Glossary
A
Abhiṣeka —a bathing ceremony, particularly for the coronation of a king or the installation of the Lord's Deity form.
Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva —the philosophy of the inconceivably simultaneous oneness and difference of the Lord and His creation, first propagated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Advaita-vādis — See:  Māyāvādis
Aghāsura —the python-shaped demon sent by Kaṁsa to kill Kṛṣṇa.
B
Balarāma (Baladeva) —a plenary expansion of the Personality of Godhead, appearing as the son of Rohiṇī and elder brother of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Bhagavad-gītā —the battlefield discourse between the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, and His devotee Arjuna expounding devotional service as both the principal means and the ultimate end of spiritual perfection.
Bhakta —a devotee of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.
Bhakti-yoga —linking with the Supreme Lord by devotional service.
Brahmā —the first created living being and secondary creator of the material universe.
Brāhmaṇa —one wise in the  Vedas  who can guide society; the first Vedic social order.
C
Caitanya Mahāprabhu —the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa who descended to teach love of God through the  saṅkīrtana  movement.
Catur-bhuja —four-armed.
G
Gokula — See:  Vṛndāvana
Gopis —Kṛṣṇa's cowherd girl friends, His most confidential servitors.
Gosvāmī —one who has become master of his own senses.
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