Glossary
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Dharma —the capacity to render service, which is the essential quality of a living being.
Dharmasya-glāṇiḥ —misuse of human energy.
Dhenukāsura —a demon killed by Lord Baladeva.
Dhīra —one who is undisturbed by the material energy.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna —the son of Mahārāja Drupada and brother of Draupadī.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra —the father of the Kurus and brother of Vidura.
Draupadī —daughter of King Drupada and wife of the Pāṇḍavas.
Droṇācārya —the military teacher of Arjuna and commander-in-chief of the Kurus in the Battle of Kurukṣetra.
Durgā-śakti —the material energy.
Duryodhana —chief of the evil-minded sons of  Dhṛtarāṣṭra .
Dvārakā —a fortified city built by  Kṛṣṇa  within the sea.
Dvārapa-yuga —the third age of the cycle of a  māha-yuga .
Dvija —twice-born.
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Ekādaṇḍi-svāmī —an impersonalist in the renounced order.
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Gandharvas —the celestial singers of the heavenly planets.
Ganges —the sacred river which runs throughout the entire universe.
Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra —the seed-giving reformatory process.
Garbha-sthuti —hymns glorifying Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu —the Viṣṇu expansion who enters each universe to create diversity.
Gayā —Lord Buddha's birthplace.
Goloka —a name of the planet of  Kṛṣṇa .
Gosvāmī —master of the senses.
Govinda —a name of  Kṛṣṇa , "one who gives pleasure to the land, the cows, and the senses."
Gṛhastha —the householder stage of life.
Gṛtsamada —the scholar entrusted by Vyāsadeva with the  Rg-veda .
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Hāsya —the  rasa  of comedy.
Hiraṇmayena-pātreṇa —the veil of impersonal Brahman which covers the personal feature of the Absolute.
Hiraṇyakaśipu —a great atheist killed by Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva.