Mantra : a sacred incantation meant for recitation and meditation
Mukti : emancipation
Navajivan : literally new life; name of a weekly journal in Gujarati edited by Mahatma Gandhi
Neti, Neti : not this, not this
Nirvana : extinction
Panchama : a fifth-caste man, an outcaste
Pan : a kind of leaf chewed with lime and betel nut
Pardanashin : sitting behind a purdah (veil), veiled
Puma Swaraj : complete independence
Raj : a kingdom
Rishi : a seer
Salaam : a salute
Sanatani : orthodox
Sangha : a commune, an association
Sarkari : governmental
Sat, Satya : Truth
Satyagraha : clinging to truth; civil or non-violent disobedience or resistance
Satyagrahashram : Ashram founded by Gandhi at Ahmedabad in 1915
Satyagrahi : a follower of Satyagraha
Savarna : belonging to one of the four castes
Sena : an army
Shastra : a scripture
Shethia : a merchant, a wealthy man
Shraddha : ceremony in honour of departed spirits of dead relatives
Swadeshi : of indigenous or native make; the principle of using goods made locally or in one's own country
Swaraj : self-government, home-rule
Tahsil : a district
Takli : a wooden or metal device for spinning
Talati : a village revenue officer
Tapa, Tapasya : penance, religious austerity
Thana : a police station
Tonga : horse-carriage
Vairagya : aversion or indifference to worldly interests, desirelessness
Varnashrama : the four castes and stages in life
Yajna : a sacrifice.
Young India : name of a weekly journal in English edited by Gandhi
Zoolum : oppression
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Publication Information: Book Title: Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha). Contributors: M. K. Gandhi - author. Publisher: Schocken Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1961. Page Number: viii.
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