Glossary
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Abhidheya —action one is duty-bound to perform according to one's constitutional relationship with God.
Ācārya —an authorized teacher who teaches by his example.
Acintya —inconceivable.
Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva —the philosophy which maintains that the Lord is simultaneously one with and different from His creation.
Acyuta —the name of Kṛṣṇa which means He who never falls down (infallible).
Adhokṣaja —the Supreme Lord, who is beyond all conception through material senses.
Advaita-vāda —realization of the oneness of the Absolute; the philosophy of monism.
Advaita —nondual.
Āgamas —authorized Vedic literatures.
Amṛta —immortal.
Arṅśāveśa —partial incarnations of God.
Ānanda —complete transcendental bliss.
Ananta —unlimited.
Aprakaṭa —unmanifested.
Arcā-mūrti —the form of the Lord in the temple.
Āśraya —the Transcendence, who is the source and support of all.
Āśraya-vigraha —the manifestation of the Lord of whom one must take shelter.
Aṣṭāṅga-yoga —the eightfold system of mystic  yoga  meant for realizing the presence of Paramātmā, the Lord in the heart.
Asuras —demons.
Avyakta —unmanifested.
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Bhāgavān —the name of Kṛṣṇa which means the possessor of all opulences in full.
Bhāgavata-dharma —the transcendental religion that is the eternal function of the living being.
Bhāgavatas —persons or things in relationship with the Lord.
Bhakta —a devotee, one who performs devotional service ( bhakti ).
Bhakta-avatāra —incarnations of God as devotees.
Bhakti —ordinary devotional service in love of God.
Bhakti-rasācārya —one who knows the essence of devotional service.
Bhāva —the stage of transcendental love experienced after transcendental affection.
Bhava-roga —material miseries or diseases.
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