)- kapalbhati in Gheranda Samhita

Bhava (भव)- existence / in a state of being

Bhaavanaa (भावना)- feeling/understanding

Bhaavanaarthah (भावनार्थः)- contemplating with meaning and feeling

Bhedah (भेदः)- division

Bhedaat (भेदात)- being different

Bheema (भीम)- hero of mahabharata / brother of Arjuna

Bhoga (भोग)- enjoyment/pleasure

Bhogaasana (भोगासन)- asana of pleasure

Bhraanti darshana (भ्रान्ति दर्शन)- delusion / false idea

Bhrashta (भ्रष्ट)- fallen down / fallen out

Bhu (भू)- being / becoming / land / ground

Bhuloka (भूलोक)- earth / the terrestrial world

Bhumishu (भूमिषु)- degree / stage

Bhuta (भूत)- living being

Bhutatvaat (भूतत्वात)- in life

Bhutendriyeshu (भूतेन्द्रियेषु)- sense of perception / organ of action

Bhuvarloka (भुवर्लोक)- the space between earth and heaven / aerial region

Bija (बीज)- seed / source / origin

Bimba- pratibimba vaada (बिम्ब प्रतिबिम्ब वाड़ा)- exposition of double reflection

Brahma (ब्रह्मा)- the creator / first deity of hindu triad

Brahmachaari (ब्रह्मचारी)- celibate

Brahmacharya (ब्रह्मचर्य)- celibacy

Brahmacharyaashram (ब्रह्मचर्याश्रम)- first of the four stages of life/ studentship

Brahmajnana (ब्रह्मज्ञान)- the highest knowledge / the realization of the supreme

Brahmakapaala (ब्रह्मकपाल)- thousand petalled chakra / energy center / intelligence of the head

Brahman (ब्रह्मण)- universal soul

Braahmana (ब्राह्मण)- the priest class / one who realises the self

Brahma sutra (ब्रह्म सूत्र)- treatise on the knowledge of the self

Brahmavarishta (ब्रह्मवरिष्ट)- living in the vision of the soul

Brahmavid varishta (ब्रह्मविद वरिष्ट)- vision of the soul / beyond words

Brahmendra swami (ब्रह्मेन्द्र स्वामी)- Guru of Bairao 1 of Maharashtra, one who used to sit on palm leaf to float on water

Brhaspati (बृहस्पति)- lord of heavens / preceptor of indra

Buddha (बुद्ध)- founder of buddhism

Buddhi (बुद्धि)- intelligence

Buddhi buddheh (बुद्धि बुद्धेः)- cognition of cognitions

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