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Chela

noun
(in the sense of claw: pl. chelae)
1.
A Hindu disciple of a swami.
2.
A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.  Synonyms: claw, nipper, pincer.






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... yoga, is the way of love and service, because service to our fellow beings, is the inevitable complement of love. Where we truly love, we gladly serve. It has been said: "The chela treads a hair-line." That is to say, the initiate must be prepared to meet defeat at every turn. Not defeat of his object of attainment, but the personal defeat that so many seek in the delusion that the world's ideal of success is the ...
— Cosmic Consciousness • Ali Nomad



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