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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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Upāsanā-kāṇḍa —a section of the  Vedas  prescribing worship of demigods for fruitive results.
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Vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual world.
Vaiṣṇava —a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa.
Vaiṣṇava-aparādhas —offenses to a devotee of the Lord.
Vaiśyas —farmers and merchants; the third Vedic social order.
Vānaprastha —one who has retired from family life; the third order of Vedic spiritual life.
Varṇa —the four occupational divisions of society: the intellectual class, the administrative class, the mercantile class, and the laborer class.
Varṇāśrama —the Vedic social system of four social and four spiritual orders.
Vaśitva —the mystic ability to control others' minds.
Vedas —the original revealed scriptures, first spoken by the Lord Himself.
Vṛndāvana —Kṛṣṇa's personal abode, where He fully manifests His quality of sweetness.
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Yajña —an activity performed to satisfy either Lord Viṣṇu or the demigods.
Yama —regulative principles.
Yogī —a transcendentalist who, in one way or another, is striving for union with the Supreme.
Yoginī —a female  yogī .
Yugas —ages in the life of a universe, occurring in a repeated cycle of four.