The Upanishads Glossary

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Vast

Extensive; immense

Discursive

A style of writing is fluent

Meditation

The action of thinking deeply

Dwell

To think over

Absorption

To be engrossed in thought of something

Perishable

Likely to decay

Inexplicable

Unable to explain it

Heritage

Inheritance; birthright

Significance

Important

Trajectory

The course or route of something

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