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Sri Harinama Cintamani :: Glossary (part 5) |
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varna-
vyavadhana |
a disruption of the syllables of the holy name (as in the Urdu
word hathikari); in the word haram, the syllables comprising the holy name Ram are uninterrupted; hence, speaking haram gives liberation because it is namabhasa. |
| vatsalya |
the spiritual mellow of parenthood; although Krsna is admittedly the master of everyone and everything, in parental
love, the Lord becomes subservient to His devotee, who
serves and protects the Lord, anxiously hoping that no harm
befalls Him. |
| Vedas |
the spiritual literatures of the Vedic society; originally there
was one Veda, but it was divided into four by Lord Vyasadeva. |
| vesa |
the transcendental sentiment of the devotee's attire in his
eternal spiritual form in Goloka Vrndavana. |
| vibhava |
the element that excites sentiment; the cause or basis for
relishing transcendental mellow. |
| vibhinnamsa |
the Lord's separated expansions, exemplified by Parasurama, Buddha, King Prthu, and so on; also, the jiva-tattva. |
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| vibhu |
the transcendental Lord, possessor of many energies and
opulences. |
| vidhi |
scriptural rules and regulations (see vaidhi-bhakti). |
| vidya |
Krsna's svarupa-sakti or internal spiritual potency. |
| vilasa-vigraha |
a partial expansion of Lord Krsna, such as Lord Narayana. |
| vipralambha |
the mood of separation experienced in the conjugal mellow,
which is seemingly painful and sad, but actually full of
exhilaration. |
| viraha |
separation, has ten attendant conditions: pondering, sleeplessness, perturbation, emaciation, pallor, incoherent
speech, being stricken, madness, delusion, and death (fainting or unconsciousness). |
| viskepa |
the offense of distraction, or misplacing one's attention in
engagements not directly connected with sadhana-bhakti.
an expansion of the Lord belonging to the Visnu category. |
| visnu-tattva |
another name for the village of Vrndavana and the surrounding area, 168 square miles in extant where Krsna performed
His childhood pastimes. |
| Vraja |
another name for the village of Vrndavana and the surrounding area, 168 square miles in extant where Krsna performed His childhood pastimes. |
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