Glossary
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Acintya —inconceivable.
Aṣṭāṅga-yoga —the mystic  yoga  system to control the senses.
Avaroha-panthā —the descending process of deductive knowledge.
Avatāras —incarnations.
B
Bhakti —purified service of the senses of the Lord by one's own senses.
Bhakti-kalpataru —the desire tree of devotional service.
Brahma-bandhu —one born in a  brāhmaṇa  family but not brahminically qualified.
Brahmacarya —student life of celibacy.
Brahman —the all-pervading impersonal aspect of the Lord.
Brāhmaṇa —the intelligent class of men.
G
Gṛhastha —the householder stage of life.
J
Jñānīs —those engaged in the cultivation of knowledge.
K
Karmīs —fruitive laborers.
Kṣatriya —the martial caste.
Kṛṣṇa-bhakta —a devotee of Kṛṣṇa.
M
Mlecchas —those who are lower than  śūdras .
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Nitya-siddhas —ever purified associates of the Lord.
P
Paramahaṁsas —the topmost God-realized devotees.
Pāṣaṇḍīs —idolatrous worshipers of many demigods.
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