THE SELECTED WORKS OF MAHATMA GANDHI
Vol-5 : Voice of Truth


Voice of Truth

VOICE OF TRUTH
from
Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
Volume V

Written by : M. K. Gandhi


Table of Contents

PART I : SOME FAMOUS SPEECHES

  1. Benaras Hindu University Speech
  2. Statement in the The Great Trial of 1922
  3. On the Eve of Historic Dandi March
  4. Speech At The Round Table Conference
  5. The ‘Quit India’ Speeches
  6. Speech Before Inter-Asian Relations Conference
  7. Speech On The Eve Of The Last Fast

PART II : SELECTIONS


About This Book


Written by : M. K. Gandhi
General Editor : Shriman Narayan
First Edition :10,000 copies, February 1959
I.S.B.N :81-7229-008-X Published by : Shantilal H. Shah
Navajivan Trust,
Ahemadabad-380014
India
Printed by : N. M. Kothari at Rang Bharati,
Todi Estate,
Sun Mill Compound,
Lower Parel,
Bombay-400013
India
© Navajivan Trust, 1969


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Glossary

  • Advaita: monism; non-duality or identity of the soul with Brahman
  • Advaitism : doctrine of non-duality
  • Advaitist : a believer in non-duality
  • Ahimsa : non-violence; love
  • Ananda : Joy; bliss
  • Anekantavadi: a believer in many-sidedness of Reality
  • Aparigraha : non-possession
  • Ashrama : one of the four stages of life according to Hinduism; a hermitage; a place for disciplined community living
  • Asteya : non-stealing
  • Atman : spirit; soul
  • Avatar : incarnation
  • Bhajan : a religious song
  • Bhakti : devotion
  • Bhaktiyoga : the path of devotion
  • Bhangi : a sweeper, a scavenger
  • Brahma : the Divine Reality; the Universal Spirit
  • Brahmachari : a celibate
  • Brahmacharya: celibacy; pursuit in quest of god
  • Chapati : thin flat cake made of flour; unleavened bread
  • Charkha : a spinning wheel
  • Chit : Knowledge
  • Daridranarayan: God in the form of poor
  • Dharma : religion; Duty
  • Dvaitism : doctrine of duality
  • Ganja : narcotic from the flower of Indian hemp
  • Goonda : hooligan
  • Goondaism : hooliganism
  • Guru : a teacher, a spiritual guide
  • Harijans : literally, the people of Hari, i.e. God; the name which Gandhiji gave to untouchables
  • Hathayoga : a system of yoga in which the exercises of physical postures, poses and breathing are chiefly treated to discipline body and mind towards self-realization
  • Hijarat : exodus or going away from one’s native land
  • Himsa : violence
  • Jam-i-Jam : universal provider
  • Kalma : basic Muslim prayer
  • Kalpadruma : a tree supposed to grant all desires
  • Kamadhenu : the cow of plenty, supposed to fulfill all desires
  • Kanyadana : giving away of daughter in marriage
  • Karma : action
  • Khaddar, Khadi: hand-spun and hand-woven cloth
  • Kisan : peasant
  • Mahatma : a great soul
  • Mantra : a sacred formula, a sacred text used for repetition and meditation, a sacred incantation
  • Moksha: salvation; freedom from birth and death
  • Mukti: salvation
  • Namaz : Muslim prayer
  • Neti, Neti : not this, not this
  • Nirvana : state of salvation, i.e., of absolute bliss & calm according to Buddihist thought
  • Niyamas : rules; observances
  • Pancha: arbitrator
  • Panchama : one belonging to fifth caste, an outcaste
  • Panchayat : village council consisting of five persons elected by the people
  • Panchayat Raj: administration through Panchayat, i.e. the people
  • Pariah : an outcaste
  • Purna Swaraj : complete independence
  • Raj : kingdom ; administration
  • Ramanama : name of Rama—incarnation of God in Hindu religion, recitation of God’s name
  • Rama Raj : Kingdom of Rama, beneficent rule
  • Rishi : a seer
  • Sadavrata : a place where free meals are served
  • Sadhana : striving; practice, persistent effort
  • Samadhi : state of ecstasy
  • Sat : truth; that which exists
  • Satya : truth
  • Satyagraha : literally, holding on the truth; truth-force or soul-force
  • Satyagrahi : one who practices Satyagraha
  • Savarna : belonging to one of the four castes
  • Shastra : a scripture
  • Sthitaprajna : a man of steady wisdom
  • Swadeshi : literally of one’s own country; insistence on the use of goods made in one’s own country, preferably hand-made and those too of the neighbours first
  • Swaraj : self-government, home rule, independence
  • Syadvad : the doctrine of “May be” in Jaina philosophy; an assertion of probability (in philosophy)
  • Syadvadi : a believer in Syadvad
  • Tabligh: religious propaganda and conversion
  • Tapas : penance; religious austerity
  • Tapasya : austerity, penance or asceticism
  • Upanishadas : ancient philosophical writings of the Hindus
  • Vaishnava : a devotee of Vishnu
  • Varna : occupational division of Hindu society
  • Varnadharma : duty enjoined by caste rules
  • Varnashrama : four divisions of society according to occupations and of life into four stages, viz., student’s, householder’s, forest dweller’s and that of a recluse
  • Vedas: scriptures of the Hindus
  • Yajna: a sacrifice
  • Yogi: one practicing religious discipline; an ascetic
  • Zamindar : a landlord