Glossary

Baggi.................a horse drawn carriage(coach)

Beedi.................a cheap Indian cigar made with leaf and tobacco

Brahmachari Baba...celibate saint

Chabutra.............platform

Dargah...............shrine of interment, mausoleum

Darshan.............1). a vision of divine form involving an expansion or extension 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, Viragoes

Guru.................Spiritual guide; In Islam pir

Hall..................Spiritual ecstasy, Wajd

Haaz.................pilgrimage to Mecca during Ramzan

Hakeem.............Unani doctor

Jubha................long shirt

Kamandal............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