Universal Monas, the universal spirit. 
     Upadana Karnam, the material cause of an effect. 
     Upadhis, bases. 
     Upamiti, analogy. 
     Upanayana, investiture with the Brahmanical thread. 
     Upanishads, Brahmanical Scriptures appended to the Vedas,
containing the esoteric doctrine of the Brahmans. 
     Upanita, one who is invested with the Brahmanical thread
(lit. “brought to a spiritual teacher"). 
     Uparati, absence of out-going desires. 
     Urvanem, spiritual ego; sixth principle. 
     Ushtanas, vital force; second principle.

     Vach, speech; the Logos; the mystic Word. 
     Vaishyas, cattle breeders artisans; the third caste among
the Hindus. 
     Vakya Sanyama, control over speech. 
     Varuna or Pracheta, the Neptune of India. 
     Vasishta, a great Indian sage, one of those to whom the Rig
Veda was revealed in part. 
     Vata, air. 
     Vayu, the wind. 
     Vayu Puranas, one of the Puranas. 
     Vedantists, followers of the Vedanta School of Philosophy,
which is divided into two branches, monists and dualists. 
     Vedas, the most authoritative of the Hindu Scriptures.  The
four oldest sacred books—­Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva—­revealed to the Rishis by Brahma. 
     Vedic, pertaining to the Vedas. 
     Vidya, secret knowledge. 
     Vija, the primitive germ which expands into the universe. 
     Vijnana-maya-kosha, the sheath of knowledge; the fourth
sheath of the divine monad; the fifth principle in man
(Vedanta). 
     Viraj, the material universe. 
     Vishnu, the second member of the Hindu trinity; the
principle of preservation. 
     Vishnuite or Vishuvite, a worshiper of Vishnu, the name of a
sect among the Hindus. 
     Vrishalas, Outcasts. 
     Vyasa, the celebrated Rishi, who collected and arranged the
Vedas in their present form. 
     Vyavaharika, objective existence; practical.

     Yajna Sutra, the name of the Brahmanical thread. 
     Yama, law, the god of death. 
     Yashts, the Parsi prayer-books. 
     Yasna, religious book of the Parsis. 
     Yasodhara, the wife of Buddha. 
     Yavanacharya, the name given to Pythagoras in the Indian
books. 
     Yavanas, the generic name given by the Brahmanas to younger
peoples. 
     Yoga Sutras, a treatise on Yoga philosophy by Patanjali. 
     Yog Vidya, the science of Yoga; the practical method of
uniting one’s own spirit with the universal spirit. 
     Yogis, mystics, who develop themselves according to the
system of Patanjali’s “Yoga Philosophy.” 
     Yudhishthira, the eldest of the five brothers, called
Pandavas, whose exploits are celebrated in the great Sanskrit epic “Mahabharata.”

     Zend, the sacred language of ancient Persia. 
     Zhing, subtle matter; Kama Rupa, or fourth principle
(Chinese). 
     Zoroaster, the prophet of the Parsis.