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Jīva-tattva —the individual living entities, who are atomic parts of the Lord.
Jñānī —one who cultivates transcendental knowledge by empirical speculation.
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Mahābhārata —Vyāsadeva's epic history of the Kurukṣetra war.
Mahāmāyā — See: Māyā
Mahat-tattva —the total material energy in its original, undifferentiated form.
Maṅgala-ārātrika —the daily early-morning ceremony of worship for the Deity of the Supreme Lord.
Mantra —a Vedic sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Māyā —the inferior, illusory energy of the Supreme Lord, which rules over this material creation; also, forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvādīs —impersonal philosophers who say that the Supreme Lord cannot have a spiritual body.
Mlecchas —uncivilized humans, outside the Vedic system of society, who are generally meat-eaters.
Mukunda —a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the giver of liberation.
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Nārāyaṇa —a name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the source and goal of all living beings.
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Parabrahman —the Supreme Absolute Truth as the Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa.
Paramaharinsa —“topmost swan”; a person on the highest platform of God consciousness.
Paramātmā —Lord Viṣṇu as the Supersoul present within the heart of every individual living being.
Paramparā —a disciplinary succession of spiritual masters.