--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" <raviyogi@...> wrote:
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> Are you translating Bhoga-saadhana as "experiences"?
No, just 'bhoga'...
Bhoga means -
> worldly, materialistic; saadhana - here would be indulgence. So just
> translating it as experiences doesn't seem to do justice to this word.
> All materialistic indulgences or attaching to the outer experiences, the
> outer world that is in a constant flux, the maaya.
Here are CDSL (~ Monier-Williams) definitions of those two
words:
1 bhoga 1 m. (1. %{bhuj}) any winding or curve , coil (of a serpent)
RV. &c. &c. ; the expanded hood of a snake Hariv. Ka1m. Pan5cat. ; a partic.
kind of military array Ka1m. ; a snake Suparn2. ; the body L.
2 bhoga 2 m. (3. %{bhuj}) enjoyment , eating , feeding on RV. &c. &c.
(with Jainas `" enjoying once "' , as opp. to %{upa-bhoga} , q.v.) ; use ,
application S3Br. Gr2S3rS. &c. ; fruition , usufruct , use of a deposit &c. Mn.
Ya1jn5. ; sexual enjoyment Mn. MBh. &c. ; enjñenjoyment of the earth or of a
country i.e. rule , sway Ma1rkP. ; experiencing , feeling , perception (of
pleasure or pain) Mn. MBh. &c. ; profit , utility , advantage , pleasure ,
delight RV. &c. &c. ; any object of enjoyment (as food , a festival &c.) MBh.
R. ; possession , property , wealth , revenue Mn. MBh. &c. ; hire , wages (esp.
of prostitution) L. ; (in astron.) the passing through a constellation VarBr2S.
; the part of the ecliptic occupied by each of the 27 lunar mansions Su1ryas. ;
(in arithm.) the numerator of a fraction (?) W. ; N. of a teacher Cat. ; (%{A})
f. N. of a Sura7n3gana1 Sin6ha7s. ; n. w.r. for %{bhogya} or %{bhAgya}.
sAdhana mf(%{I} or %{A}) jn. leading straight to a goal , guiding well ,
furthering RV. ; effective , efficient , productive of (comp.) MBh. Ka1v. &c. ;
procuring Ka1v. ; conjuring up (a spirit) Katha1s. ; denoting , designating ,
expressive of (comp.) Pa1n2. Sch. ; m. N. of the author of RV. x , 157 (having
the patr. %{bhauvana}) Anukr. ; (%{A}) f. accomplishment , performance (see
%{mantra-s-}) ; propitiation , worship , adoration L. ; (%{am}) n. (ifc. f.
%{A}) , the act of mastering , overpowering , subduing Kir. Pan5cat. ;
subdueing by charms , conjuring up, summoning (spirits &c.) MBh. Katha1s. ;
subduing a disease , healing , cure Sus3r. MBh. &c. ; enforcing payment or
recovery (of a debt) Das3. ; bringing about , carrying out , accomplishment ,
fullilment , completion , perfection Nir. MBh. &c. ; establishment of a truth ,
proof. argument , demonstration Ya1jn5. Sa1h. Sarvad. ; reason or premiss (in a
syllogism , leading to a conclusion) Mudr. v , 10 ; any means of effecting or
accomplishing , any agent or instrument or implement or utensil or apparatus ,
an expedient , requisite for (gen. or comp.) Mn. R. &c. ; a means of summoning
or conjuring up a spirit (or deity) Ka1lac. ; means or materials of warfare ,
military forces , army or portion of an army (sg. and pl.) Hariv. Uttar.
Ra1jat. ; conflict , battle S3is3. ; means of correcting or punishing (as `" a
stick "' , `" rod "' &c.) TBr. Sch. ; means of enjoyment , goods , commodities
&c. R. ; efficient cause or source (in general) L. ; organ of generation (male
or female) , Sah. ; (in gram.) the sense of the instrumental or agent (as
expressed by the case of a noun , opp. to the action itself) Pat. ; preparing ,
making ready , preparation (of food , poison &c.) Katha1s. Ma1rkP. ; obtaining
, procuring , gain , acquisition Ka1v. BhP. ; finding out by calculation ,
computation Gan2it. ; fruit , result Pan5cat. ; the conjugational affix or
suffix which is placed between the root and terminations (= %{vIharaNa} q.v.)
Pa1n2. 8-4 , 30 Va1rtt. 1 ; (only L. `" matter , material , substance ,
ingredient , drug , medicine ; good works , penance , self-mortification ,
attainment of beatitude ; conciliation , propitiation , worship ; killing ,
destroying ; killing metals , depriving them by oxydation &c. of their metallic
properties [esp. said of mercury] ; burning on a funeral pile , obsequies ;
setting out , proceeding , going ; going quickly ; going after , following.).
