Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 2 Peter — English → Marathi
This glossary extends the Romans baseline Language Package for the 2 Peter curriculum. Terms already established in translation_memory.json are marked REUSED and must be rendered exactly as recorded there; no alternative renderings are permitted. Terms newly introduced by 2 Peter are marked NEW with full risk analysis. All risk tiers follow the baseline’s four-tier framework (Critical / High / Medium / Low) and routing conventions (Critical/High → human theologian review; Medium → native speaker review; Low → automated review).
Section 1: Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
| English Term | Marathi Rendering | Transliteration | Doctrine Risk | 2 Peter Refs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apostle | प्रेषित | preṣit | Medium | 1:1 | Reused exactly; Peter’s title alongside “servant.” |
| faith | विश्वास | viśvāsa | High | 1:1, 1:5 | Reused exactly; object of faith = God/Christ’s righteousness. |
| righteousness | नीतिमत्त्व | nītimattva | Critical | 1:1, 2:5, 2:21, 3:13 | Reused exactly; never धर्म. Root of नीतिमान, नीतिमत्त्वाचा मार्ग. |
| grace | कृपा | kṛpā | Critical | 1:2, 3:18 | Reused exactly. 3:18 closing charge (“grow in grace”) is a high-consistency verse. |
| peace | शांती | śāntī | Medium | 1:2 | Reused exactly. |
| glory | गौरव | gaurav | High | 1:3, 1:17 | Reused exactly; distinguish from “glories” (δόξαι) = angelic beings in 2:10, rendered separately. |
| holy | पवित्र | pavitra | High | 1:18 (holy mountain), 2:21 (holy commandment), 3:11 (holy conduct) | Reused exactly. |
| holy_spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Pavitra Ātmā | Critical | 1:21 | Reused exactly; never परमात्मा/ब्रह्म. Anchor term for inspiration doctrine. |
| law | नियमशास्त्र | niyamśāstra | High | (background term for 3:17 “lawless”) | Reused exactly as root for नियमहीन negation; never धर्म/धम्म. |
| god | परमेश्वर | Parameśvar | Critical | throughout | Reused exactly. |
| lord | प्रभू | prabhū | Critical | 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:1(as root concept), 3:8, 3:9, 3:10 (प्रभूचा दिवस), 3:15, 3:18 | Reused exactly; root of प्रभूचा दिवस (Day of the Lord). |
| jesus | येशू | Yeśū | Critical | throughout | Reused exactly. |
| son_of_god | देवाचा पुत्र | devācā putra | Critical | (background for 1:17’s “beloved Son”) | Reused exactly; paired with प्रिय पुत्र for “beloved Son.” |
| prophet / prophecy | संदेष्टा / भविष्यवाणी | sandeṣṭā / bhaviṣyavāṇī | Low / Low (elevated to High in 2 Peter context) | 1:19-21, 2:1, 3:2 | Reused exactly; root for खोटा संदेष्टा, भविष्यसूचक वचन. |
| election / calling | देवाची निवड / पाचारण, बोलावलेले | devācī nivaḍ / pācāraṇ, bolāvlele | High | 1:10 | Reused exactly. |
Section 2: New Terms Introduced by 2 Peter
| English Term | Greek (Transliteration) | Marathi Rendering | Transliteration | Doctrine Risk | Doctrine | 2 Peter Refs | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| servant/slave (self-designation) | δοῦλος (doulos) | दास | dās | Medium | Apostleship / humility of ministry | 1:1 | गुलाम | गुलाम carries a harsher, degrading servile connotation in modern Marathi; दास is the established humble Christian self-designation. |
| Savior | σωτήρ (sōtēr) | तारणारा | tāraṇārā | Critical | Deity of Christ / Salvation | 1:1, 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18 | मोक्षदाता, मुक्तिदाता | Built directly on baseline तारण; never मोक्ष/मुक्ती-rooted forms, per baseline salvation rationale. |
| (full/experiential) knowledge | ἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis) | पूर्ण ज्ञान | pūrṇa jñāna | High | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption / Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:2, 1:3, 1:8, 2:20 | सम्यक ज्ञान | सम्यक ज्ञान rejected: “samyak” is the Buddhist Eightfold Path’s technical qualifier (samyak-dṛṣṭi, “right view”); avoid importing that framework. Must be framed as relational, personal knowledge, not philosophical insight. |
| divine power | θεία δύναμις (theia dynamis) | दैवी सामर्थ्य | daivī sāmarthya | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:3 | दैवी शक्ती | Extends baseline power_of_god; never शक्ती, per baseline Shakti/Tuljabhavani rationale. |
| virtue/excellence | ἀρετή (aretē) | सद्गुण | sadguṇ | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:3, 1:5 | (none identified; flagged for review) | Caution: गुण is a technical Samkhya/Vedanta term (triguna, saguṇa/nirguṇa Brahman); must be framed as Spirit-granted, not self-cultivated or an inherent cosmic quality. |
| promises | ἐπαγγέλματα (epangelmata) | वचने | vacane | Medium | Reliability of Scripture / Covenant | 1:4 | — | Consistent with baseline covenant vocabulary. |
| divine nature | θεία φύσις (theia physis) | दैवी स्वभाव | daivī svabhāv | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4 | अवतार-rooted phrasing, आत्मा-ब्रह्म ऐक्य phrasing | CRITICAL: must not imply pre-existing identity of the human soul with Brahman (Advaita), union with Vitthal, or innate Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha). This is a relational, moral sharing in God’s holy character granted by grace, not a metaphysical identity or innate potential. Mandatory theologian review at every occurrence. |
| corruption | φθορά (phthora) | भ्रष्टता (moral) / नाश (destruction) | bhraṣṭatā / nāś | High | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption / False Teachers | 1:4, 2:12, 2:19 | भ्रष्टाचार | भ्रष्टाचार rejected: in contemporary Marathi this overwhelmingly means political/bureaucratic bribery-corruption, not moral-spiritual decay. Context-sensitive rendering required. |
| (sinful) desire/lust | ἐπιθυμία (epithymia) | दुष्ट वासना | duṣṭa vāsanā | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption / False Teachers | 1:4, 2:10, 2:18, 3:3 | वासना (alone) | वासना alone rejected: in Hindu/Buddhist yogic and Abhidharma psychology, वासना denotes karmic subconscious residue from past lives; qualifier दुष्ट and consistent translator notes required to keep the sense a present, moral, chosen appetite. |
| diligence | σπουδή (spoudē) | तत्परता | tatparatā | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:5 | — | Standard term. |
| knowledge (virtue-chain sense) | γνῶσις (gnōsis) | ज्ञान | jñāna | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:5-6, 3:18 | — | Same jñāna-mārga/prajñā caution as ἐπίγνωσις; practical discernment growing from relationship with Christ, not self-attained philosophical wisdom. |
| self-control | ἐγκράτεια (enkrateia) | आत्मसंयम | ātmasaṃyam | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | — | Must be framed as Spirit-supplied, not independently self-cultivated ascetic achievement (yogic/Eightfold-Path parallel caution). |
| steadfastness/endurance | ὑπομονή (hypomonē) | धीर / सहनशीलता | dhīr / sahanaśīlatā | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | — | Standard term. |
| godliness | εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) | ईश्वरभक्ती | īśvarabhaktī | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6-7, 3:11 | भक्ती (alone) | भक्ती alone rejected per baseline faith rationale (Warkari devotional connotation toward Vitthal); compound narrows reference but still requires a note clarifying exclusive reference to the one true God. |
| brotherly love | φιλαδελφία (philadelphia) | बंधुप्रेम | bandhuprem | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | — | Standard term. |
| love | ἀγάπη (agapē) | प्रीती | prītī | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | प्रेम (romantic connotation risk) | Consistent with established Marathi Bible usage (e.g. John 3:16); distinguish from Radha-Krishna/Warkari devotional romantic “prem” imagery. |
| eternal kingdom | αἰώνιος βασιλεία (aiōnios basileia) | सार्वकालिक राज्य | sārvakālik rājya | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:11 | — | Extends baseline देवाचे राज्य. |
| body (as “tent”) | σκήνωμα (skēnōma) | देहरूपी तंबू | deharūpī tambū | Medium | (background, mortality) | 1:13-14 | — | Figurative; gloss recommended at first occurrence. |
| departure (death) | ἔξοδος (exodos) | निर्गम | nirgam | Medium | (background) | 1:15 | — | Same term as Marathi Bible’s book-title for Exodus; echo may be noted. |
| myth/fable | μῦθος (mythos) | कल्पित कथा | kalpit kathā | Medium | Reliability of Scripture / Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16 | दंतकथा | Must preserve contrast with eyewitness testimony. |
| cleverly devised | σεσοφισμένοις (sesophismenois) | चतुराईने रचलेल्या | chaturāīne racalelyā | Low | (modifier) | 1:16 | — | — |
| Christ’s power (Second-Coming context) | δύναμις (dynamis) | सामर्थ्य | sāmarthya | Critical | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16 | शक्ती | Reuses baseline power_of_god pattern exactly. |
| coming/return (Second Coming) | παρουσία (parousia) | पुनरागमन | punarāgaman | CRITICAL | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16, 3:4, 3:12 | अवतरण | Must not be assimilated to avatar-descent (अवतार, forbidden) or to Navayana Buddhist Maitreya (future-Buddha) eschatology. One-time, unrepeatable return of the same historical, risen Lord. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence. |
| eyewitness | ἐπόπτης (epoptēs) | प्रत्यक्षदर्शी | pratyakṣadarśī | High | Reliability of Scripture | 1:16 | — | Historical/legal eyewitness claim, not devotional darshan-encounter with a deity’s image. |
| majesty | μεγαλειότης (megaleiotēs) | वैभव | vaibhav | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16 | — | — |
| honor | τιμή (timē) | सन्मान | sanmān | Low | (background) | 1:17 | — | — |
| the Majestic Glory (divine title) | μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα (megaloprepēs doxa) | परम गौरव | param gaurav | High | Deity of Christ | 1:17 | — | Functions as a periphrastic title for God the Father; must be marked as a divine title in context, not generic brightness. |
| beloved Son | υἱὸς ἀγαπητός (huios agapētos) | प्रिय पुत्र | priya putra | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 1:17 | — | Paired with baseline देवाचा पुत्र; eternal, unique Sonship, never honorary/adoptive. |
| well pleased | εὐδοκέω (eudokeō) | प्रसन्न | prasanna | Medium | (background, Sonship of Christ) | 1:17 | — | Must read as the Father’s settled, eternal delight, not a deity’s pleasure earned through ritual/devotional performance. |
| prophetic word | προφητικὸς λόγος (prophētikos logos) | भविष्यसूचक वचन | bhaviṣyasūcak vacan | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:19 | — | Built on baseline भविष्यवाणी/संदेष्टा. |
| more sure/confirmed | βεβαιότερον (bebaioteron) | अधिक निश्चित | adhik niścit | Medium | Reliability of Scripture | 1:19 | — | — |
| lamp | λύχνος (lychnos) | दिवा | divā | Low | (metaphor) | 1:19 | — | — |
| morning star | φωσφόρος (phōsphoros) | उदयाचा तारा | udayācā tārā | High | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:19 | शुक्रतारा | शुक्रतारा rejected: risks Navagraha/Shukra-deity astrological association. Also must not be confused with the “Lucifer” fallen-angel figure despite shared etymological root. |
| (one’s) own | ἴδιος (idios) | स्वतःचा | svataḥcā | Low | (modifier) | 1:20 | — | — |
| interpretation | ἐπίλυσις (epilysis) | अर्थनिर्णय | arthanirṇay | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20 | — | Scripture’s prophetic content is not the product of any individual/guru’s private interpretive insight (cf. Warkari sant-commentary, Buddhist sangha/Ambedkarite Dhamma-interpretation traditions); its origin is the Spirit’s own superintendence. |
| will of man | θέλημα ἀνθρώπου (thelēma anthrōpou) | मानवाची इच्छा | mānavācī icchā | Medium | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | — | — |
| carried along (by the Spirit) | φέρω / φερόμενοι (pherō) | प्रेरित होऊन | prerit hoūn | CRITICAL | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | — | Must not read as generic poetic inspiration or meditative/trance state; the Spirit’s sovereign superintendence producing fully reliable, God-original Scripture. Mandatory theologian review. |
| false prophet | ψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophētēs) | खोटा संदेष्टा | khoṭā sandeṣṭā | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | Built on baseline संदेष्टा. |
| false teacher | ψευδοδιδάσκαλος (pseudodidaskalos) | खोटा शिक्षक | khoṭā śikṣak | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | — |
| destructive heresies | αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας (hairesis apōleias) | विनाशकारी शिकवणुकी | vināśakārī śikvaṇukī | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | पंथ | पंथ rejected: names the Warkari devotional tradition itself (“वारकरी पंथ”); using it here risks casting aspersions on legitimate religious traditions or softening Peter’s warning. |
| Master (owner) | δεσπότης (despotēs) | स्वामी | svāmī | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment / Atonement | 2:1 | — | Distinct from κύριος/प्रभू; emphasizes ownership by purchase. Caution: स्वामी is also a common Hindu guru-honorific (Swami Vivekananda, Swaminarayan); must be understood as Christ’s redemptive ownership-authority, not a guru title. |
| bought/purchased (redemption) | ἀγοράζω (agorazō) | विकत घेणे | vikat gheṇe | High | Atonement (background) | 2:1 | — | Ties to Romans 3:25 propitiation-language review routing in the baseline. |
| destruction/perdition | ἀπώλεια (apōleia) | नाश / विनाश | nāś / vināś | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment / Day of the Lord | 2:1, 2:3, 3:7, 3:16 | मुक्ती-adjacent phrasing | Must remain plainly negative/judicial; never rendered with terms adjacent to baseline-forbidden मुक्ती/निर्वाण (positive liberation concepts). |
| sensuality | ἀσέλγεια (aselgeia) | स्वैराचार | svairācār | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:2, 2:18 | — | — |
| greed | πλεονεξία (pleonexia) | लोभ | lobh | Low | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:3, 2:14 | — | — |
| judgment | κρίσις (krisis) | न्यायनिवाडा | nyāyanivāḍā | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment / Day of the Lord | 2:3, 2:4, 2:9, 3:7 | कर्माचा हिशोब | Must be God’s personal righteous verdict, not impersonal karmic reckoning — parallels baseline’s caution on providence/election. |
| cast into Tartarus | ταρταρόω (tartaroō) | तार्तरसमध्ये टाकणे | tārtarasamadhye ṭākaṇe | Medium-High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:4 | — | Translator note required: descriptive use of a known Greek term, not endorsement of Greek myth; not to be mapped onto Hindu/Buddhist multi-realm naraka/rebirth cosmology. |
| flood | κατακλυσμός (kataklysmos) | जलप्रलय | jalapralay | CRITICAL | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:5, 3:6 | — | CRITICAL: प्रलय evokes Hindu cyclical cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya); mandatory translator note distinguishing 2 Peter’s linear, one-time, final judgment(s) from a repeating cosmic cycle. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence. |
| righteous (of Noah/Lot) | δίκαιος (dikaios) | नीतिमान | nītimān | Medium | (background) | 2:5, 2:7-8 | — | Built on baseline नीतिमत्त्व. |
| punishment | κόλασις (kolasis) | शिक्षा | śikṣā | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:9 | — | Homonym caution: शिक्षा also commonly means “education/teaching” in Marathi; context must disambiguate. |
| trial/temptation | πειρασμός (peirasmos) | परीक्षा | parīkṣā | Medium | (background) | 2:9 | — | — |
| glorious ones (angelic dignities) | δόξαι (doxai) | गौरवी सत्ता | gauravī sattā | Medium | (background) | 2:10 | — | Distinct sense from baseline गौरव (God’s glory); disambiguate in context. |
| irrational animals | ἄλογα ζῷα (aloga zōa) | अविवेकी प्राणी | aviveki prāṇī | Low | (background) | 2:12 | — | — |
| wages of unrighteousness | μισθὸς ἀδικίας (misthos adikias) | अनीतीचा मोबदला | anītīcā mobadalā | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:13, 2:15 | — | Built on negation of baseline नीतिमत्त्व. |
| freedom/liberty (false promise) | ἐλευθερία (eleutheria) | स्वातंत्र्य | svātantrya | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:19 | — | Politically resonant term (Ambedkarite liberty/equality/fraternity ethic); must be clearly limited to the false teachers’ counterfeit libertine promise, never read as commenting on legitimate social liberty from caste oppression. |
| the way of righteousness | ὁδὸς τῆς δικαιοσύνης (hodos tēs dikaiosynēs) | नीतिमत्त्वाचा मार्ग | nītimattvācā mārg | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:21 | — | मार्ग evokes parallel-paths soteriology (bhakti-mārga, jñāna-mārga, Buddhist Aṣṭāṅgika Mārga); must be framed as the single, God-revealed way, not one of several valid paths. |
| holy commandment | ἁγία ἐντολή (hagia entolē) | पवित्र आज्ञा | pavitra āgnā | Medium | (background) | 2:21 | — | Built on baseline पवित्र. |
| proverb | παροιμία (paroimia) | म्हण | mhaṇ | Low | (background) | 2:22 | — | — |
| scoffers | ἐμπαῖκται (empaiktai) | निंदक | nindak | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return / Day of the Lord | 3:3 | — | — |
| creation | κτίσις (ktisis) | सृष्टी | sṛṣṭī | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:4 | — | Same linear-vs-cyclical caution applies as for κατακλυσμός. |
| fire (judgment) | πῦρ (pyr) | अग्नी | agnī | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:7, 3:10, 3:12 | — | अग्नी is also the Vedic fire-deity’s name; keep as instrument of God’s judgment, never personified/ritualized. |
| day of judgment and destruction | ἡμέρα κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας (hēmera kriseōs kai apōleias) | न्यायाचा आणि नाशाचा दिवस | nyāyācā āṇi nāśācā divas | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:7 | — | Compounds two High-risk terms above. |
| delay/slow | βραδύνει (bradynei) | विलंब | vilamb | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9 | — | Must be framed relationally (God’s own patient forbearance), not fatalistically. |
| patience/longsuffering | μακροθυμία / μακροθυμέω (makrothymia / makrothymeō) | सहनशीलता | sahanaśīlatā | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9, 3:15 | — | Distinguish from Buddhist khanti/kṣānti (self-cultivated patience-virtue) and from karma-ripening folk theology; God’s own relational, sovereign forbearance for the sake of others’ repentance. |
| repentance | μετάνοια (metanoia) | पश्चात्ताप | paścāttāp | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9 | प्रायश्चित्त (ritual expiation) | Relational, Spirit-enabled change of heart, not ritual karma-clearing expiation. |
| the Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα Κυρίου (hēmera Kyriou) | प्रभूचा दिवस | prabhūcā divas | CRITICAL | The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10 | — | Built on baseline Critical प्रभू. One final, linear, unrepeatable day; never assimilated to cyclical cosmology. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence. |
| thief (simile) | κλέπτης (kleptēs) | चोर | cor | Low | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10 | — | Preserve sense of sudden, unpredictable timing. |
| elements | στοιχεῖα (stoicheia) | मूलतत्त्वे | mūlatattve | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10, 3:12 | — | तत्त्व evokes Samkhya/Vedanta ontological-category philosophy; must refer to the physical constituents of the created cosmos. |
| new heavens and new earth | καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν (kainous ouranous kai gēn kainēn) | नवे आकाश आणि नवी पृथ्वी | nave ākāś āṇi navī pṛthvī | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:13 | — | Final, permanent renewal; distinguish from Hindu cyclical golden-age (Satya Yuga) renewal after mahāpralaya. |
| spotless and blameless | ἄσπιλοι καὶ ἀμώμητοι (aspiloi kai amōmētoi) | निष्कलंक आणि निर्दोष | niṣkalaṅk āṇi nirdoṣ | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:14 | — | Moral/relational blamelessness, not ritual purity (parallel to baseline’s शुद्ध caution for “holy”). |
| Scriptures | γραφαί (graphai) | पवित्रशास्त्र | pavitraśāstra | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 3:16 | — | Consistent with baseline doctrine_risk_registry’s doctrine name; places Paul’s letters within the category of Scripture. |
| twist/distort | στρεβλόω (strebloō) | विपर्यास करणे | viparyās karṇe | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment / Reliability of Scripture | 3:16 | — | — |
| unstable | ἀστήρικτοι (astēriktoi) | अस्थिर | asthir | Low | (background) | 3:16 | — | — |
| error of lawless people | πλάνη ἀθέσμων (planē athesmōn) | नियमहीन लोकांची चूक | niyamahīn lokāncī cūk | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 3:17 | अधर्मी | अधर्मी rejected: carries same caste-dharma political weight the baseline flags for “law”/नियमशास्त्र; use नियमहीन (built on baseline नियमशास्त्र negation) instead. |
| steadfastness | στηριγμός (stērigmos) | स्थिरता | sthiratā | Low | (background) | 3:17 | — | — |
| grow in grace and knowledge (closing charge) | αὐξάνετε ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει | कृपेत आणि ज्ञानात वाढा | kṛpet āṇi jñānāt vāḍhā | High | Growing in Christian Virtue / Grace | 3:18 | — | Book’s climactic thesis-closing verse; combines baseline Critical कृपा with ज्ञान. Treat with the same cross-document consistency priority the baseline gives Romans 1:16-17, 8:28, 10:9-10. |
Risk Summary for 2 Peter Curriculum
| Tier | Count (new terms) | Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 7 (तारणारा, दैवी सामर्थ्य, दैवी स्वभाव, दुष्ट वासना, पुनरागमन, प्रेरित होऊन/फेरो, जलप्रलय, प्रभूचा दिवस) * | Human theologian review, every occurrence |
| High | 26 | Human theologian review |
| Medium | 26 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 14 | Automated review |
*Note: eight terms are listed under Critical because तारणारा, दैवी सामर्थ्य, दैवी स्वभाव, दुष्ट वासना, पुनरागमन, प्रेरित होऊन, जलप्रलय, and प्रभूचा दिवस each carry book-defining doctrinal weight per the analysis above; all eight require mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence, consistent with the baseline’s Critical-tier routing rule.
Cross-Reference to Baseline
This glossary must be merged into translation_memory.json (incrementing its version number) before Phase 2 translation of 2 Peter begins, per the Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md. All “NEW” terms above must be added to bible_term_registry.json and doctrine_risk_registry.json with matching risk tiers before segment translation proceeds.
Critical Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, स्वतःच्या प्रयत्नाने मिळवलेले
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Used in 2 Peter 1:2 and the book’s climactic closing charge 3:18 (‘grow in grace’). Must still make explicit that this favor is unearned and Christ-specific, distinguished from Warkari bhakti’s devotional कृपा-vocabulary for Vitthal and from Navayana Buddhism’s self-cultivation ethics, which has no grace concept at all.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्व
Transliteration: nītimattva
Doctrine: Salvation and the Saviorhood of Christ
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Root term throughout 2 Peter: ‘the righteousness of our God and Savior’ (1:1), Noah as ‘herald of righteousness’ and Lot’s righteousness (2:5, 2:7-8), ‘the way of righteousness’ (नीतिमत्त्वाचा मार्ग, 2:21), and the righteousness dwelling in the new creation (3:13). Never धर्म.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: tāraṇ
Doctrine: Salvation and the Saviorhood of Christ
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, मुक्ती, निर्वाण
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Root of the new term ‘savior’ (तारणारा). NEVER मोक्ष/मुक्ती (Warkari-Hindu liberation) or निर्वाण (Buddhist cessation of craving).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: परमात्मा, ब्रह्म
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Anchor term for 2 Peter 1:21 (‘carried along by the Holy Spirit,’ प्रेरित होऊन). NEVER परमात्मा or ब्रह्म.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvar
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देव, भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Used throughout 2 Peter, including the deity-affirming phrase ‘our God and Savior Jesus Christ’ (1:1).
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: prabhū
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Used throughout 2 Peter (1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 3:8-10, 3:15, 3:18); root of the new compound प्रभूचा दिवस (Day of the Lord, 3:10). Note: स्वामी (despotēs, ‘Master/owner’) is a genuinely DIFFERENT Greek term in 2 Peter 2:1 and is NOT a substitute for प्रभू — see separate entry ‘master_despotes’ below.
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: Yeśū
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Used throughout 2 Peter.
Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: Khrist
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: अवतारी पुरुष, मसीहा (as a substitute for the name-title compound)
NEW ENTRY, but the rendering itself is inherited unchanged from the established Marathi Bible transliteration standard already recorded in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md (baseline). Used as part of the compound name-title ‘Jesus Christ’ (येशू ख्रिस्त) throughout 2 Peter (1:1, 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:20, 3:18). Distinct from मसीहा, which is reserved for explicit messianic-promise/fulfillment contexts.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचा पुत्र
Transliteration: devācā putra
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवपुरुष, अवतारी पुरुष
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ (background for ‘beloved Son,’ 1:17)
Category: Christology
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Background doctrine for 2 Peter 1:17’s Transfiguration declaration; paired with the new term प्रिय पुत्र (beloved Son).
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: निर्माता
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:17: ‘he received honor and glory from God the Father’ (परमेश्वर पित्यापासून). Personal, relational Father, not an abstract creator-title.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीहा
Transliteration: Masīhā
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: अवतारी पुरुष
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Reserved for explicit OT-fulfillment/messianic-promise contexts if such background is invoked in teaching material accompanying 2 Peter; the running text of 2 Peter itself typically uses the name-title येशू ख्रिस्त rather than इसोलेटेड मसीहा.
Savior
Approved rendering: तारणारा
Transliteration: tāraṇārā
Doctrine: Salvation and the Saviorhood of Christ
Rejected alternatives: मोक्षदाता, मुक्तिदाता
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
NEW — 2 PETER, built directly on baseline तारण. 1:1, 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18. CRITICAL: NEVER मोक्षदाता or मुक्तिदाता, which would cast Christ as a bhakti-style liberation-granting deity within a devotee’s chosen pantheon (as Vitthal is understood in Warkari devotion) rather than the one exclusive, personal Savior who delivers through his own atoning work. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
Divine Power
Approved rendering: दैवी सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: daivī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: दैवी शक्ती
Original: θεία δύναμις
Category: God
NEW — 2 PETER, extends baseline power_of_god exactly. 1:3. NEVER शक्ती, per baseline Shakti/Tuljabhavani rationale. Mandatory theologian review.
Divine Nature
Approved rendering: दैवी स्वभाव
Transliteration: daivī svabhāv
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: अवतार-rooted phrasing, आत्मा-ब्रह्म ऐक्य phrasing
Original: θεία φύσις
Category: Divine Nature
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:4. The single highest-risk phrase in the book: must not imply (1) Advaita Vedanta’s ātman-Brahman identity, (2) Warkari bhakti’s hope of devotional union with Vitthal, or (3) Buddhist tathāgatagarbha (‘Buddha-nature’) innate awakening-potential. This is a relational, moral, gift-given sharing in God’s holy character granted by grace, not disclosure of pre-existing inner divinity. Mandatory theologian review AND mandatory accompanying translator note at every occurrence; never pair with words implying latent/inherent divinity (avoid अंतर्निहित, सुप्त near this phrase).
Sinful Desire
Approved rendering: दुष्ट वासना
Transliteration: duṣṭa vāsanā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: वासना (alone)
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sin
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:4, 2:10, 2:18, 3:3. वासना alone is a major technical term in Hindu yogic psychology and Buddhist Abhidharma thought (latent karmic residue from past lives, ripening across rebirths). दुष्ट must always accompany it to keep the sense a present, chosen, morally accountable appetite before a personal God, never an impersonal karmic mechanism. Mandatory theologian review.
Christs Power At Transfiguration
Approved rendering: सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: sāmarthya
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Original: δύναμις
Category: God
NEW — 2 PETER entry, but reuses the baseline power_of_god pattern exactly. 1:16, Christ’s power revealed at the Transfiguration, anticipating the fuller display of power at his return. NEVER शक्ती.
Parousia
Approved rendering: पुनरागमन
Transliteration: punarāgaman
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: अवतरण
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:16, 3:4, 3:12. Highest-priority consistency term in the book alongside जलप्रलय. NEVER अवतार-rooted (Vitthal/Krishna avatar-descent theology); must also be distinguished from Navayana Buddhism’s Maitreya (future Buddha yet to come) — Christ’s parousia is the return of the SAME historical, resurrected, already-reigning Lord, a singular unrepeatable event, not another cyclical avatar-descent or the arising of a new teacher-figure. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
Beloved Son
Approved rendering: प्रिय पुत्र
Transliteration: priya putra
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Original: υἱὸς ἀγαπητός
Category: Christology
NEW — 2 PETER, paired with baseline देवाचा पुत्र. 1:17, the Father’s Transfiguration declaration. Never an honorary or adoptive title; eternal, unique Sonship.
Carried Along By The Spirit
Approved rendering: प्रेरित होऊन
Transliteration: prerit hoūn
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: φερόμενοι (φέρω)
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:21, the central verse for the inspiration doctrine. Must not read as generic poetic inspiration (Sanskrit sphuraṇa) or a meditative/trance state (yogic/Buddhist contemplative practice); the Spirit’s sovereign superintendence producing a fully reliable, God-original text. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
Flood
Approved rendering: जलप्रलय
Transliteration: jalapralay
Doctrine: The Universal Flood as Historical Judgment
Original: κατακλυσμός
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:5, 3:6. Single highest-risk lexical item in the book: प्रलय-root names the periodic Hindu cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya) ending each kalpa before a new creation cycle. No better lexical alternative exists (this is the standard, natural Marathi word for ‘great flood’); mitigation must be at the note level. Mandatory theologian review AND mandatory translator note at every occurrence (2:5, 3:6, 3:7, 3:10) stating this is linear, one-time, final history, never a repeating cosmic wheel.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभूचा दिवस
Transliteration: prabhūcā divas
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἡμέρα Κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER, built directly on baseline Critical प्रभू. 3:10. Must never be softened into a generic ‘auspicious day’ concept (given Maharashtra’s dense festival calendar — Ashadhi Ekadashi, Gudi Padwa, etc.) nor assimilated to cyclical cosmology; this is the one final, linear, unrepeatable day of Christ’s exclusive Lordship manifested in judgment and re-creation. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence, same routing as parousia.
High Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:1, 1:5 (first link in the virtue chain). Personal trust in Christ specifically, not devotional reverence (śraddhā/bhakti).
Called
Approved rendering: बोलावलेले
Transliteration: bolāvlele
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός (cognate concept)
Category: Salvation
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:10, paired with देवाची निवड (election). Context-sensitive per baseline conventions.
Calling
Approved rendering: पाचारण
Transliteration: pācāraṇ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: आवाहन
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:10: ‘be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election.’ Must not echo the karma-birth explanation of social standing that Ambedkarite Buddhist communities explicitly rejected.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:18 (holy mountain), 2:21 (holy commandment, पवित्र आज्ञा), 3:11 (holy conduct). Moral/relational set-apartness, not ritual purity.
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: niyamśāstra
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment (background)
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, धम्म
Original: νόμος (background concept behind ‘lawless,’ 3:17)
Category: Covenant
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Root for the negation नियमहीन (lawless, 2 Peter 3:17). NEVER धर्म or धम्म, per baseline caste/Ambedkarite-Dhamma rationale.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: devāce sāmarthya
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Pattern reused exactly for 2 Peter 1:3 (दैवी सामर्थ्य, ‘divine power’) and 1:16 (सामर्थ्य alone, Christ’s power at the Transfiguration). NEVER शक्ती, per baseline Shakti/Tuljabhavani rationale.
Election
Approved rendering: देवाची निवड
Transliteration: devācī nivaḍ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, दैव, कर्मफळ
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:10. Must never echo the karma-birth explanation of social standing rejected by Ambedkarite Buddhist communities.
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: gaurav
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, प्रकाश
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:3, 1:17 (of God/Christ). Must be kept distinct in context from the unrelated new term ‘glorious ones’ (गौरवी सत्ता, angelic dignitaries, 2:10), a different Greek sense (δόξαι, plural).
Prophet
Approved rendering: संदेष्टा
Transliteration: sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: προφήτης
Category: Scripture
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE (rendering unchanged); RISK TIER ELEVATED from the baseline’s Low to High specifically for this curriculum, because 2 Peter 2 sets genuine prophecy sharply against false prophets (खोटा संदेष्टा), a distinction not needed with the same force in Romans. Used 1:19-21, 2:1, 3:2.
Epignosis Full Knowledge
Approved rendering: पूर्ण ज्ञान
Transliteration: pūrṇa jñāna
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: सम्यक ज्ञान
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Faith
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:2, 1:3, 1:8, 2:20 (ἐπίγνωσις). सम्यक ज्ञान rejected: ‘samyak’ is the Buddhist Eightfold Path’s technical qualifier (samyak-dṛṣṭi, right view). Must be relational, personal knowledge of God/Christ granted through grace, not philosophical insight self-attained through contemplative discipline. Distinct from the plain ज्ञान entry below (γνῶσις) — maintain this distinction rigorously at the segment level.
Virtue
Approved rendering: सद्गुण
Transliteration: sadguṇ
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἀρετή
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:3, 1:5. गुण is a technical Samkhya/Vedanta term (triguna; saguṇa/nirguṇa Brahman); सद्गुण itself is standard everyday Marathi and low collision risk in ordinary use, but must be framed as divinely granted (per 1:3-4), never as an inherent cosmic quality or self-cultivated achievement.
Corruption
Approved rendering: भ्रष्टता (moral sense) / नाश (destruction sense)
Transliteration: bhraṣṭatā / nāś
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: भ्रष्टाचार
Original: φθορά
Category: Divine Nature
NEW — 2 PETER, context-sensitive. 1:4 (moral decay), 2:12, 2:19 (destruction/ruin of the false teachers). भ्रष्टाचार rejected: in contemporary Marathi this overwhelmingly means political/bureaucratic bribery-corruption.
Gnosis Practical Knowledge
Approved rendering: ज्ञान
Transliteration: jñāna
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:5-6 (virtue chain), 3:18 (closing charge). Distinct from ἐπίγνωσις (पूर्ण ज्ञान) above — this is practical moral discernment growing out of relationship with Christ, not philosophical enlightenment self-attained through contemplative effort (jñāna-mārga/prajñā caution).
Self Control
Approved rendering: आत्मसंयम
Transliteration: ātmasaṃyam
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:6. Must be framed as one link in a chain supplied by God’s divine power and grace (1:3-4), not an independently self-cultivated ascetic achievement (yogic yama/niyama; Buddhist śīla training).
Godliness
Approved rendering: ईश्वरभक्ती
Transliteration: īśvarabhaktī
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: भक्ती (alone)
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:6-7, 3:11. भक्ती alone rejected per baseline faith rationale (Warkari devotional reverence toward Vitthal); the compound narrows the reference but still requires a note clarifying exclusive reference to the one true God through Christ.
Eyewitness
Approved rendering: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी
Transliteration: pratyakṣadarśī
Doctrine: Apostleship and Eyewitness Authority
Original: ἐπόπτης
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:16. Root दर्शी/दर्शन is a major devotional category in Hindu/Warkari practice (darshan of Vitthal’s mūrti). Must be an ordinary historical, legal-style eyewitness claim to a specific past event witnessed with ordinary senses, not a mystical/devotional darshan-encounter. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
The Majestic Glory
Approved rendering: परम गौरव
Transliteration: param gaurav
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Original: μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα
Category: God
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:17. Functions as a periphrastic divine title for God the Father; must be marked in context as such, not read as generic description of brightness.
Prophetic Word
Approved rendering: भविष्यसूचक वचन
Transliteration: bhaviṣyasūcak vacan
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: προφητικὸς λόγος
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER, built on baseline भविष्यवाणी/संदेष्टा. 1:19. Do not let this compound be read as generic ‘predictive statement.‘
Morning Star
Approved rendering: उदयाचा तारा
Transliteration: udayācā tārā
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: शुक्रतारा
Original: φωσφόρος
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:19. शुक्रतारा rejected: Venus/Shukra is a Navagraha deity with independent astrological devotional significance in Maharashtra. Also must not be confused with the Latin ‘Lucifer’ fallen-angel tradition despite the shared Greek root.
Interpretation
Approved rendering: अर्थनिर्णय
Transliteration: arthanirṇay
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἐπίλυσις
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:20. Must be translated as a single argumentative unit with 1:21: Scripture’s prophetic content is not the product of any individual’s private insight (cf. Warkari sant-poets’ abhang commentary, Ambedkarite Dhamma-reinterpretation tradition), because its origin is the Spirit’s own superintendence.
False Prophet
Approved rendering: खोटा संदेष्टा
Transliteration: khoṭā sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοπροφήτης
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER, built on baseline संदेष्टा. 2:1.
False Teacher
Approved rendering: खोटा शिक्षक
Transliteration: khoṭā śikṣak
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοδιδάσκαλος
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:1. Central term for the doctrine.
Destructive Heresies
Approved rendering: विनाशकारी शिकवणुकी
Transliteration: vināśakārī śikvaṇukī
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: पंथ, संप्रदाय
Original: αἵρεσις ἀπωλείας
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:1. पंथ rejected: names the Warkari devotional tradition itself (‘वारकरी पंथ’); संप्रदाय similarly names legitimate devotional lineages (विठ्ठल संप्रदाय, नाथ संप्रदाय). Use descriptive teaching/doctrine language, never these terms.
Master Despotes
Approved rendering: स्वामी
Transliteration: svāmī
Doctrine: Atonement and Redemption
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:1 (δεσπότης, distinct Greek term from κύριος/प्रभू, emphasizing ownership by purchase rather than governing rule). स्वामी is also a common Hindu guru-honorific (Swami Vivekananda, Swaminarayan tradition); must be understood strictly as Christ’s redemptive ownership-authority, not a guru-title. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
Bought Redeemed
Approved rendering: विकत घेणे
Transliteration: vikat gheṇe
Doctrine: Atonement and Redemption
Original: ἀγοράζω
Category: Salvation
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:1. Ties to atonement doctrine (cf. baseline’s Romans 3:25 propitiation-language theologian-review flag); preserve the sense of a price paid for ownership/redemption.
Destruction Perdition
Approved rendering: नाश / विनाश
Transliteration: nāś / vināś
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती-adjacent phrasing
Original: ἀπώλεια
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:1, 2:3, 3:7, 3:16. Must remain plainly negative/judicial; never use terms adjacent to baseline-forbidden मुक्ती/निर्वाण, so the contrast with तारण remains sharp. Adopt नाश as primary, विनाश reserved for emphasis contexts.
Judgment Krisis
Approved rendering: न्यायनिवाडा
Transliteration: nyāyanivāḍā
Doctrine: Judgment of Fallen Angels and the Ungodly
Rejected alternatives: कर्माचा हिशोब
Original: κρίσις
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:3, 2:4, 2:9, 3:7. Must read as a personal God’s righteous judicial verdict, not impersonal karmic reckoning; paralleling the baseline’s providence/election caution.
Freedom Eleutheria
Approved rendering: स्वातंत्र्य
Transliteration: svātantrya
Doctrine: False Freedom vs. True Freedom
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:19. The single most politically resonant word in this book: central to India’s independence movement and to Ambedkar’s own reframing of Dhamma around liberty, equality, and fraternity. Must be strictly fenced to the false teachers’ counterfeit libertine promise of freedom from moral restraint (which enslaves to corruption); mandatory translator note that this passage never comments on, and must not be read as undermining, legitimate social liberty from caste oppression.
Way Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्वाचा मार्ग
Transliteration: nītimattvācā mārg
Doctrine: Salvation and the Saviorhood of Christ
Original: ὁδὸς τῆς δικαιοσύνης
Category: Salvation
NEW — 2 PETER, built on baseline नीतिमत्त्व. 2:21. मार्ग evokes parallel-paths soteriology (bhakti-mārga, jñāna-mārga, karma-mārga; Buddhist Aṣṭāṅgika Mārga); must be framed as the single, God-revealed way established in Christ, not one of several valid ‘margs.‘
Day Of Judgment And Destruction
Approved rendering: न्यायाचा आणि नाशाचा दिवस
Transliteration: nyāyācā āṇi nāśācā divas
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἡμέρα κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER, compounding two High-risk terms above. 3:7.
Delay Bradynei
Approved rendering: विलंब
Transliteration: vilamb
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Original: βραδύνει
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:9. Must be framed relationally (God’s own patient forbearance) rather than fatalistically/impersonally, paralleling the baseline’s providence caution.
Patience Makrothymia
Approved rendering: सहनशीलता
Transliteration: sahanaśīlatā
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Original: μακροθυμία / μακροθυμέω
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:9, 3:15. Must be distinguished from the Buddhist self-cultivated pāramitā of khanti/kṣānti and from karma-ripening folk theology; God’s own relational, sovereign forbearance for others’ repentance. Same Marathi root as ὑπομονή (steadfastness, 1:6) — qualify with देवाची/प्रभूची when disambiguation is needed.
Repentance Metanoia
Approved rendering: पश्चात्ताप
Transliteration: paścāttāp
Doctrine: Repentance and God’s Desire for All
Rejected alternatives: प्रायश्चित्त
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:9. Must be distinguished from प्रायश्चित्त (ritual expiation to clear karma); this is a relational, Spirit-enabled change of heart and mind, not a self-performed karma-clearing act.
Elements Stoicheia
Approved rendering: मूलतत्त्वे
Transliteration: mūlatattve
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: στοιχεῖα
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:10, 3:12. तत्त्व is a major technical term in Hindu Samkhya/Vedanta ontology (25/36 tattvas); must refer to the physical constituents of the created, contingent cosmos, not a philosophical category-system of ultimate reality.
New Heavens And New Earth
Approved rendering: नवे आकाश आणि नवी पृथ्वी
Transliteration: nave ākāś āṇi navī pṛthvī
Doctrine: New Creation: New Heavens and New Earth
Original: καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:13. Must be distinguished from Hindu cyclical cosmology’s periodic renewal (Satya Yuga returning after Kali Yuga, following mahāpralaya); one final, permanent renewal, not another turn of a repeating cosmic wheel.
Scriptures
Approved rendering: पवित्रशास्त्र
Transliteration: pavitraśāstra
Doctrine: Scripture, the Canon, and Paul’s Letters
Original: γραφαί
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER, consistent with the doctrine_risk_registry.json’s doctrine name for Scripture inspiration. 3:16, doctrinally significant — places Paul’s letters within the same category as OT Scripture.
Grow In Grace And Knowledge
Approved rendering: कृपेत आणि ज्ञानात वाढा
Transliteration: kṛpet āṇi jñānāt vāḍhā
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: αὐξάνετε ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:18, the book’s climactic thesis-closing verse, combining baseline Critical कृपा with ज्ञान. Treat with the same cross-document consistency priority the baseline gives Romans 1:16-17, 8:28, and 10:9-10.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: preṣit
Doctrine: Apostleship and Eyewitness Authority
Rejected alternatives: गुरू, संदेशवाहक
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:1, Peter’s title alongside ‘servant’ (दास). Never गुरू, which implies self-attained teaching authority.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे राज्य
Transliteration: devāce rājya
Doctrine: Salvation and the Saviorhood of Christ (Kingdom background)
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वरी राष्ट्र
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Root for the new compound सार्वकालिक राज्य (eternal kingdom, 2 Peter 1:11). God’s sovereign reign, not a territorial/political kingdom.
Peace
Approved rendering: शांती
Transliteration: śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God (background)
Rejected alternatives: मनःशांती
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. 2 Peter 1:2.
Servant Of Christ
Approved rendering: दास
Transliteration: dās
Doctrine: Apostleship and Eyewitness Authority
Rejected alternatives: गुलाम
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:1, Peter’s self-designation ‘servant and apostle.’ गुलाम rejected: carries a harsher, degrading servile connotation in modern Marathi unsuited to this honored title of total, willing submission to Christ’s ownership.
Promises
Approved rendering: वचने
Transliteration: vacane
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption (background)
Original: ἐπαγγέλματα
Category: Covenant
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:4. Consistent with baseline covenant vocabulary (करार).
Steadfastness Hypomone
Approved rendering: धीर / सहनशीलता
Transliteration: dhīr / sahanaśīlatā
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:6. Standard term. NOTE: same Marathi root (सहनशीलता) is also used for God’s own patience (μακροθυμία) in 3:9/3:15 — when disambiguation is needed, qualify the latter as देवाची/प्रभूची सहनशीलता to keep the subject explicit.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: प्रीती
Transliteration: prītī
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: प्रेम
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:7, capstone of the virtue chain. प्रेम avoided as primary gloss due to romantic devotional connotation (Radha-Krishna prema, Warkari bhakti-prema for Vitthal); प्रीती is preferred, consistent with established Marathi Bible usage (e.g. John 3:16).
Eternal Kingdom
Approved rendering: सार्वकालिक राज्य
Transliteration: sārvakālik rājya
Doctrine: Salvation and the Saviorhood of Christ
Original: αἰώνιος βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
NEW — 2 PETER, extends baseline देवाचे राज्य. 1:11.
Body As Tent
Approved rendering: देहरूपी तंबू
Transliteration: deharūpī tambū
Doctrine: Apostleship and Eyewitness Authority (background, mortality)
Original: σκήνωμα
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:13-14. Figurative; gloss recommended at first occurrence since the tent-for-body metaphor is not an existing Marathi idiom.
Departure
Approved rendering: निर्गम
Transliteration: nirgam
Doctrine: Apostleship and Eyewitness Authority (background)
Original: ἔξοδος
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:15. Euphemism for death, echoing the Exodus narrative; same term as the Marathi Bible’s book-title for Exodus.
Myth
Approved rendering: कल्पित कथा
Transliteration: kalpit kathā
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: दंतकथा
Original: μῦθος
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:16. Must preserve Peter’s contrast with eyewitness testimony; never reduce to bare कथा (which would lose the polemical force).
Majesty
Approved rendering: वैभव
Transliteration: vaibhav
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: μεγαλειότης
Category: Christology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:16.
Well Pleased
Approved rendering: प्रसन्न
Transliteration: prasanna
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ (background)
Original: εὐδοκέω
Category: Christology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:17. प्रसन्न is common in Hindu devotional idiom for a deity ‘becoming pleased’ through ritual/devotional performance (देव प्रसन्न झाला); translator note required clarifying this is the Father’s settled, eternal delight in the Son’s person, not pleasure won through performance.
More Sure
Approved rendering: अधिक निश्चित
Transliteration: adhik niścit
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: βεβαιότερον
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:19.
Will Of Man
Approved rendering: मानवाची इच्छा
Transliteration: mānavācī icchā
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: θέλημα ἀνθρώπου
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:21.
Sensuality
Approved rendering: स्वैराचार
Transliteration: svairācār
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀσέλγεια
Category: Sin
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:2, 2:18.
Righteous Dikaios
Approved rendering: नीतिमान
Transliteration: nītimān
Doctrine: The Universal Flood as Historical Judgment (background)
Original: δίκαιος
Category: Salvation
NEW — 2 PETER, built on baseline नीतिमत्त्व. 2:5, 2:7-8 (Noah, Lot).
Punishment Kolasis
Approved rendering: शिक्षा
Transliteration: śikṣā
Doctrine: Judgment of Fallen Angels and the Ungodly
Original: κόλασις
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:9. Homonym caution: शिक्षा also commonly means ‘education/teaching’ in Marathi; context/syntax must disambiguate toward the punishment sense.
Trial Peirasmos
Approved rendering: परीक्षा
Transliteration: parīkṣā
Doctrine: Judgment of Fallen Angels and the Ungodly (background)
Original: πειρασμός
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:9.
Glorious Ones
Approved rendering: गौरवी सत्ता
Transliteration: gauravī sattā
Doctrine: Angelic ‘Glorious Ones’ and Creaturely Humility
Original: δόξαι
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:10. Distinct sense of δόξα from ‘God’s glory’ (baseline गौरव); disambiguate in context as angelic dignitaries, not divine glory itself.
Wages Of Unrighteousness
Approved rendering: अनीतीचा मोबदला
Transliteration: anītīcā mobadalā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: μισθὸς ἀδικίας
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER, built on negation of baseline नीतिमत्त्व. 2:13, 2:15.
Holy Commandment
Approved rendering: पवित्र आज्ञा
Transliteration: pavitra āgnā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment (background)
Original: ἁγία ἐντολή
Category: Sanctification
NEW — 2 PETER, built on baseline पवित्र. 2:21.
Scoffers
Approved rendering: निंदक
Transliteration: nindak
Doctrine: Scoffers and the Certainty of the End
Original: ἐμπαῖκται
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:3.
Creation Ktisis
Approved rendering: सृष्टी
Transliteration: sṛṣṭī
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: κτίσις
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:4. Same linear-vs-cyclical fencing note applies as for जलप्रलय; borders Hindu cosmological/yuga-cycle vocabulary.
Fire Judgment
Approved rendering: अग्नी
Transliteration: agnī
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: πῦρ
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:7, 3:10, 3:12. अग्नी also names the Vedic fire-deity central to yajña/homa ritual; as a common noun it carries no automatic deity reading, but syntax must never personify or ritualize it — keep strictly instrumental (God’s own instrument of judgment).
Spotless And Blameless
Approved rendering: निष्कलंक आणि निर्दोष
Transliteration: niṣkalaṅk āṇi nirdoṣ
Doctrine: New Creation: New Heavens and New Earth
Original: ἄσπιλοι καὶ ἀμώμητοι
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:14. Moral/relational blamelessness before Christ at his return, not ritual/ceremonial cleanliness, paralleling the baseline’s शुद्ध caution for ‘holy.‘
Twist Distort
Approved rendering: विपर्यास करणे
Transliteration: viparyās karṇe
Doctrine: Scripture, the Canon, and Paul’s Letters
Original: στρεβλόω
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:16, ties directly to False Teachers and Their Judgment as applied to Scripture itself.
Error Of Lawless People
Approved rendering: नियमहीन लोकांची चूक
Transliteration: niyamahīn lokāncī cūk
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: अधर्मी
Original: πλάνη ἀθέσμων
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:17. अधर्मी rejected: carries the same caste-dharma political weight the baseline flags for ‘law’/नियमशास्त्र; नियमहीन (built on the baseline’s negation) used instead.
Low Risk Terms
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल
Original: προφητεία
Category: Scripture
INHERITED FROM ROMANS BASELINE, unchanged. Root for the new compound भविष्यसूचक वचन (prophetic word, 1:19). Central subject of 1:20-21’s teaching on inspiration.
Diligence
Approved rendering: तत्परता
Transliteration: tatparatā
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: σπουδή
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:5. Standard term.
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: बंधुप्रेम
Transliteration: bandhuprem
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:7. Standard term.
Cleverly Devised
Approved rendering: चतुराईने रचलेल्या
Transliteration: chaturāīne racalelyā
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: σεσοφισμένοις
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:16, modifier of ‘myths.‘
Honor
Approved rendering: सन्मान
Transliteration: sanmān
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ (background)
Original: τιμή
Category: Christology
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:17.
Lamp
Approved rendering: दिवा
Transliteration: divā
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture (metaphor)
Original: λύχνος
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:19.
Dark Place
Approved rendering: अंधाऱ्या जागी
Transliteration: andhāryā jāgī
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture (metaphor)
Original: αὐχμηρὸς τόπος
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:19.
Ones Own
Approved rendering: स्वतःचा
Transliteration: svataḥcā
Doctrine: The Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἴδιος
Category: Scripture
NEW — 2 PETER. 1:20.
Greed
Approved rendering: लोभ
Transliteration: lobh
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: πλεονεξία
Category: Sin
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:3, 2:14.
Irrational Animals
Approved rendering: अविवेकी प्राणी
Transliteration: aviveki prāṇī
Doctrine: Angelic ‘Glorious Ones’ and Creaturely Humility
Original: ἄλογα ζῷα
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:12.
Proverb
Approved rendering: म्हण
Transliteration: mhaṇ
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment (background)
Original: παροιμία
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:22.
Thief Simile
Approved rendering: चोर
Transliteration: cor
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: κλέπτης
Category: Eschatology
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:10. Preserve the force of sudden, unpredictable timing.
Unstable
Approved rendering: अस्थिर
Transliteration: asthir
Doctrine: Steadfastness and Stability in the Faith
Original: ἀστήρικτοι
Category: False Teaching
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:16.
Steadfastness Sterigmos
Approved rendering: स्थिरता
Transliteration: sthiratā
Doctrine: Steadfastness and Stability in the Faith
Original: στηριγμός
Category: Christian Virtue
NEW — 2 PETER. 3:17.
Noah
Approved rendering: नोहा
Transliteration: Nohā
Doctrine: The Universal Flood as Historical Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER proper name. 2:5. Transliterated per standard Marathi OT convention.
Lot
Approved rendering: लोत
Transliteration: Lot
Doctrine: Judgment of Fallen Angels and the Ungodly
NEW — 2 PETER proper name. 2:7-8.
Balaam
Approved rendering: बलाम
Transliteration: Balām
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER proper name. 2:15-16.
Medium-High Risk Terms
Tartarus
Approved rendering: तार्तरसमध्ये टाकणे
Transliteration: tārtarasamadhye ṭākaṇe
Doctrine: Judgment of Fallen Angels and the Ungodly
Original: ταρταρόω
Category: Judgment
NEW — 2 PETER. 2:4. Requires a translator note that Peter descriptively borrows a known Greek cosmological term, not endorsing Greek myth; must not be mapped onto Hindu/Buddhist multi-realm naraka/rebirth cosmology — a temporary judicial confinement preceding one final judgment, not a rung in a rebirth cycle.
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