Vedic Landscapeekaṃ sad viprā bahudhā vadanti

The glossary

Every term the landscape introduces, in alphabetical order. Each is linked to the chapter where it is born — the earliest chapter first. 15 of the 126 terms are introduced twice: those are the terms the tradition reads in more than one way.

A
adṛṣṭa02How Truth Is Known
advaita14Vedānta's Three Readings
āgama22Tantra & Āgama
agni20Yajña
agnihotra20Yajña
alaṅkāra27Arts-śāstra
antyeṣṭi21Saṃskāra
anumāna02How Truth Is Known09Nyāya
apauruṣeya03The Source08Mīmāṃsā
āraṇyaka03The Source
arthaśāstra26Arthaśāstra & Nīti
arthavāda08Mīmāṃsā
āryabhaṭa25Measure
āśrama10Dharmaśāstra
aṣṭādhyāyī06Word and Meaning
aṣṭāṅga-yoga23Yoga
āstika13One Veda, Six Readings
ātman04The Summit
avatāra19Avatāra
āyurveda24Āyurveda
B
bhagavad-gītā18Itihāsa
brahman04The Summit
brāhmaṇa03The Source
C
caraka24Āyurveda
chandas05Sound and Metre
D
darśana13One Veda, Six Readings
daśāvatāra19Avatāra
devatā17Devatā
dharma08Mīmāṃsā15Ṛta
dharmaśāstra10Dharmaśāstra
dhātu06Word and Meaning
dhyāna23Yoga
dīkṣā22Tantra & Āgama
dṛṣṭa02How Truth Is Known
dvaita14Vedānta's Three Readings
G
gaṇita25Measure
guṇa12Sāṅkhya & Yoga
guru28Gurukula
gurukula28Gurukula
I
iconography27Arts-śāstra
iṣṭa-devatā17Devatā
itihāsa11Purāṇa18Itihāsa
J
jyotiṣa07Time and Action
K
kaivalya12Sāṅkhya & Yoga
kalpa07Time and Action
karma16Karma & Saṃsāra
kauṭilya26Arthaśāstra & Nīti
L
līlā19Avatāra
M
mahābhārata18Itihāsa
mahāvākya04The Summit14Vedānta's Three Readings
mahāyajña20Yajña
mantra05Sound and Metre22Tantra & Āgama
mīmāṃsā08Mīmāṃsā
mokṣa16Karma & Saṃsāra
mūrti22Tantra & Āgama
N
nakṣatra07Time and Action
nāṭya27Arts-śāstra
nirguṇa17Devatā
nirukta06Word and Meaning
niṣkāma16Karma & Saṃsāra
nīti26Arthaśāstra & Nīti
nyāya09Nyāya
P
padārtha09Nyāya
pañca-lakṣaṇa11Purāṇa
pāṇini06Word and Meaning
paramparā28Gurukula
prakṛti12Sāṅkhya & Yoga
pramāṇa01One Reality, Many Ways of Knowing09Nyāya
prāṇāyāma23Yoga
prasthāna01One Reality, Many Ways of Knowing13One Veda, Six Readings29The Convergence
prasthāna-trayī14Vedānta's Three Readings
prātiśākhya05Sound and Metre
pratyakṣa02How Truth Is Known13One Veda, Six Readings
prayoga01One Reality, Many Ways of Knowing
punarjanma16Karma & Saṃsāra
purāṇa11Purāṇa
puruṣa12Sāṅkhya & Yoga
puruṣārtha10Dharmaśāstra
R
rājadharma26Arthaśāstra & Nīti
rāmāyaṇa18Itihāsa
rasa27Arts-śāstra
ṛta15Ṛta
S
śabda02How Truth Is Known
saguṇa17Devatā
śakti17Devatā
samādhi23Yoga
samanvaya01One Reality, Many Ways of Knowing29The Convergence
saṃhitā03The Source
saṃsāra16Karma & Saṃsāra
saṃskāra21Saṃskāra
sāṅkhya12Sāṅkhya & Yoga
saptāṅga26Arthaśāstra & Nīti
sat01One Reality, Many Ways of Knowing29The Convergence
satya15Ṛta
satyam jñānam anantam brahma04The Summit
siddhānta25Measure
śikṣā05Sound and Metre
śilpa27Arts-śāstra
śiṣya28Gurukula
smṛti10Dharmaśāstra11Purāṇa
soma20Yajña
śrauta07Time and Action
śravaṇa23Yoga
śulba07Time and Action25Measure
suśruta24Āyurveda
svara05Sound and Metre
T
tantra22Tantra & Āgama
tat tvam asi04The Summit
tithi07Time and Action
tridoṣa24Āyurveda
U
upanayana21Saṃskāra28Gurukula
upaniṣad03The Source
V
vāda09Nyāya
vaiśeṣika09Nyāya
vāk01One Reality, Many Ways of Knowing29The Convergence
varṇa10Dharmaśāstra
varuṇa15Ṛta
vāstu27Arts-śāstra
vidhi08Mīmāṃsā
viśiṣṭādvaita14Vedānta's Three Readings
vivāha21Saṃskāra
Y
yajña20Yajña
yantra22Tantra & Āgama
yāska06Word and Meaning
yoga12Sāṅkhya & Yoga
Z
zero25Measure