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Sri Harinama Cintamani :: Glossary (part 5) |
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| tyaga |
renunciation. |
| uddipana |
stimulants to the madhura-rasa. |
| Ujjvala-nilamani |
a poetic Sanskrit work by Srila Rupa Gosvami describing
the intimate Vraja pastimes of Radha and Krsna. |
| uttama-adhikari |
a first-class, self-realized Vaisnava who sees Krsna everywhere in profound ecstasy. |
| vaibhava |
the Lord's energies, exhibitions of His opulences. |
vaibhava-
prakasa |
an expansion of Sri Krsna manifested in relation with His
excellences. |
| vaidhi-bhakti |
the vaidhi method of sadhana is devotional service under
scriptural rules and regulations. |
| Vaikuntha |
the spiritual existence, where the Supreme Lord lives eternally with His pure devotees on innumerable planets made
of spiritual energy. |
| vaisnava-abhasa |
the shadow of a Vaisnava; someone who is almost a Vaisnava. |
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| vaisnava-ninda |
offense to the Vaisnavas by fault-finding and criticism. |
| vaisnava-praya |
resembling Vaisnavas; someone who is almost a Vaisnava. |
| Vaisnavism |
the eternal religion and culture of Visnu worship, or devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Goanead. |
| vaisya |
the commercial and banking community of Vedic society
(varnasrama-dharma). |
| vanaprastha |
the retired order of Vedic society (varnasrama-dharma). |
| varana-dasa |
the stage of acceptance; when the sadhaka devotee anxiously and eagerly accepts the conjugal mellow, varana-dasa
commences. |
| varna |
the occupational divisions of Vedic society (varnasrama-dharma): brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra. |
| varnasrama |
the form of Vedic society composed of four varnas, or
occupational orders (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra)
and four asramas, or spiritual orders of life (brahmacari,
grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa), and centered around
the performance of devotional service to the Lord. |
varnasrama-
dharma |
the occupational and spiritual duties of Vedic society according to the varnasrama system. |
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