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Tilaka —auspicious clay marks that sanctify a devotee’s body as a temple of the Lord.
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Upaniṣads —the most significant philosophical sections of the  Vedas .
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Vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual world, where there is no anxiety.
Vaiṣṇava —a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa.
Vaiśyas —farmers and merchants; the third Vedic social order.
Vāmana , Lord—Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation as a dwarf  brāhmaṇa .
Vānaprastha —one who has retired from family life; the third order of Vedic spiritual life.
Varṇa —a social class whose members are distinguished by their quality of work and situation in the modes of nature.
Varṇāsrama —the Vedic social system of four social and four spiritual orders.
Varuṇa —the demigod who is the presiding deity of the oceans.
Vātsalya-rasa —paternal affection for the Supreme Lord.
Vedānta-sūtra —Śrīla Vyāsadeva’s philosophical exposition of the Absolute Truth, written in brief codes.
Vedas —the original revealed scriptures, first spoken by the Lord Himself.
Viṣṇu , Lord—Kṛṣṇa’s first expansion for the creation and maintenance of the material universes.
Vṛndāvana —Kṛṣṇa’s personal abode, where He fully manifests His quality of sweetness.
Vyāsadeva —Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation, at the end of Dvāpara-yuga, for compiling the  Vedas .
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Yajamānas —those for whom a priest executes sacrifices.
Yajñas —sacrifice, work done for the satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu.
Yogī —a transcendentalist who, in one way or another, is striving for union with the Supreme.
Yugas —ages in the life of a universe, occurring in a repeated cycle of four.