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Rāmānanda Rāya —a confidential associate of Lord CAITANYA MAHĀPRABHU.
Rāmānujācārya —an eleventh-century Vaiṣṇava spiritual master who began the theistic attack against ŚAṄKARĀCĀRYA's philosophy of monism.
rasa —the specific “taste” of a specific personal relationship with the Supreme Lord.
Ratha-yātrā —the annual festival of Lord JAGANNĀTHA, in which the Deity is carried on huge carts in a parade.
R̥g Veda —one of the four original VEDAS, containing hymns to different demigods.
Rudra —See ŚIVA.
Rūpa Goswami —the chief of the six Vaiṣṇava spiritual masters who directly followed Lord CAITANYA MAHĀPRABHU and systematically presented His teachings.
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śabda-brahma —the VEDAS, which are considered purely spiritual sound vibration.
sac-cid-ānanda —perfect spiritual existence, which is eternal ( sat ), fully knowledgeable ( cit ), and completely happy ( ānanda ).
Śalya —an uncle of the PĀŅḌAVA brothers who fought against them in the battle of KURUKṢETRA.
samādhi —fixed meditation on the personal form of the Lord.
Śāma Veda —one of the four original VEDAS, containing sacrificial prayers and their melodic and metrical settings.
Śanātana Goswami —one of the six Vaiṣṇava spiritual masters who directly followed ŚRĪ CAITANYA MAHĀPRABHU and systematically presented His teachings.
Śaṅkarācārya —the famous and influential ninth-century teacher of monism, a philosophy which maintains that there is no distinction between God and the living entity.
Śaṅkhya —the branch of philosophy which deals with analysis of the elements of the material world.
śaṅkīrtana —congregational chanting of the holy names of God.
śannyāsa —See ASHRAMS.
Śārīraka-bhāṣya —the famous commentary on VEDĀNTA-SŪTRA by ŚAṄKARĀCĀRYA, in which he presents his philosophy of monism.
Śārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācarya —a great scholar who was philosophically