Index
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Upaniṣads
Absolute Truth described impersonally in, 5 analogy of two birds in tree in, 105 
  Caitanya confirmed as Kṛṣṇa in,  xi  personal feature of Absolute described in, 111 quoted on Lord as leader of living beings, 119 quoted on Lord as supreme living being, 412 speak highly of impersonal Brahman, 93
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Vaikuṇṭha
attained by regulated devotional service, 175 devotees attracted by opulences of Lord go to, 64 description of residents of, 388 earth, water, fire, etc. of all spiritual, 423 exchange of devotion on platform of reverence in, 246 flawless execution of regulative principles in, 242 forms of Nārāyaṇa preside in, 12 information about given in  Bhāgavatam , 11 Lord manifests His identity as Nārāyaṇa in, 394 material world as perverse reflection of, 149 modes of nature absent in, 386-387 Nityānanda resides in, 378 pastimes of Lord unknown in, 245 Viṣṇu resides in, 52 viṣualized by Brahmā, 49  See also  World, spiritual
Vairāgya-yug-bhakti-rasaṁ prayatnair  verses quoted, 498
Vaiṣṇavas
Advaita as prime spiritual master of, 537 all inhabitants of Vṛndāvana are, 513 always talk of Kṛṣṇa, 4 love of God described in literature of, 7 stress doctrine of  acintya-bhedābheda-tattva , 119 worship forms of Viṣṇu, 510-511  See also  Devotee, Pure devotees
Vaiṣṇava-sampradāya  sannyāsa  in, 183
Vaiśvānara advanced materialists reach, 391
Vaivasvata as present Manu, 170
Vāmana
some say Kṛṣṇa is, 158 stuck His foot through covering of universe, 9
Vāmana Purāṇa
cited on Viṣṇu expanding as Brahmā and Śiva, 452
Varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ  verses quoted, 544
Vāsudeva
as part of second quadruple expansion, 404-416 as predominating Deity of heart, 407 as  vilāsa-vigraha , 71 resides in  Vedavatī-pura , 404
Vāsudeva-sattva
See śuddha-sattva
Vāsudeva vā idam agra āsīn  quoted, 52
Vāyu Purāṇa
ācārya  defined in, 44 description of Sadāśiva in, 563 quoted on Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa, 110
Vedānta-sūtra
beginning of, 6  Bhāgavatam  as real commentary on, 76
Vedānta
impersonalists misinterpret aphorisms, 404
Vedas
accepted as final authority, 405, 530 describe multifarious potencies of Absolute, 409 describe spiritual sky, 12 personal feature of the Absolute described in, 111
Vedavatī-pura
Vasudeva resides in, 404
Vidagdha-mādhava
quoted on Caitanya's appearance, 167 quoted on descent of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, 298
Vidyāpati
cited on false material pleasure, 509
Viśākhādevī
Svarūpa Dāmodara as, 291
Viśiṣṭādvaita
as philosophy of oneness in diversity, 4
Viṣṇu
arranges to fight with His devotees, 401 as efficient cause of creation, 531-532 as fountainhead of all auspiciousness, 522 as maintainer of universe, 145 as qualitative incarnation of God, 66 compared to spider, 529-530 devotees of are godly, 216-217 expansions of, 9-10 glances over material nature, 427 has three forms called  puruṣas , 437 impregnates material nature, 12 Kṛṣṇa as  summum bonum  of, 96