Glossary
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Ācamana —purification performed by sipping water and chanting names of Viṣṇu before engaging in sacrifices.
Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Ādityas —the demigods who are descendants of Kaśyapa Muni's wife, Aditi.
Aṇimā —the mystic power of becoming the smallest.
Apsarās —heavenly society girls.
Ārati —a ceremony for greeting the Lord with offerings of food, lamps, fans, flowers and incense.
Arcanā —the devotional practice of Deity worship.
Āśrama —a spiritual order of life.
Asuras —atheistic demons.
Avatāra —a descent of the Supreme Lord.
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Balarāma , Lord—Kṛṣṇa's first expansion and elder brother in Vṛndāvana.
Bhagavad-gītā —the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord Himself.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti-yoga —linking with the Supreme Lord in ecstatic devotional service.
Brahmacarya —celibate student life; the first order of Vedic spiritual life.
Brahman —the Absolute Truth; especially, the impersonal aspect of the Absolute.
Brāhmaṇa —a person in the mode of goodness; first Vedic social order.
Buddha , Lord—Kṛṣṇa's incarnation in Kali-yuga for bewildering the atheists who were misusing the  Vedas .
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Dāna —charity, one of the six duties of a  brāhmaṇa .
Dānavas —a race of demons.
Daṇḍavats —respectful obeisances, falling flat like a rod.
Dāsya-rasa —affection of servitude toward the Supreme Lord.
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