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Parāśara Muni —the father of VYĀSADEVA and original narrator of several of the PURĀNAS.
Parīkṣit Mahārāja —a great Vedic king and devotee of the Lord who heard ŚRĪMAD-BHĀGAVATAM from ŚUKADEVA GOSWAMI and thus attained perfection.
Patañjali —the author of the original yoga system.
Prahlāda Mahārāja —a devotee of the Lord who was persecuted by his demonic father but protected and saved by the Lord.
Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī —an impersonalist SANNYĀSĪ who, after being defeated in scriptural argument by Lord CAITANYA MAHĀPRABHU, became a disciple along with his forty thousand followers.
prakṛti —the predominated energies of the Supreme Lord, of which there are two: the living entities, and material nature, or dead matter. See also PURUṢA.
praṇava —See OMKĀRA.
prasāda —food which is sanctified by being first offered to the Lord for His enjoyment.
Prayāga —a pilgrimage site near Allahabad, where the two holy rivers the GANGES and Yamunā flow together.
premā —love of God that is free from any selfish motive.
Purāṇas —the eighteen texts expounding the teachings of the VEDAS through historical and allegorical narrations.
puruṣa —the Supreme Lord as the supreme predominator of PRAKRTI.
Pūtanā —a demonic witch who wanted to kill Lord KRṢNA during His childhood pastimes, but who was killed by the Lord.
Purī —See JAGANNĀTHA PURĪ.
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Rādhā (Rādhārāṇī) —Lord KRṢNA's most intimate eternal consort, who is the personification of His spiritual pleasure potency.
Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Goswami and Raghunātha dāsa Goswami —two of the six Vaiṣṇava spiritual masters who directly followed ŚRĪ CAITANYA MAHĀPRABHU and systematically presented His teachings.
rajas —the material mode of passion, characterized by materialistic endeavor and desire for sense gratification.
Rāma —a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead meaning “the source of all pleasure.”
Rāmacandra —an incarnation of the Lord who demonstrated the behavior of a perfect king.