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Ācārya —an authorized teacher of a particular cult.
Adbhuta —the  rasa  of wonder.
Ādi-raṣa —original pure sex psychology.
Ahaṅkara —the meeting point of matter and spirit.
Ajita —Kṛṣṇa, the unconquerable.
Akiñcanas —those who have no material assets.
Anarthas —unwanted habits.
Anna-prāśana —ceremony or  saṁskara  of offering solid food to a teething child at the age of six to seven months.
Āpad-dharma —duty in emergencies.
Aparā —material inferiority.
Apauruṣeya —not made by man (transcendental).
Apavarga —the perfect stage of liberation.
Apsaras —the society girls of heaven.
Arcā —a form of the Lord manifested through a material agency such as mind, metal, earth, paint, wood, stone, jewel or drawing. It is accepted as an incarnation of Godhead and worshiped according to regulations.
Archan —the procedures followed in connection with worshiping the  arcā .
Artha —economic development.
Aśrama —orders of life in connection with self-realization.
Aṣṭa-siddhi —the eightfold mystic perfections.
Asura —one who is against the service of the Lord.
Aśutoṣa —Śiva, who is easily pleased.
Aśvamedha-yajñas —horse sacrifices.
Ātma-māyā —Kṛṣṇa's internal potency.
Ātmārāma —self-satisfied in spiritual values.
Ātma-tattva —knowledge concerning liberation.
Ātma-vidyā —knowledge of Kṛṣṇa.
Avatāra —(lit., one who descends) an incarnation of God.
Aveṣa —an incarnation of Godhead partially empowered.
Avidyā —nescience.
Ayodhyā-loka —the Vaikuṇṭha planet of Lord Rāmacandra.
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