Glossary
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Prāna  = the life air
Pranāva amkām—so Omkāra
Prāṇāyāma —control of the breathing process (one of the eight parts of the  astāṇeṇ-voga  system).
Prasādam —food offered to Kṛṣṇa, which becomes spiritual when offered and which can purify the living entity.
Praty ag-ātmā  = the soul, when purified of material attachment.
Pratyāhāra —withdrawal from sensual activities (one of the eight parts of the  astānga-γoga  system).
Premā —real love of God, the highest perfectional stage of life.
Pṛthā-the wife of King Pāṇḍu, mother of the Pāṇḍavas and aunt of Lord Kṛsṇa.
Puraka  —the stage of equilibrium attained by offering the inhaled breath into the exhaled breath.
Purāṇas —the eighteen very old books which are histories of this and other planets.
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Purusam  —supreme enjoyer...
Puruṣāvatāras —the primary Viṣṇu expansions of Kṛṣṇa who are involved in the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material universe.
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Rajo-guna —the mode of passion of material nature.
Rāma—(1) name of the Absolute Truth as the source of unlimited pleasure for transcendentalists; (2) incarnation of the Supreme Lord as a perfect king (Lord Rāmacandra).
Rasa —relationship between the Lord and the living entities. They are of five principal varieties—neutral relationship ( śānta-rasa ), relationship as servant ( dāsya-rasa ), as friend ( sākhya-rasa ), parent ( vātsalya-rasa ) and conjugal lover ( mādhurya-rasa ).
Rāvaṇa —a powerful demon who wanted to build a staircase to heaven but was killed by Kṛṣṇa in His incarnation as Lord Rāmacandra.
Recaka  —the state of equilibrium attained by offering the exhaled breath into the inhaled breath.
Rūpa Gosvāmī—chief of the six great spiritual masters of Vṛndāvana who were authorized by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to establish and distribute the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Śabda-brahma —the injunctions of the  Vedas  and  Upaniṣads .