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Across 5. The "innermost chamber," sanctum sanctorum, of a Hindu temple, where the primary murti is installed. 6. (Shum) The state of awareness being aware of itself. 7. "Cherished or chosen Deity." 8. "Veda of verse'' The first and oldest of the four Veda corpora of revealed scriptures 11. (Shum) No awareness, state beyond that of singular awareness. 12. "Service to the guru." 15. The "sacred thread" received by a youth at the upanayana samskara 16. "Consciousness," or "awareness." 17. "Abode of snow." 18. "Eon," "age." A time span, from tens of thousands to one million years, 19. "Goddess." A name of Shakti, used especially in Shaktism 20. A term coined in 1969 by Mircea Eliade to contrast the Eastern view of bliss as "standing inside oneself"

Down 1. "Ascending breath 2. "The elevated one" sits with one of His shaktis on His left knee. 3. "Swan;" 4. "Meditation." 9. A fee or honorarium given to a priest at the completion of any rite 10. "Householder." Family man or woman. 13. Dhupa. Substance that gives off pleasant aromas when burned 14. One who performs tapas or is in the state of tapas