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Sri Harinama Cintamani :: Glossary (part 1) |
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| apana-dasa | the stage of application; when one is able to perfectly invoke
the sentiments of rasa, he attains apana-dasa or prapti-dasa. |
| Aparadha |
an offense against the holy name, the Deity, one's service
or a devotee. |
| arati |
a traditional Vedic ceremony during which nice offerings of
incense, ghee lamp, flower, etc. are made to the Deity of the
Lord. |
| arcane |
the regulated worship of the Deity form of Krsna; one of the
nine principal limbs of devotional service. |
| artha |
economic development in terms of Vedic social codes (varnasrama-dharma). |
| asakti |
attachment to Krsna's service. |
| asat-sanga |
association with people who are not sadhus. |
| asat-irsna |
a longing for, or attachment to illusory temporal objects. |
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| asrama |
any of the four stages of life of the Vedic varnasrama-dharma social system: brahmacari (celibate student life at the
house of the guru), grhastha (married householder life),
vanaprastha (retired life, when one wanders to the holy
places), and sannyasa (the renounced order of life); a sacred
sanctuary, free from material activities, aspirations and tedium. |
| asraya-tattva |
an eternal associate of the Lord who is the divine shelter
principle for the conditioned souls. The jiva must, take
shelter of a raganuga devotee in his specific rasa to enter
the eternal pastimes of the Lord. |
| asraya-vigraha |
Srimati Radharani, the residenccof the Lord's spiritual love;
the jiva must never consider himself to inherit the unique
position of asraya-vigrah; even thinking about it will make
him egoistic; the pure jivas' existence in the spiritual world
is to remain always subservient to Srimati Radharani. |
| asta-kaliya-lila |
the eightfold three-hourly eternal pastimes of Sri-Sri Radha
and Krsna in Vraja; the subject of meditation for the advanced devotees. |
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