ananda (ānanda)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: “bliss, beatitude, joy”

Long Description: “bliss, beatitude, joy”; one of the three essential aspects of Apara-Brahma, together with sat, “being,” and chit, “consciousness.”

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger